Vietnam

The announcement of the two nations' Comprehensive Strategic Partnership followed the end of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit yesterday.

Truong My Lan, the head of a Ho Chi Minh City-based real estate firm, faces charges, along with 84 associates and alleged accomplices.

Directive 24 calls on the Party to counter the influence of "hostile and reactionary forces" taking advantage of the country's increased openness to the outside world.

By drawing public attention to high-level graft, the "blazing furnace" campaign could inadvertently prompt more searching questions about the nature of communist rule.

The country's awkward geographic position with China militates against it adopting a strong pro-U.S. orientation.

Shrimp farming along the Mekong may be an economic win in the short term, but it is ultimately unsustainable.

Despite mutual concerns about China, Hanoi’s wariness of its larger neighbor may limit what it’s willing to do with Washington.

The arrangement is an encouraging example of Southeast Asian solidarity and regional self-sufficiency.

The agreements come at a time of intensifying tension in waters claimed by China and the Philippines.

Good relations with China have necessitated the downplaying of past conflicts by both countries.

The clash is a milestone for Hanoi’s South China Sea claims – but marking its 50th anniversary requires discussing the government of South Vietnam. 

The recent prolonged absence of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong raised the question of how the Communist Party might deal with a leader's incapacitation or death.