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Vietnam anti-corruption campaign
June 07, 2022
Vietnam’s Communist Party Dumps Officials Over COVID-19 Test-Kit Scam
By Sebastian Strangio
The pair were linked to a $172 million scandal in which officials were bribed to supply hospitals with vastly overpriced test kits.
February 23, 2021
Why Communist Anti-Corruption Campaigns Never Work
By David Hutt
Ongoing anti-graft campaigns in Vietnam and Laos focus on officials' moral conduct without addressing the political structures that incentivize corruption.
February 01, 2021
Vietnam’s Communist Party Chief Reelected to Third Term
By Sebastian Strangio
The reappointment of Nguyen Phu Trong elevates the austere communist chief into the Party's upper ranks.
October 06, 2020
Vietnam’s Public Diplomacy and the Peril of Mixed Messages
By Vu Lam
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.
September 07, 2020
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.
October 23, 2018
Meet Vietnam's New President: The Communist Party Chief
By Cù Huy Ha Vu
A dual-hatted Nguyen Phu Trong provides renewed strength to the Vietnamese state.
May 15, 2018
The Beginning of a Political Doi Moi? Takeaways From the VCP’s Seventh Plenum
By Nicholas Chapman
The Vietnam Communist Party steps up efforts to reform its inner workings.
May 16, 2017
Vietnam: The Curious Fall of a Communist Leader
By Bennett Murray and Bac Pham
Questions have arisen about the anti-corruption campaign that saw the first firing of a Politburo member in 21 years.
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