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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Truong My Lan: Vietnamese tycoon in a race to repay $9 billion to avoid execution

CNN

CNN — Property tycoon Truong My Lan was one of Vietnam’s richest businesswomen. She had been put on death row by a Ho Chi Minh City court in April for embezzling more than $12 billion – an amount equivalent to roughly 3% of Vietnam’s entire economy. Humble beginnings Born to a modest Sino-Vietnamese family in 1956, Lan started out selling …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

To Lam's rise to the top in Vietnam has been 'spectacular'. Are we witnessing the emergence of a new strongman leader?

ABC

A new leader has rapidly ascended to power in Vietnam and some are already comparing him to Xi Jinping. Nguyen Khac Giang, a Vietnam expert at Singapore think tank the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, said Mr Lam's rise had been "spectacular". A 'cascade' of political downfalls Dr Giang said Mr Lam's rise was thanks to a "cascade" of other senior members …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Vietnam’s president is confirmed as the new Communist Party chief — the country’s most powerful role

Associated Press

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Vietnamese President To Lam was confirmed Saturday as the new chief of the Communist Party after his predecessor died July 19. Lam will be the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country’s most powerful political role, state media said. In his first speech as the Communist Party chief, Lam said that him taking …

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5 months ago

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at age 80

Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said Friday. During Trong’s tenure as president and Communist Party chief, Guterres said, “Vietnam continued its remarkable development journey to emerge as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and an important partner …

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5 months ago

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at 80

LA Times

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong, shown last year, has died after a months-long illness, official media said Friday. Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said Friday. “General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party Nguyen …

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5 months ago

Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong dies at 80: State media

Al Jazeera

Government says Trong died at a military hospital ‘due to old age and serious illness’. Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who was seen as the most powerful figure in the country, has died, according to state media, ending more than 13 years of leadership after a reported illness. “A country without discipline would be chaotic and unstable,” …

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6 months ago

Putin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia to offset Moscow’s growing isolation

Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart on Thursday and offered to supply fossil fuels, including natural gas, to Vietnam during a state visit that comes as Moscow is seeking to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing international isolation over its war in Ukraine. Putin said the two …

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6 months ago

Putin in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia while Russia's isolation deepens

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Putin's recent visits to China and now North Korea …

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6 months ago

As Putin visits, Vietnam says will boost ties with Russia for global peace

Al Jazeera

Russian president says strengthening strategic partnership with Vietnam is one of his country’s priorities. The Russian leader is also scheduled to meet Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong – Vietnam’s most powerful politician – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and parliamentary chief Tran Thanh Man. Putin’s recent visits to China and now North Korea and Vietnam are attempts to …

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6 months ago

Putin signs numerous deals with Vietnam in a bid to shore up Russia's ties in Asia

NPR

Putin signs numerous deals with Vietnam in a bid to shore up Russia's ties in Asia toggle caption Nhac Nguyen/Pool photo via AP HANOI, Vietnam — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart on Thursday and offered to supply fossil fuels, including natural gas, to Vietnam during a state visit that comes as …

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6 months ago

Putin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia

LA Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets Vietnamese President To Lam at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on Thursday. After their talks, Putin said the two countries share an interest in “developing a reliable security architecture” in the Asia-Pacific region with no room for “closed military-political blocs.” Lam added that both Russia and Vietnam wanted to “further cooperate in defense and …

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7 months ago

Vietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president

The Hindu

Vietnam’s top security official To Lam was confirmed as the nation's new president. As Vietnam's top security official, Mr. Lam has led Mr. Trong's sweeping anti-graft campaign. During Mr. Lam's years heading the Public Security Ministry, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other watchdog organisations have strongly criticised Vietnam for its harassment and intimidation of critics. Under Mr. Lam's watch …

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7 months ago

Vietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Vietnam’s top security official To Lam was confirmed Wednesday as the nation’s new president. Vietnam’s presidency is largely ceremonial, but his new role as head of state puts the 66-year-old in a “very strong position” to become the next Communist Party general secretary, the most important political position in the country, said Nguyen Khac Giang, an analyst at …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Real estate tycoon’s death sentence is a turning point in Vietnam’s anti-corruption campaign

Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — The unusually harsh death sentence given to a real estate tycoon in Vietnam was a pivotal moment in the decadelong “Blazing Furnace” anti-corruption campaign as the Vietnamese business community wrestled with an uncertain future Friday. Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, who was sentenced to death Thursday by a court in Ho Chi Minh city for orchestrating …

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9 months ago

Vietnam’s vice president becomes interim president

Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will serve as acting president after the previous president’s resignation a year into the position, a Communist Party newspaper reported Thursday. That the youngest president in Vietnam’s modern history, once considered the protege of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, 79, became its shortest-tenured is a “political earthquake,” said Nguyen …

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9 months ago

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigns amid anti-corruption campaign

Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigned after a little over a year in the position, the Communist Party said Wednesday, making him the latest senior official to leave office after likely being implicated in an intense anti-corruption campaign. The party said it had accepted his resignation, writing in a statement that “violations by Vo Van Thuong have …

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9 months ago

Vietnamese president resigns amid anti-corruption campaign

LA Times

Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong, seen in this photo from Nov. 27, is resigning after being implicated in an intense anti-corruption campaign. The party said it had accepted his resignation, writing in a statement that “violations by Vo Van Thuong have left a bad mark on the reputation of the Communist party.” Thuong is the second president to resign in …

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10 months ago

Is Vietnam Entering Uncharted Waters?

The Diplomat

In December, the Communist Party of Vietnam ’s General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong failed to make an appearance during the visits of the Lao prime minister and Indonesian president. The Central Committee would have to decide whether or not to accelerate the two-year transition process by selecting a member of the Politburo to serve out the remaining period of Trong’s …

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1 year, 3 months ago

US President Biden visits Vietnam: Wartime foes to highest-level partners?

Al Jazeera

US President Joe Biden and Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong are expected to agree to new partnership. China will be watching Biden’s visit closely, too, assessing whether Vietnam’s cosying of relations with the US weakens Beijing’s influence in Hanoi or alters strategic interests with its southern neighbour. ‘Remarkable breakthrough in bilateral ties’ Vietnam and the US are …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Rajnath Singh holds talks with Vietnamese defence minister

The Hindu

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on June 19 held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Giang, who is on a two-day visit to India. Relations between the two countries were elevated to the level of ‘strategic partnership’ during the visit of Vietnam’s then-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to India in July 2007. With India laying increased emphasis on its …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Sipping egg coffee is a bit like inhaling sponge cake

Live Mint

Hanoi’s Nguyen Huu Huan street, near the scenic Hoan Kiem lake, is packed with eateries and cafés in buildings sitting cheek by jowl. A simple board hanging above the entrance just says “egg coffee” and “since 1946”. Our Vietnamese guide, Chung, says that when the country was convulsed by shortages, of fresh milk among other items, during World War II, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

RCEP boosts trade growth amid gloomy global outlook

China Daily

An employee operates a production machine at a workshop of Jiangsu Golden Autumn Elastic Fabrics Co Ltd in Nantong, Jiangsu province, on April 18. "Since the RCEP went into effect on Jan 1, 2022, especially after China recently allowed the importation of a number of Vietnamese agricultural products such as durian, bird's nest, sweet potato and passion fruit, Vietnamese enterprises …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Nanning establishes friendship-city ties with Bac Giang

China Daily

Nanning establishes friendship-city ties with Bac Giang, Vietnam during an online video conference. Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, established friendship-city ties with Bac Giang, Vietnam on Aug 24 during an online video conference for cross-border industrial chain cooperation. Liao Liyong, mayor of Nanning, noted that Nanning is willing to cooperate with Bac Giang to jointly build the Nanning-Hanoi …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Do you know of this egg yolk coffee from Vietnam?

Live Mint

I have barely managed to plonk myself onto a ridiculously tiny wooden stool at Cafe Giang. Cafe Giang is where my food tour guide, Nguyen Ngoc Ha, usually ends the tour, treating guests to a cup of the famous ca phe trung. Priced at 30,000 dong, this creamy beaten egg yolk coffee is so popular that it has made the …

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Truong My Lan: Vietnamese tycoon in a race to repay $9 billion to avoid execution

To Lam's rise to the top in Vietnam has been 'spectacular'. Are we witnessing the emergence of a new strongman leader?

Vietnam’s president is confirmed as the new Communist Party chief — the country’s most powerful role

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at age 80

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at 80

Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong dies at 80: State media

Putin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia to offset Moscow’s growing isolation

Putin in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia while Russia's isolation deepens

As Putin visits, Vietnam says will boost ties with Russia for global peace

Putin signs numerous deals with Vietnam in a bid to shore up Russia's ties in Asia

Putin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia

Vietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president

Vietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president

Real estate tycoon’s death sentence is a turning point in Vietnam’s anti-corruption campaign

Vietnam’s vice president becomes interim president

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigns amid anti-corruption campaign

Vietnamese president resigns amid anti-corruption campaign

Is Vietnam Entering Uncharted Waters?

US President Biden visits Vietnam: Wartime foes to highest-level partners?

Rajnath Singh holds talks with Vietnamese defence minister

Sipping egg coffee is a bit like inhaling sponge cake

RCEP boosts trade growth amid gloomy global outlook

Nanning establishes friendship-city ties with Bac Giang

Do you know of this egg yolk coffee from Vietnam?