Though it is one of the “four pillars” of the Vietnamese government, the National Assembly chairpersonship remains the weakest position. Vietnam’s National Assembly has been preparing...
Since the beginning of its history, the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) has been portraying itself as a group of nationalists who liberated the country from foreign...
Vietnam’s general election in May 2021, with the surprise factor of Luong The Huy’s independent candidacy, revealed a political landscape of three major players, namely the...
“The dream for authoritarian regimes is to reap the fruits of electoral legitimacy without running the risks of democratic uncertainty.” Andreas Schedler, professor of political science. Despite...
Vietnam has been consistently categorized as “not free” and “authoritarian” by many organizations, such as Freedom House and The Economist. The Economist went so far as...
This article was written in Vietnamese by Hong Anh and previously published in the Luat Khoa Magazine on February 26, 2021. The translation carries some revisions...
This article was written in Vietnamese by Y Chan and previously published in the Luat Khoa Magazine on February 2, 2021. The 13th Party Congress ended...
