Collective vs. Core: Unifying the Presidency and General Secretary in Việt Nam
“It is not because of institutional unification; this is a situational circumstance,” former General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng told Hà
The recent death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan Buddhist lama, in Hồ Chí Minh City has raised serious
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Unusual exceptions are given to foreign Buddhist sects, while Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village (Lang Mai) is still outlawed in Vietnam.
This article was published in Luat Khoa Magazine on May 24, 2023. Lee Nguyen translated this into English. A renowned
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