What has not changed is the iron grip the Communist Party keeps on power, and over all forms of political expression. Vietnam is one of only five Communist, one-party states left in the world.

As Communist-controlled North Vietnam had a majority of the population, anyway, neither the Diem government in the South nor the U.S. was willing to risk defeat. And in 1956 they refused to ...

Communist ideology is an important factor in the making of Hanoi's foreign policy, but it is far from the only one. Vietnam is an interesting case study in the question of whether communist ...

BANGKOK: Vietnam's new Communist Party chief told the country's rubber-stamp parliament on Monday (Oct 21) to press ahead with a drive against corruption, which analysts say has been used for ...

Contrary to some histories, the term “Viet Cong,” like the war itself, was not a byproduct of the American presence in Vietnam. The rise of physical violence committed against activists is a ...

How does Vietnam's communist government teach this new generation about the war? What specifics can Vietnamese youth tell you about the conflict? After your class has studied the Vietnam War ...

Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's most powerful contemporary leader ... During Trong's 13 years as general secretary of the Communist Party, thousands of people were arrested on corruption charges ...

Set up the Vietnamese Communist Party in 1930 and League for Independence of Vietnam in 1941, but had to live in China to avoid being arrested. Key fact Remember, at this point America was ...

Dinh La Thang is one of the most senior officials to go on trial in decades A former Communist Party official has been sentenced to 13 years in jail in Vietnam after the most high-level trial in ...