Vietnam

Vietnam parliament’s Thursday meeting fuels leadership speculation

A letter to legislators said the extraordinary session is to discuss ‘personnel issues.’

Vietnam’s next leader faces crunch time with economy, demographics

An aging population and uncertain geopolitics will greet Nguyen Phu Trong successor.

Vietnamese police track down Montagnards in Thailand

They try to persuade them to return to Vietnam, saying they will be safe, but the asylum-seekersare skeptical.

Hanoi asks Beijing to abide by law while drawing baseline in Gulf of Tonkin

Analysts say China’s newly announced baseline is not in line with U.N. Law of the Sea.

Prosecutors demand death  sentence in Vietnam’s biggest fraud trial

They say Van Thinh Phat’s chairwoman didn’t plead guilty or apologize.

Vietnam police summon political prisoners’ wives

Rights advocates say it marks the start of a new harassment campaign by the government.

Vietnamese stranded in Myanmar war zone plead for help from Vietnam’s government