Việt Nam’s Terrorism Laws vs. International Standards
In 2023, the Ministry of Public Security announced that it would prosecute suspects arrested in the Central Highlands incident, verifying observations from Việt Nam’s...
When Policy Outpaces Reality: The Erosion of Law and Public Trust
Proposals to restrict motorcycles were first raised in 2017, yet it was not until July 12, 2025, that the Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính...
Redefining Data: Property Rights, Personal Rights, and State Power in Việt Nam
The active collection of citizen data by both government and private enterprises during Việt Nam’s “digital transformation” has raised concerns regarding the right to...
Monk Thích Minh Tuệ and the Boundaries Between Faith and Control
Thích Minh Tuệ, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk born Lê Anh Tú in 1981 in Hà Tĩnh Province, has become a familiar name to the...
The Silent Press and the Facade of Moral Superiority
The recent and unsettling silence of the media surrounding the sudden death of Dr. Hoàng Phương Mai offers a vivid example of what I...
Geopolitics and Religion in Việt Nam
In 2015, the journal Hérodote published “Géopolitique des religions au Việt Nam. Les voies multipolaires d’une société civile confessionnelle” (“Religious Geopolitics in Việt Nam:...
Economic Potential: The True Strategic Power of Việt Nam’s Central Highlands
The Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) is a geographic region consistently described in Vietnamese state media as a strategic and critically important location for national...
Luật Khoa Magazine Shortlisted for the 2025 RSF Press Freedom Award
Luật Khoa Magazine, an independent Vietnamese-language media outlet and sister publication of The Vietnamese Magazine, has been shortlisted for the Impact Prize at the...
The 100,000 Đồng Gift and the CIC Data Breach: A Warning on Data Control and Citizen Security
Sept. 15 marked the deadline for Việt Nam’s citizens to claim their “Independence Day gift,” a high-profile and unprecedented national “tax rebate” campaign. Beyond...