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Vietnam’s new view of an old war

by David Hutt February 20, 2019February 18, 2020

Vietnam opens up about past clashes with China

by Xuan Loc Doan February 19, 2019February 18, 2020

January 7, 2019 marks the 40 year anniversary of Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. Photo: Richard S Ehrlich

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How Vietnam lost and China won Cambodia

by David Hutt January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Vietnam communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong takes oath as country's president at the National Assembly hall in Hanoi on October 23, 2018. Photo: Vietnam News Agency via AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Vietnam

Trong’s strength hides weakness in Vietnam

by David Hutt October 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnam communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong takes oath as country's president at the National Assembly hall in Hanoi on October 23, 2018. - Vietnam lawmakers on October 23, 2018 elected as president communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the only candidate on the ballot, making him the most powerful man in the country where consensus leadership has traditionally kept strongman rule in check. (Photo by - / AFP)

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Will Vietnam tilt toward China under a Xi-like leader?

by Xuan Loc Doan October 25, 2018October 25, 2018

Ethnic Montagnard Christians pray at a makeshift forest church in Vietnam. Photo: Facebook/Campaign to End Torture in Vietnam

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Say a prayer for Vietnam’s forgotten Montagnards

by Dan Southerland October 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnam Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong at the VCP's headquarters in Hanoi on October 6, 2016. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

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All of Vietnam’s power is in Trong’s hands

by David Hutt October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Performers dance with large national flags marking an anniversary of Vietnam's communist regime in Hanoi, February 3, 2017. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

AT Finance, China, Vietnam

Vietnam drives to revive its ‘moral’ revolution

by David Hutt May 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Supporters of new Malaysian Prime Minnister Mahathir Mohamad are seen outside of the National Palace, a day after general election in Kuala Lumpur, May 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Malaysia’s vote an unlikely democratic domino

by David Hutt May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang, now in hiding after publishing a political book, in a file image. Photo: Wikimedia

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Talkin’ about a reformation in Vietnam

by David Hutt March 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Dinh La Thang (center) listens as the verdict is delivered on his case in Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 22. Photo: VNA / Doan Tan via Reuters

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Vietnam lays down marker with conviction of ex-Politburo member

by Nate Fischler January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Dinh La Thang stands in court; behind him, PVC's former chairman, Trinh Xuan Thanh (left), sits. Photo: VNA/ Doan Tan via Reuters

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Where will Vietnam’s corruption crackdown end?

by Xuan Loc Doan January 14, 2018

Vietnam Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong gestures as he waits for deputies to join him on the podium for a group photo at the end of the final meeting of the outgoing parliament in Hanoi on April 12, 2016.Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

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Is Vietnam’s purge spinning out of control?

by Shawn W. Crispin January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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The drive to recentralize Vietnam

by David Hutt December 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnamese Politburo member and Communist Party chief for Ho Chi Minh City Dinh La Thang in a file photo. Photo: AFP / Hoang Dinh Nam

AT Finance, China, Chongqing, South Asia, Vietnam

What the arrest of a top official says about Vietnamese politics

by Xuan Loc Doan December 13, 2017

Vietnamese police officers stand next to a sign near the venue of the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam November 9 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

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The Vietnam Trump refuses to see

by David Hutt November 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnam is seeking preferential US treatment under the Donald Trump administration to sustain a warming trend in relations consolidated under the previous Barack Obama government. Photo: Getty Images

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US-Vietnam still in a tentative embrace

by David Hutt November 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 11, 2017.
Photo: AFP / Pool / Jason Lee

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China and Vietnam: from confrontation to accommodation

by Alexander Casella October 27, 2017

A photo from Vietnamese photographer Hao Nhien's recent Tao Tuc exhibit held in Ho Chi Minh City. The nude exhibit was viewed as a watershed in the long-running tussle between state censors and artists. Photo: Courtesy of Hao Nhien

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A lighter, softer censorship in Vietnam

by Zoe Osborne October 14, 2017February 18, 2020

An internet user browses through the Vietnamese government's new Facebook page in Hanoi in a file photo. Photo: Reuters

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Vietnam grapples with a wild and wooly web

by David Hutt October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong applauds after delivering a speech at the closing ceremony on the final day of the 12th National Congress of Vietnam's Communist Party in Hanoi on January 28, 2016. country. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

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A purge too far in Vietnam?

by David Hutt September 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Soldiers march in a parade marking the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon on April 30, 2015. Photo: AFP / Hoang Dinh Nam

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Vietnam’s transition: voices from the past

by Alexander Casella August 8, 2017

Vietnamese Politburo member and Communist Party chief for Ho Chi Minh City Dinh La Thang in a file photo. Photo: AFP / Hoang Dinh Nam

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A top comrade’s fall underlines divisions in Vietnam

by Zachary Abuza May 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Performers dance with large national flags marking an anniversary of Vietnam's communist regime in Hanoi, February 3, 2017. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Vietnam

An uncertain anniversary in Vietnam

by David Hutt February 3, 2017February 18, 2020