Vietnam politics

The party is highly secretive and citizens are not even allowed to publicly discuss candidates.

Reported appointments suggest that informal but long-held norms have been sacrificed in order to preserve party unity.

This month's Communist Party conclave is set to determine more than just who occupies the top positions.

Amid a pandemic and shifting geopolitical winds, Vietnam’s next leaders will be of crucial importance for the country’s future.

As the Communist Party of Vietnam moves toward its next National Congress, the list of candidates for key posts is narrowing.

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

The success of its COVID-19 strategy has, so far, increased trust in the Vietnamese government, but it could create demand for transparency in other political issues in the future.

How speaking out fits into Vietnam’s political system and the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Vietnam’s success in containing COVID-19 provides a chance to to use earned legitimacy as a springboard to reforms.

The particularities of domestic politics in Vietnam have led to surprisingly effective pandemic responses from the government and its people.

The coronavirus outbreak provides a unique opportunity for the Communist Party of Vietnam to strengthen its legitimacy.