Vietnamese journalist arrested for “defaming leadership” on Facebook
Journalist Phan Bui Bao Thy, head of the representative office of Giáo dục & Thời đại (Education & Times) newspaper in Danang, on February 10, was probed and arrested for allegedly “setting up anonymous accounts on Facebook to defame leaders.”…
“Decline” of Southern senior officials at 13th National Congress – Sad story
The personnel issues of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) continue to be the focus of public interest in Vietnam in the week prior to the 2021 Lunar New Year or Tet. On Tuesday, from…
Congress 13: Changes and challenges for new leadership
The new Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the highest authority of the Party is decided at the 13th National Congress on the basis of the personnel plan proposed by the collective consensus of the Central Committee…
Vietnam’s regime says it will let parliament have 25-50 independent legislators: is it sincere?
Vietnam’s National Assembly in the 2021-2026 term will strive to have 25-50 independent legislators, that is they are not members of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Mr. Tran Van Tuy, head of the Delegate Working Committee under the…
When an official who did not confess to making unjust trial elected to Politburo
In the list of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in the 13th term announced on January 31, 2021, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh was given a seat to…
It is strange that the 13th National Congress does not amend CPV’s charter
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has had a new lineup of members of the Central Committee for the 13th tenure with ten “special” cases, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected as the party’s chief for the third consecutive…
Post 13th National Congress of Vietnam’s ruling party: Choosing leadership in closed-door
The selection of senior personnel at the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is still a “closed” job that seems to be “pre-negotiated” internally without the participation of the people. Vietnamese observers told BBC News Vietnamese…
Does Communist Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong commit “not denouncing crime” when briber leaves?
On the morning of February 1, 2021, at a press conference about the results of the 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, told the press: “Someone bribes carrying a suitcase…
Bringing happiness to people is Party Congress’s success of the Congress: Populism!
The congress is just the beginning, but whether the party can do it or not, whether to make the resolution a reality, whether to bring out material wealth, bring wealth and happiness to the people, that’s the actual success of…
