Vietnam

The country has emerged as a regional leader in renewables, but some thorny challenges lie ahead.

Prolonged stress on the Lower Mekong Basin is reaching an ecological tipping point, threatening millions of livelihoods.

Digital rights in Vietnam are declining as a new system of surveillance and control has emerged in the country, with the support of Western tech giants.

As has been the case for much of history, stable, manageable relations with China form the foundation of the country's foreign policy.

Among other things, the country's land acquisition procedures are creaky, opaque, and difficult to appeal.

Olaf Scholz flagged Vietnam as an important future partner in his government's plan to reduce Germany's economic reliance on China.

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong's recent visit to Beijing was meant to assure China, but didn't signal any change in Hanoi's basic approach toward its northern neighbor.

In matters of national security and national interests, Vietnamese leaders are pragmatists.

The move is the latest in the state's attempts to cleanse the online sphere of "false news" and "anti-state" content.

The “Vietnamese street” and especially the activist community is known to be anti-China, but the Vietnamese Communist Party is keen to cultivate closer ties.

Over recent weeks, shortages have forced petrol stations across the country to close or restrict sales.