Vietnam’s Leader Consolidates Power, Pledging ‘New Era of Prosperity’

To Lam, the head of Vietnam’s Communist Party, will also become president of the nation. His new stature comes with new risks ...

Vietnam leader To Lam consolidates power with reelection

Lam, 68, pledged to accelerate economic growth and was reappointed unanimously by the 180-member Central Committee at the ...

To Lam pledges more reforms as he wins new term as Vietnam's leader

By Phuong Nguyen, Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam's top leader To Lam was unanimously ...

Vietnam's leader To Lam is re-elected as Communist Party general secretary

Vietnam's leader To Lam is re-elected as Communist Party general secretary.
Council on Foreign Relations

At Vietnam’s Party Congress, To Lam Entrenches Repression and Targets Growth

Though Vietnam Congress Party General Secretary To Lam is expected to maintain his position, the conclusion of Vietnam’s 14th ...

Vietnam party meeting opens with leadership and economic growth on the line

Vietnam’s Communist Party has opened a meeting to decide the country's top leadership and policies for the next five years.

Can Vietnam’s Communist Party Supercharge Its Economy With Private Enterprise?

One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 ...
USA Today

As Saigon fell 49 years ago, my father flew us onto the USS Midway in a fraught escape

April 30 marks 49 years since the fall of Saigon in 1975, the death of South Vietnam and the beginning of the exodus of a million Vietnamese over the next two decades. This is the story of how a ...