The Changing Role of ‘Alternate’ Members on the Central Committee of Vietnam’s Communist Party From 2021-2026, despite massive vacancies leaving 35 empty seats in the Central Committee (due to disciplinary dismissals or deaths), none were filled by alternates.

Why have alternate members been repeatedly refused mid-term entry into the voting right holders bloc at the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, the most elitist institution in the country? Read this piece to know my answer: thediplomat.com/2026/01/the-...

I recently reviewed the book “Vietnam over the long 20th Century.” It is a good read @stockholm-uni.bsky.social ijaps.usm.my?page_id=7441

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50 years later – the Vietnam War still casts a long shadow over the region - Stockholm University The Vietnam War or the Second Indochina War (1954–1975) as it is called in the English literature ended 50 years ago but its legacies and debates continue to cast a long shadow over Vietnam, Southeast...

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, I share my reflections on the war consequences and implications for now #StockholmUniversity www.su.se/english/news...

The Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University is organizing a seminar:
Vietnam: Fifty Years of (Re-)Unification
Where is Vietnam today, and what are its main challenges?
Time: Thursday 8 May, 2025, 10.00-16.00
Please register at su.bmc.nu/Modules/Even...

The Declining Influence of the National Assembly in Vietnam’s ‘New Era’ Communist Party chief To Lam is reversing a decades-long trend of growing legislative involvement in Vietnamese policy-making.

The National Assembly in Vietnam's new power structure and policy-making has been what it takes to lay path to the ´National Rise' Era.

thediplomat.com/2025/03/the-...

Tô Lâm Promises Massively Revamped Viet Economy Leader claims 'new era of national rise'

David and I discuss the vision of Vietnamese leader Tô Lâm of “National Rise” Era in a short commentary published by Asia Sentinel at www.asiasentinel.com/p/to-lam-pro...