Vietnam’s centralization drive faces external economic headwinds
Communist Party chief To Lam has embarked on a radical program of administrative reform that is increasingly vulnerable to forces beyond Hanoi’s control.
The declining influence of the national assembly in Vietnam’s ‘new era’
Communist Party chief To Lam is reversing a decades-long trend of growing legislative involvement in Vietnamese policy-making.
Vietnam’s bureaucratic ‘Revolution’ falls short of true reform
Communist Party chief To Lam’s project of institutional renovations stops short of the highest echelons of power.
Vietnam’s bureaucratic ‘Revolution’: rationales and challenges
Communist Party chief To Lam’s unprecedented institutional streamlining is designed to bolster Vietnam’s competitiveness – but it could come at a cost.
A turning point in Vietnam’s politics
Will Communist Party chief To Lam succeed in leading his nation into a “new era” of economic ascendance?
Vietnam plans bold reforms to streamline ministries
Vietnam is planning ambitious bureaucratic reforms, slashing ministries, agencies and broadcasters in a bid to reduce red tape and boost growth. The changes risk short-term disruption but may offer long-term benefits.
Vietnam’s Milei-style cuts of ministries stir investors’ anticipation, worries
Communist-run Vietnam is planning its boldest bureaucratic reform in decades, slashing ministries, agencies and broadcasters in a bid to reduce bottlenecks and red tape, but risking short-term « paralysis », officials and investors said.
Vietnam government plans to reduce 5 ministries in streamlining effort
The Vietnamese government plans to reduce five ministries and the National Assembly will cut four committees as part of a major administrative overhaul, according to a Communist Party’s top official.
Vietnam sets off down the path of institutional ‘Revolution’
To Lam, the new chief of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has pledged to lead the country into a “new era.”
Vietnam parliament elects military general Luong Cuong as president after months of political turmoil
The 67-year-old has become the country’s fourth president in the past three years.
Vietnam revives power-sharing arrangement with new president
The move restores a “four pillar” government structure that divides top-level duties to avoid the rise of a single strongman.
Vietnam to elect new president in October
Vietnam’s National Assembly will elect the country’s new president in October, state media said on Aug 27, the latest top-level change during an unusually turbulent period for the communist state.
To Lam’s rise to the top in Vietnam has been ‘spectacular’. Are we witnessing the emergence of a new strongman leader?
A new leader has rapidly ascended to power in Vietnam and some are already comparing him to Xi Jinping.
China’s Xi sends congratulatory note to ‘comrade’ Lam, Vietnam’s new party chief
Telegram from President Xi Jinping, China’s party chief, comes within hours of Vietnamese President To Lam being named to top position
Vietnam president To Lam gets top job as communist party chief
Lam pledges to maintain predecessor’s anti-corruption campaign as he takes nation’s top job – but it is unclear whether he will also remain president.
Vietnam’s communist party names To Lam top leader
Vietnamese President To Lam was formally named the country’s top leader Saturday, pledging to « speed up » a sweeping anti-graft campaign that has snared thousands.
The vietnamese communist strongman’s contested legacy
Nguyen Phu Trong devoted his political career to purifying the system, but his anti-corruption crackdown exposed the communist regime’s political decay.
Remembering Nguyen Phu Trong’s foreign policy legacies
The late party chief adroitly balanced Vietnam’s relationships with the major powers, while expanding its role on the international stage.
Vietnam’s Communist Party grapples with succession dilemma after Nguyen Phu Trong’s death
Nguyen Phu Trong’s death leaves the ruling Communist Party searching for a new leader to guide it amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty.
Vietnam to hold two-day state funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong next week
A state funeral for the late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will take place on July 25 and 26, with his final resting place at the Mai Dich Cemetery in Hanoi.
Nguyen Phu Trong’s Incomplete Legacy in Vietnam
The steadfast leadership of Vietnam’s General Secretary has ironically created a potential leadership vacuum, as succession planning has not been one of his strong suits, unlike anti-corruption and other stellar achievements.
Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong dies at 80
Vietnam’s long-serving leader Nguyen Phu Trong has died « after a period of illness », marking the end of a political era.
Vietnam’s Communist leader dies aged 80 creating vast power vacuum
Nguyen Phu Trong, one of the country’s longest-serving politicians, died on Friday due to old age and illness
Vietnam’s Politburo gives update on Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong’s health status
The Politburo has assigned President To Lam to manage the workload of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat while Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong focuses on his health treatment.
Is Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive a disguised power grab ?
Concerns grow that President To Lam may become Putin-style dictator
To Lam’s ambitious ascent in Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Trong’s anticipated retirement as general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party has stimulated a power struggle led by State President and former minister for public security To Lam. Lam has weaponised anti-corruption measures to push out potential competitors, ascending…