Nguyen Phu Trong

The pair were linked to a $172 million scandal in which officials were bribed to supply hospitals with vastly overpriced test kits.

Hanoi is becoming increasingly unnerved by the growing Chinese influence over its longstanding clients, Cambodia and Laos.

How Vietnam's communist party chief earned a surprise third term at this year's National Congress.

How Vietnam's party chief defied conventional wisdom and became his country's most powerful leader in a generation.

Ongoing anti-graft campaigns in Vietnam and Laos focus on officials' moral conduct without addressing the political structures that incentivize corruption.

The outcome reflects a considerable degree of caution, and a desire to balance the party's internal factions.

The reappointment of Nguyen Phu Trong elevates the austere communist chief into the Party's upper ranks.

Reported appointments suggest that informal but long-held norms have been sacrificed in order to preserve party unity.

This week's plenum will ponder the key personnel appointments that will be announced at next month's National Congress.

Hanoi has had to tread carefully during a fraught period of transition in Washington.

COVID-19 has been a victory for the country’s communist party – but a taste of transparency might whet the public's appetite for more.

As the Communist Party of Vietnam moves toward its next National Congress, the list of candidates for key posts is narrowing.