Việt Nam’s Proposed ‘Innovation’ Exemption Risks Shielding Corruption
A draft regulation allowing “exemption from punishment” for corruption offenders who acted from a “desire to innovate and make breakthroughs” sets a dangerous precedent....
A Nation Cannot Mature If It Clings to the Wounds of Its Past
A nation can hardly grow and move forward if it spends every day brooding over and resenting the past like a child. Recently, Hùng...
Academic Freedom Under Fire as Party Blocks Speakers at Vietnam Studies Conference in Hà Nội
Key Events Last-Minute Speaker Purge Mars International Vietnam Studies Conference; New Seat Plan Boosts Central, Military and Police Power in Việt Nam’s Next Parliament;...
Converting Gasoline Motorbikes to Electric: A ‘Green Dream’ That Could Backfire
The proposal to convert gasoline-powered motorbikes into electric vehicles is a “green” idea. But without a proper legal framework, technical standards, and social support,...
Sexual Harassment Scandals and a Grotesque Masculine Society
On the evening of October 20, several major South Korean news outlets, including SBS News, The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, and MK, reported...
The Price of Preserving Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum
Many years after his death, the public in Việt Nam realized that Hồ Chí Minh left a will expressing his wish to be cremated...
Three Key Takeaways About Việt Nam’s Communist Party Election on Its General Secretary
Each congress of the Communist Party of Việt Nam draws significant public attention. Among its many proceedings, the selection of the General Secretary always...
The Vietnamese Tradition of Patriotism and Protest
A 1975 article in the U.S. newspaper The Forum once described Vietnamese refugees protesting to urge the United Nations to let them return home....
Việt Nam’s Push for Information Control—Parallels From Abroad
The Vietnamese government has long been implementing a national project to digitize and store citizens’ data for administrative purposes. The scope of this data...