Vietnam anti-corruption campaign

The National Assembly will reportedly choose Nguyen Xuan Phuc's permanent replacement at its next meeting in May.

The country's National Assembly will reportedly hold a meeting tomorrow that could result in the removal of more high-level officials.

The removal of a sitting Politburo member hints at more profound changes at the top echelons of the party-state.

Pham Binh Minh's removal came amid a crackdown on a wide-ranging corruption scandal involving COVID-19 repatriation flights.

Dozens of officials are accused of extracting extortionate fees from Vietnamese citizens stranded abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Party's “morality campaign" has played a more important role in its thinking than the parallel and higher-profile anti-graft drive.

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

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

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

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.

But there is more to the country’s long-running anticorruption purge than meets the eye.