Hoàng Xuân Chiến Harassment Scandal and the Challenge for Việt Nam’s “Bamboo Diplomacy”

On Oct. 24, Deputy Minister of National Defense of Việt Nam Hoàng Xuân Chiến appeared on Human Rights Watch’s

Nguyễn Hưng Bình Oct 30, 2025

Việt Nam's Push for Information Control—Parallels From Abroad

The Vietnamese government has long been implementing a national project to digitize and store citizens’ data for administrative purposes. The

Thiên Lương, Tịch Dạ Oct 30, 2025

Politics

In 1953, a Vietnamese worker labored for nearly two hours to afford a loaf of bread, while an American worker

Nguyễn Hạnh Oct 29, 2025

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Book Review

A book review on Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam by historian Edward Miller.

Son Nguyen May 4, 2022

On This Day

The “On This Day” series introduces contemporary Vietnamese history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries by explaining political events that

Son Nguyen Jun 16, 2021

On This Day

The “On This Day” series aims to introduce contemporary Vietnamese history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries by explaining political

Son Nguyen Jun 11, 2021