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Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong
![Nguyen Phu Trong: The Best Choice to Lead Vietnam’s Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong: The Best Choice to Lead Vietnam’s Communist Party](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-02-08.jpg)
Nguyen Phu Trong: The Best Choice to Lead Vietnam’s Communist Party
By Phuong Pham
His reappointment for a third term will help Vietnam hold fast to its current political and economic trajectory.
![Vietnam Leadership Transition Will Not Loosen the Party’s Grip Vietnam Leadership Transition Will Not Loosen the Party’s Grip](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-22.jpg)
Vietnam Leadership Transition Will Not Loosen the Party’s Grip
By Huong Nguyen
The past five years have seen a sharp increase in both the number of arrests of dissidents, and the severity of the sentences imposed on them.
![Vietnam’s 13th Congress: Institutional Resilience or Institutional Decay? Vietnam’s 13th Congress: Institutional Resilience or Institutional Decay?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-07-1.jpg)
Vietnam’s 13th Congress: Institutional Resilience or Institutional Decay?
By Nguyen Khac Giang
This month's Communist Party conclave is set to determine more than just who occupies the top positions.
![Vietnam’s Antigraft Campaign Snares Another High-Ranking Victim Vietnam’s Antigraft Campaign Snares Another High-Ranking Victim](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-07-2.jpg)
Vietnam’s Antigraft Campaign Snares Another High-Ranking Victim
By Sebastian Strangio
But there is more to the country’s long-running anticorruption purge than meets the eye.
![The Truth About ‘Democracy’ in Vietnam Today The Truth About ‘Democracy’ in Vietnam Today](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-27_15-24-37.jpg)
The Truth About ‘Democracy’ in Vietnam Today
By Shawn W. Crispin
Contrary to some accounts, democracy exists in name only in the country ahead of upcoming legislative polls.
![The Practicalities of US Military Sales to Vietnam The Practicalities of US Military Sales to Vietnam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-05_13-06-22.jpg)
The Practicalities of US Military Sales to Vietnam
By Eric Tegler
Despite converging strategic and economic interests, expect a slow start to U.S. military sales to Vietnam.
![Limits of US-Vietnam Relations Revealed in Communist Party Leader Visit Limits of US-Vietnam Relations Revealed in Communist Party Leader Visit](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-10_15-07-46.jpg)
Limits of US-Vietnam Relations Revealed in Communist Party Leader Visit
By Shawn W. Crispin
The recent trip is not as monumental as some are making it out to be.
![US and Vietnam Should Boost Defense, Economic Ties, Says Communist Party Leader US and Vietnam Should Boost Defense, Economic Ties, Says Communist Party Leader](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-04_20-47-28.jpg)
US and Vietnam Should Boost Defense, Economic Ties, Says Communist Party Leader
By Prashanth Parameswaran
General Secretary urges both sides to advance their relationship in a major policy speech.
![The Right Way to Read US-Vietnam Relations Today The Right Way to Read US-Vietnam Relations Today](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-08_00-47-48.jpg)
The Right Way to Read US-Vietnam Relations Today
By Ton Nu Thi Ninh
In order for the relationship to advance, both sides need to understand it from a broader and more balanced perspective.
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