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Tag: Tran Dai Quang

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
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Vietnam

Trong’s strength hides weakness in Vietnam

by David Hutt October 30, 2018February 18, 2020

The recent appointment of Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong as the state’s new president – the first time an apparatchik has held both positions since the 1960s – has signaled to some his rise as a new dictatorial strongman in a system that has long been ruled by consensus. But the reasons for […]

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)
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, South Asia, Vietnam, World

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

by Xuan Loc Doan October 25, 2018October 25, 2018
Vietnam Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong at the VCP's headquarters in Hanoi on October 6, 2016. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam
Posted inAT Finance, China, Vietnam, World

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

by David Hutt October 4, 2018February 18, 2020
Flag-waving Vietnamese protestors in a file photo. Photo: Facebook
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, Germany, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

A muffled cry for freedom in Vietnam

by David Hutt October 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Quang warned against ‘might-makes-right’ mindset

by Xuan Loc Doan September 23, 2018September 23, 2018
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Vietnam

Quang dies and a vacuum opens in Vietnam

by David Hutt September 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Vietnamese protestors against the proposed Special Economic Zone law, June 2018. Photo: Twitter
Posted inAT Finance, China, Vietnam

Protest politics reveal rifts at the top in Vietnam

by Khai Nguyen August 3, 2018February 18, 2020
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for a photo with Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang in front of a statue of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

India-Vietnam defense ties in spotlight with joint naval exercise

by Abhishek Mohanty May 29, 2018May 29, 2018
Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi, January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kham
Posted inAT Finance, China, South Asia, Vietnam

Vietnam’s aged communists ruling on borrowed time

by David Hutt March 11, 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
Posted inAT Finance, Vietnam, World

Vietnam lays down marker with conviction of ex-Politburo member

by Nate Fischler January 22, 2018February 18, 2020
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
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Is Vietnam’s purge spinning out of control?

by Shawn W. Crispin January 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang and US President Donald Trump prepare to address a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst
Posted inAT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Trump courts Vietnam to ward off Beijing in South China Sea

by Bill Gertz November 14, 2017
Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang and US President Donald Trump prepare to address a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Vietnam, World

Trump ‘prepared to mediate’ in South China Sea disputes

by Agencies and Asia Times November 12, 2017February 18, 2020
The modern metropolis of Da Nang, Vietnam's third largest city, is playing host to the APEC leaders summit. The city was damaged by a typhoon Nov. 4, but repairs were made in time for this week's summit, the second time Vietnam has hosted the event.
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Challenges aplenty for APEC host Vietnam

by Xuan Loc Doan November 10, 2017November 10, 2017
An internet user browses through the Vietnamese government's new Facebook page in Hanoi in a file photo. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, China, France, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Vietnam grapples with a wild and wooly web

by David Hutt October 3, 2017February 18, 2020
A policeman blocks photographers from taking pictures during an anti-China protest in front of the Opera House in Hanoi in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Nguyen Lan Thang
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, France, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

No halt to abuses in Vietnam

by Helen Clark July 7, 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
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Vietnam seeks preferential Trump treatment

by David Hutt April 10, 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
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Vietnam

An uncertain anniversary in Vietnam

by David Hutt February 3, 2017February 18, 2020
Pope Francis meets Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang (L), during a private audience in Vatican, November 23, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Maurizio Brambatti/Pool
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, World

Are the Vatican and Vietnam close to normalizing ties?

by Xuan Loc Doan December 2, 2016

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