Media appearance

I occasionally comment on Vietnamese politics:

Asia Time (2022).Why Vietnam doesn’t squeeze its super-rich tycoons.

ABC (2022). Vietnam was once praised for its pandemic response. Now a COVID corruption scandal has brought down its health minister

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-11/vietnam-covid-corruption-scandal-brings-down-health-minister/101142026

Asia Time (2022). Hanoi shy to leave Moscow for the West over Ukraine. https://asiatimes.com/2022/03/hanoi-shy-to-leave-moscow-for-the-west-over-ukraine/

AP News (2021). Vietnam National Assembly selects prime minister, president.

https://apnews.com/article/legislature-asia-pacific-vietnam-coronavirus-pandemic-e16c7a709c9a3b413b5ef31d14bbe60d

AFP (2021). Vietnam’s pandemic response leader sworn in as president.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210405-vietnam-s-pandemic-response-leader-sworn-in-as-president

The Economist (2021). Hammered and sickled: Vietnam’s Communist Party is in a weaker position than it seems.

https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/01/21/vietnams-communist-party-is-in-a-weaker-position-than-it-seems

BBC (2021). Vietnam’s party congress picks new communist leaders.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55728575

Financial Times (2021). Vietnam’s Communists convene away from prying eyes to choose leaders.

https://www.ft.com/content/a5fa2769-35d7-4d38-ae1b-f534804e7f85?sharetype=blocked

AP News (2021). Ruling Communist Party to set Vietnam’s course this week.

https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-vietnam-c5051890a6aeeeb39bf499c608a7b559

Asia Times (2020). Why Vietnam fears Biden as much as Trump.

https://asiatimes.com/2020/11/why-vietnam-fears-biden-as-much-as-trump/

FD (Dutch, 2021). Vietnam: van rijzende ster naar regionale grootmacht

https://fd.nl/achtergrond/1371553/vietnam-van-rijzende-ster-naar-regionale-grootmacht

BBC Vietnamese Service (2021). Nhận định quanh phương án ông Nguyễn Phú Trọng tiếp tục làm Tổng Bí thư.

https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vietnam-55646378

SCMP (2020). Vietnam dodged the coronavirus bullet, so why are its workers struggling?

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3099327/vietnam-dodged-coronavirus-bullet-so-why-its-economy-so

Nikkei Asian Review (2019). Second Trump-Kim summit set for Feb 27-28 in Vietnam. 

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/N-Korea-at-crossroads/Second-Trump-Kim-summit-set-for-Feb-27-28-in-Vietnam

Associated Press/Washington Post (2018). Vietnam parliament elects Communist Party chief as president.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/vietnam-elects-communist-party-chief-as-new-president/2018/10/23/7cfbe396-d6a1-11e8-8384-bcc5492fef49_story.html?utm_term=.8a12206463b7

Nikkei Asian Review (2018). Vietnam edges toward China’s model of centralized rule. 

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Vietnam-edges-toward-China-s-model-of-centralized-rule

Asia Time (2018). All of Vietnam’s power is in Trong’s hands.

http://www.atimes.com/article/all-of-vietnams-power-is-in-trongs-hands/

BBC World Service (2018 – Vietnamese). What does China want in the Mekong sub – region? 

https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vietnam-44211955

Reuters (2017). Despite strains, Vietnam and China forge closer economic ties. http://goo.gl/Ci4gtL

Bloomberg (2017). Asia-Pacific Trade Deal May Get Second Lease on Life Without U.S. https://goo.gl/YwU6ih

Bloomberg (2017). Vietnam: Move to Independent Labor Unions Stalls. https://goo.gl/ViuUbS.

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