Deciphering Việt Nam’s 14th Party Congress: Four Notable Shifts in Political Leadership
The 14th Party Congress has settled one of its most consequential activities: the election of the new Central Committee of the Communist Party. On...
Understanding Việt Nam’s Political Future Through the 14th Party Congress
While conventions are routine political events, there are a few gatherings that shape a nation’s direction and destiny. The National Congress of the Communist...
Deciphering Việt Nam’s 14th Party Congress: Understanding the “Special Case” in Leadership Selection
In 2021, Nguyễn Phú Trọng was re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam for a third term at the age...
Deciphering Việt Nam’s 14th Party Congress: Documents, Personnel, and Power
Knowing that a Party Congress matters because it shapes Việt Nam’s politics for the next five years is merely the baseline. To truly grasp...
Collective vs. Core: Unifying the Presidency and General Secretary in Việt Nam
“It is not because of institutional unification; this is a situational circumstance,” former General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng told Hà Nội voters in 2018....
Are Vietnamese Values Compatible with Universal Human Rights?
In debates regarding human rights, the Vietnamese government has historically aligned itself with cultural relativism rather than universalism. [1] While universalism asserts that democratic...
Việt Nam’s Vested Interest in Myanmar’s Sham Election
Across the blood-stained landscape of Myanmar, a carefully choreographed political theater is unfolding under the guise of the 2025-2026 general election. This process, orchestrated...
Việt Nam Detains Dissident Hoàng Thị Hồng Thái Days Into New UNHRC Term
On Jan. 7—less than a week into Việt Nam’s new term on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for 2026–2028—authorities from Hà Nội...
Socialist Legality and the Paradox of ‘Self-Evolution’ in Việt Nam
A cursory examination of the fate of “socialist legality” (pháp chế xã hội chủ nghĩa) in Việt Nam reveals several truths that Vietnamese communists...