Vietnam’s Minister of Finance is an extremely important position, considered the “keeper of the safe” of the government. Most of the money poured into the localities must be approved by the Minister of Finance. If the Minister of Finance and…
Power left unchecked becomes overpowered. Nguyen Phu Trong once said that power leads to corruption. However, Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong only taught the whole Party without looking back at himself. Currently, Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong controls at least 11 members…
The General Department of Defense Intelligence, also known as General Department II, is an agency of Vietnam’s Defense Ministry. This is a strategic intelligence agency of the Party and State of Vietnam, and a specialized military intelligence agency of the…
With a majority rate of over 60%, Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA)’s on November 17 expressed “disagree” to transfer the driver’s license granting process from the Ministry of Transport to the Ministry of Public Security, as well as…
Secretary of the Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Nghi, the eldest son of former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, has just been re-appointed as a deputy minister of construction in the midst of the Vietnamese Politburo preparing personnel…
Vietnam is now one of Israel’s largest markets for weapons and surveillance technology. But those defense exports are used by Hanoi’s repressive communist regime to silence its own population Vietnam’s dictatorship has lasted for decades. Its longevity and repression mean…
