As Communist-controlled North Vietnam had a majority of the population, anyway, neither the Diem government in the South nor the U.S. was willing to risk defeat. And in 1956 they refused to ...

Set up the Vietnamese Communist Party in 1930 and League for Independence of Vietnam in 1941, but had to live in China to avoid being arrested. Key fact Remember, at this point America was ...

and a southern zone to be governed by an anti-communist government led by Ngo Dinh Diem. The Geneva Agreement spelled the end of French control in Vietnam and the beginning of a major dilemma for ...

Sound like Britain? It’s not. This is Vietnam, and the government is responding in a decidedly non-Whitehall way. The one-party communist state is going all-out for growth, announcing sweeping ...

Communist Party chief To Lam's unprecedented institutional streamlining is designed to bolster Vietnam's competitiveness – but it could come at a cost. Truong My Lan, 68, may be eligible for ...

Lam will be the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country’s most powerful political role, state media said. It was unclear if Lam will stay in his role as president.

Vietnamese President To Lam was formally named the country's top leader Saturday, pledging to "speed up" a sweeping anti-graft campaign that has snared thousands. The Communist Party elected Lam ...

marking an upgrade in their relations to Vietnam's highest level, during a visit by its Communist Party Chief To Lam to the city-state. Singapore is the third Southeast Asian nation, after ...