January 20, 2022 marks a year when US President Joe Biden took office. This is an opportunity to summarize a year of US-Vietnam relations under this Democratic president. In general, over the past year, the relationship between Hanoi and Washington…
The year 2021 ends with not very positive figures for the Vietnamese economy: GDP growth rate of 2.58% is the lowest in the past 30 years, the number of unemployed people increases, the average salary of workers decreases. For Vietnamese…
The United Nations Special Rapporteur has asked the Vietnamese government to respond to alleged “arbitrary” arrests and detentions of a range of human rights activists and defenders. In a letter sent to the Vietnamese government from last November, the group…
According to a report by the Department of Overseas Labor under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in 2021, the country sent more than 45,000 workers abroad, equaling 57.3% compared to the previous year. The number met 50%…
The regulation that “land belongs to the entire people, and the State is the representative owner” and the State’s unequal treatment of people and businesses are among the causes leading to conflicts related to land use rights in Vietnam for…
The Road Administration Department 3 under the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam is completing the procedures for the forced dismantling of five gate works in Kon Tum city worth VND8 billion ($348,000). The reason is said that these welcome gates…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 13 called on China to open a border gate to receive Vietnamese exports, which has been stuck here for weeks due to Beijing’s “no COVID” policy. Chinh made the offer during a…
Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) has just finished its extraordinary session on January 11. It is called “extraordinary” because the rubber-stamped parliament meets twice a year, spring and autumn, around May and October. The content of this meeting…
Recently, the findings of news observers in Vietnam have pointed out many anomalies in an advertisement for the product of billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong. The state-controlled media’s efforts to advertise the “magical attraction” of VinFast electric cars are being exposed…
On December 29, the Vietnamese government announced that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 increase only by 2.58%, lower than the 2.91% rate of 2020 and also the lowest increase in the past decade. The General Statistics Office…
