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Vietnam Approves Radical Consolidation of Provinces and Major Cities
By Sebastian Strangio
The change, part of an administrative "revolution" spearheaded by CPV chief To Lam, will see the number of provinces and centrally-run cities cut from 63 to just 34.
With an Economy on the Rise, Vietnam’s To Lam Can Claim Pole Position
By Luke Hunt
Vietnam is economically out-performing its peers in the Mekong Region, and is set to become ASEAN's second-largest economy by 2028.
Why Is Vietnam Blocking Access to Telegram?
By Vu Lam
Hanoi claims that the encrypted messaging app is enabling criminal activity, but there may be deeper considerations at play.
How Vietnam’s Communist Party Manipulates History for Political Gain
By Nguyen Dai Ngu
Hanoi's myth of reconciliation strengthens its political control while allowing it to reap the economic benefits of engagement with overseas Vietnamese communities.
Understanding The Logic of Vietnam’s Reconciliation Policy
By Khang Vu
Hanoi is willing to let bygones be bygones, but many RVN sympathizers refuse to accept the legitimacy of the country's communist political system.
Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Trumpian Worldview
By Luke Hunt
A conversation about the crisis of integrity with journalist Huw Watkin.
50 Years After the War, Vietnam’s Greatest Challenge May Lie in the Realm of Memory
By Leo Tran
The country is moving closer to a genuine reckoning with painful and politically sensitive realities about the war that pitted Vietnamese against each other.
Vietnam’s Centralization Drive Faces External Economic Headwinds
By Vu Lam
Communist Party chief To Lam has embarked on a radical program of administrative reform that is increasingly vulnerable to forces beyond Hanoi’s control.
Vietnam to Cut Provinces by Half in Radical Administrative Restructure
By Sebastian Strangio
The reforms are part of a drive to make the country's political system "lean, compact, strong, efficient, effective, and impactful.”
There Are No Robin Hoods in Vietnam These Days
By David Hutt
More undergraduates from one of the world’s five remaining communist states were opposed to the redistribution of wealth through taxes than their peers in uber-capitalist Singapore or Malaysia.
The Declining Influence of the National Assembly in Vietnam’s ‘New Era’
By Thiem Bui
Communist Party chief To Lam is reversing a decades-long trend of growing legislative involvement in Vietnamese policy-making.
A Turning Point in Vietnam’s Politics
By Alexander L. Vuving
Will Communist Party chief To Lam succeed in leading his nation into a "new era" of economic ascendance?
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