Election
Vietnam’s General Election 2021: A Tale Of Three Players
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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 government led by the Vietnamese Communist Party, a new generation of regime critics, and those who seem to hope to change politics
Vietnam Briefing: The Election Is Over. But The Fate Of Party Critics Is Still Grim.
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The Vietnam Briefing, which is released every Monday morning Vietnam time, is a look at Vietnam’s political developments of the past week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2021 National Assembly election is over. Rumors are spreading. It is reported that almost 70 million people were expected to cast their ballots yesterday, Sunday,
An Authoritarian Nightmare: The Self-Nomination Movement In 2016
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“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 being a one-party state, the Vietnamese Constitution does allow non-party members and self-nominated candidates to compete for the National Assembly election. Because of
The Power Of Your Ballot
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As election day approaches for seats in the Vietnamese National Assembly, it is important to take a step back and reflect on the significance of this political exercise as a whole and on our role as voters. It is common knowledge that several aspects of this entire electoral process are
The Odds Against Your Favor: How Does The National Assembly Election In Vietnam Work?
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Vietnam has been consistently categorized as “not free” and “authoritarian” by many organizations, such as Freedom House [https://freedomhouse.org/country/vietnam/freedom-world/2021] and The Economist [https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2020/]. The Economist went so far as to rank Vietnam at the bottom of its Democracy Index
Ao Dai, The Freedom Index, And An Election Goes Uninterested In Vietnam
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Why are so few paying attention to this country’s grand affairs, such as our upcoming general election on May 23, 2021? Maybe the op-ed article written in Vietnamese by Huynh Minh Triet that was previously published [https://www.luatkhoa.org/2021/03/ao-dai-jav-chi-so-tu-do-va-cuoc-bau-cu-bi-lang-quen-cua-nguoi-viet-nam/] in the Luat Khoa Magazine on
Vietnam Briefing: The First Openly Gay Candidate Running For Election
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The Vietnam Briefing, which is released every Monday morning Vietnam time, is a look at Vietnam’s political developments of the past week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That’s it. The election is here. This is the last briefing before the general election on Sunday, May 23. Candidates spent the last week busying
Vietnam Election 2021: Twelve Milestones That All Voters Should Know
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This article was written in Vietnamese by Hong Anh and previously published [https://www.luatkhoa.org/2021/02/bau-cu-viet-nam-2021-12-moc-thoi-gian-cu-tri-nao-cung-nen-xem-qua/] in the Luat Khoa Magazine on February 26, 2021. The translation carries some revisions of the original article that we have sought the author’s consent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On May 23, 2021,
