Nguyễn Trường Giang - The Vietnamese Magazine

Việt Nam's Proposed 'Innovation' Exemption Risks Shielding Corruption

A draft regulation allowing “exemption from punishment” for corruption offenders who acted from a “desire to innovate and make breakthroughs”

Nhật Lam Nov 19, 2025

Opinion-Section

A Nation Cannot Mature If It Clings to the Wounds of Its Past

A nation can hardly grow and move forward if it spends every day brooding over and resenting the past like

Đan Thanh Nov 18, 2025

Environmental Rights

Converting Gasoline Motorbikes to Electric: A ‘Green Dream’ That Could Backfire

The proposal to convert gasoline-powered motorbikes into electric vehicles is a “green” idea. But without a proper legal framework, technical

Lê Hồng Thái Nov 17, 2025

A Vietnamese researcher based in Tokyo, and a former ADB–Japan Scholarship Program scholar. Giang's work focuses on international relations theory, Southeast Asian security, environmental policy, and historical politics.

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Politics

From Constraint to Compass: Việt Nam’s Strategic Geography in the Indo-Pacific Region

At dawn along Việt Nam’s central coast, fishing boats drift back to shore, their bright blue wooden hulls etched

Nguyễn Trường Giang Oct 3, 2025