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 ...

Vietnam's successful hosting of leaders from these three nations over the past 12 months is an example of its adroit diplomatic manoeuvring under Trong's stewardship.

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 ...

The Communist symbol, of the sickle for the farmer and the hammer for the worker, could in Vietnam be expanded to include a pen for the intellectual, a sword or pistol for the soldier and for the ...

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 ...

Vietnam Communist Party head Nguyen Phu Trong, country’s most powerful leader, dies at age 80 Trong had dominated Vietnamese politics since 2011, when he was elected party chief. During his ...

last week in Hanoi marked the start of a succession struggle within the party that will likely to continue until the all-important National Party Congress of Vietnam’s Communist Party in 2026.