The 90-day suspension of Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung of the Hanoi People’s Committee for investigation of his involvement in three criminal cases is the focus of attention. The author CCB, a Communist Party member from Hanoi, has sent the following…
Al Jazeera media report series based on classified Cyprus government documents revealed that the island country facilitates “easily corrupted” foreign politicians to buy EU’s citizenship. Recent trends show that many Vietnamese officials seek a safe way out with a passport…
Dr. Nguyen Duc An A few years ago, on the occasion of my trip back to Vietnam, I was invited to visit by University X to discuss opportunities for cooperation. They took me to tour the university’s facilities and visit…
Vietnam is not included in the list of 10 countries participating in this year’s Rim of Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) in Hawaii, although it was invited by the US. RIMPAC, the largest international naval exercise in the world organized by the…
Vietnam has informed India of the escalating tensions in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea), reported Press Trust of India (PTI), as China is increasing its military presence there with the deployment of ships, fighters and…
Many people rejoiced when Vietnam National Television (VTV) editor Thu Huong apologized “the street vendors and the audience.” The incident in which an editor of VTV said in an official bulletin that street vendors in Ho Chi Minh City were……
On August 19, on the Internet, 7 minutes 52 seconds of video was released (1) showing what happened in Bac Ninh: a customer was punished to kneel in Hien Thien baked restaurant. The owner of the barbeque sat sagging, and…
The construction of Ho Chi Minh monuments wort a hundred billion and trillion everywhere is to consolidate the regime and also a fertile ground for corruption, according to some analysts. In the midst of Vietnam fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic,…
More than 7,000 American citizens have been scammed by a group of Vietnamese online, in which online shoppers across the US paid a total of nearly $1 million to buy dry hand-washing products but never received the goods, the US…
After US Senators and Representatives strongly proposed that the administration of President Donald Trump punish Vietnamese officials who violate human rights, local activists expressed sympathy and support for Washington to take practical sanctions. Over the past weeks, a number of…
