Nguyen Phu Trong

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.

Health rumors aside, the big question remains who will follow in Nguyen Phu Trong’s footsteps.

Professor Chu Hao's fate is revealing of the Communist Party's priorities in Vietnam.

Misguided comparisons rest on a fundamental misunderstanding of the capabilities and limits of the Vietnamese Communist Party chief.

A dual-hatted Nguyen Phu Trong provides renewed strength to the Vietnamese state.