Former Vietnamese premier Phan Van Khai, who helped strengthen ties with the US and drive market reforms that ignited the communist country's economy, died on Saturday aged 84, the government said.
Tag - policy
dimanche 18 mars 2018
Vietnam's reformist ex-PM Phan Van Khai dies at age 84
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 18 mars 2018, 09:29 - News in english
dimanche 11 mars 2018
Vietnam’s aged communists ruling on borrowed time
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 11 mars 2018, 12:03 - News in english
Concerns about the longevity of elderly leaders and youthful demographic change weigh heavy on the long-ruling Communist Party
jeudi 22 février 2018
Is Vietnam going the way of China?
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 22 février 2018, 08:21 - News in english
The Communist Party of Vietnam seems, in some ways, to be following the path laid down by Beijing.
lundi 22 janvier 2018
Vietnam jails former PetroVietnam official for life, another for 13 years
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 22 janvier 2018, 08:28 - News in english
A court in Vietnam sentenced one former official from state oil and gas group PetroVietnam to life in prison and another to 13 years on Monday for embezzlement and violating state rules amid a widespread corruption crackdown, state media said.
vendredi 19 janvier 2018
What’s behind the demise of Vietnam’s 'captain sidewalk' ?
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 19 janvier 2018, 08:20 - News in english
A closer look at a telling development and what it means for the Southeast Asian state.
dimanche 31 décembre 2017
The drive to recentralize Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 31 décembre 2017, 13:22 - News in english
The Communist Party is reasserting central command in a reversal of the doi moi reforms that allowed for free markets and limited local democracy
mercredi 27 décembre 2017
Drinking in Hanoi: alcohol and politics in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 27 décembre 2017, 16:44 - News in english
A man is stood in a half-mile long queue outside a shop on the outskirts of Moscow waiting to buy some vodka.
Vietnam combats corruption with iron hand
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 27 décembre 2017, 16:27 - News in english
As early as 2006, the Communist Party of Vietnam considered corruption as "one of the biggest threats to the existence of our party and regime."
lundi 4 décembre 2017
Farewell comrade: Why communist China and Vietnam are drifting apart
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 4 décembre 2017, 08:11 - News in english
Political liberalisation by Hanoi is improving its relationship with the United States and Asian democracies like Japan, India and Taiwan – guess how that’s going down with Beijing
samedi 7 octobre 2017
Vietnam sacks top communist official
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 7 octobre 2017, 18:51 - News in english
The communist party chief of one of Vietnam's largest cities was fired on Friday (Oct 6) for violating party rules, the government said, part of the country's massive anti-corruption sweep targeting political heavyweights and executives.
mardi 29 août 2017
Vietnam president appears in public for first time in more than a month
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 29 août 2017, 10:45 - News in english
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang appeared in public for the first time in more than a month on Monday, ending an absence from the political scene that triggered online speculation about his health and position.
dimanche 27 août 2017
North Vietnam had an antiwar movement, too
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 27 août 2017, 20:23 - News in english
When we think back to the signal events of the antiwar movement in 1967, we recall the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s powerful April 4 speech denouncing the war, the thousands of returned registration cards during the “Stop the Draft” week, and the March on the Pentagon that brought record numbers of demonstrators to the nation’s capital.
vendredi 25 août 2017
Vietnam president's mysterious absence raising eyebrows
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 25 août 2017, 08:42 - News in english
Chief of state's month out of public eye churns political rumor mill
In Vietnam, repression threatens growth
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 25 août 2017, 08:37 - News in english
A lack of democracy has an economic cost.
lundi 21 août 2017
Vietnam's president calls for tougher internet controls
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 21 août 2017, 08:47 - News in english
Vietnam's president called on Sunday for tougher controls on the internet in the face of dissidents who are using it to criticize the ruling Communist Party, and to combat threats to cybersecurity.
jeudi 17 août 2017
Vietnam fires vice minister amid corruption crackdown
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 17 août 2017, 08:25 - News in english
Vietnam fired a vice trade minister on Wednesday for wrongdoings at electricity firm Dien Quang Lamp, the government and state media said, amid a wider crackdown on corruption.
mardi 1 août 2017
Vietnam proposes firing vice minister amid corruption crackdown
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 1 août 2017, 08:26 - News in english
Vietnam's ruling Communist party said on Monday that a former executive of electricity firm Dien Quang Lamp should be sacked from her current position as a vice-trade minister as it continues a crackdown on corruption.
vendredi 23 juin 2017
Vietnam singer Mai Khoi adds a youthful tone to aged politics
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 23 juin 2017, 12:07 - News in english
The Vietnamese singer and activist Mai Khoi is an outspoken advocate for human rights and freedom of expression in Vietnam. After her performance at the Global Media Forum she spoke with DW about her political activism.
lundi 19 juin 2017
Vietnam rights report highlights beatings, intimidation against critics
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 19 juin 2017, 20:41 - News in english
Vietnamese human rights bloggers and activists are being beaten and intimidated, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday, as it urged the Communist government to end attacks and hold those responsible accountable.
dimanche 18 juin 2017
Property disputes are Vietnam’s biggest political problem
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 18 juin 2017, 19:59 - News in english
The Communist party does not know how to handle them
dimanche 21 mai 2017
Vietnam: The curious fall of a communist leader
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 21 mai 2017, 16:40 - News in english
Questions have arisen about the anti-corruption campaign that saw the first firing of a Politburo member in 21 years.
samedi 22 octobre 2016
In Vietnam, telling the truth is criminal ‘propaganda’
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 22 octobre 2016, 17:20 - News in english
This May, in a visit to Vietnam, President Obama announced he was lifting the embargo on selling lethal arms to Hanoi as part of an effort to normalize relations long after the Vietnam War.
samedi 4 juin 2016
Vietnam's National Assembly elections plagued by biased vetting, intimidation
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 4 juin 2016, 12:25 - News in english
When Vietnam elects its National Assembly this weekend, voters will find that by and large, the choice has already been made for them.
lundi 11 avril 2016
Vietnam : old guard, new tack
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 11 avril 2016, 20:18 - News in english
A bitter and unprecedentedly public contest for leadership of Vietnam’s all-powerful Communist party ended in late January with two-term Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s forced retirement.
vendredi 8 avril 2016
Interview: Vietnam's 'other' political party
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 8 avril 2016, 18:25 - News in english
The Diplomat talks with the spokesman of Vietnam’s most prominent sanctioned political party about the country’s politics.
jeudi 7 avril 2016
Vietnam gets new PM with tough task and big shoes to fill
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 7 avril 2016, 08:30 - News in english
Vietnam's parliament approved a new prime minister on Thursday, handing former bureaucrat and legislator Nguyen Xuan Phuc the challenge of maintaining the momentum of one of Asia's fastest-growing economies.
samedi 2 avril 2016
Vietnam elects police chief as president
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 2 avril 2016, 18:38 - News in english
Tran Dai Quang received 436 votes from 465 assembly members who cast their votes
lundi 21 mars 2016
In one-party Vietnam, independents vie for assembly seats
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 21 mars 2016, 20:42 - News in english
Taking the stage here on Friday, the singer-songwriter Mai Khoi launched into her hit song “Vietnam,” an optimistic ode to the country’s landscape and people.
jeudi 17 mars 2016
Pop star among dissidents testing the limits of Vietnam’s ‘democracy’
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 17 mars 2016, 08:37 - News in english
Pink-haired pop star Mai Khoi, dubbed Vietnam’s Lady Gaga for her risque outfits, has found a new way to shock: running for parliament along with a motley crew of dissidents and activists testing the limits of the authoritarian nation.
jeudi 28 janvier 2016
The old guard retakes control in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 28 janvier 2016, 21:15 - News in english
Reform-minded Prime Minister Dung is on his way out.
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