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HANOI: Police in Vietnam said they busted a multi-billion scam that centered on selling fake digital currency to unsuspecting victims on an "exceptionally large scale". [1]

Dien Luong is a visiting fellow with the media, technology and society program of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. [2]

HANOI -- The Communist Party of Vietnam has taken disciplinary action against multiple former senior leaders including Nguyen Xuan Phuc, a former Vietnamese president and prime minister, as well as former President Vo Van Thuong. [3]

In March, Tran Dai Quang, Vietnam's security czar, spent a week shuffling from one high-level meeting to the next in Washington. [4]

The settlements of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, one of the world's largest Tibetan Buddhism institutes, light up on July 27 in Sertar County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, China. [5]

HANOI -- A power struggle in Vietnam's ruling Communist Party could be about to intensify with all eyes on powerful but ailing General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, whose duties have been taken over by President To Lam. (confirmed by 2 sources) [6]

HANOI -- Nguyen Phu Trong, the head of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party, appears to be borrowing from Chinese President Xi Jinping's playbook. [7]

Nguyen Phuong Linh is a Singapore-based political analyst and a former journalist in Hanoi. Opinions expressed here are solely her own, not her employer's. [8]

Sources
[1] MY www.thestar.com.my · 2026-03-27 · 41% match

Vietnam police bust multi-billion dollar crypto scam

HANOI: Police in Vietnam said they busted a multi-billion scam that centered on selling fake digital currency to unsuspecting victims on an "exceptionally large scale".

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-11 · 41% match

In Trump's tariff wars, Vietnam's bold gambit isn't for everyone

Dien Luong is a visiting fellow with the media, technology and society program of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-21 · 41% match

Former Vietnamese presidents Phuc, Thuong punished by party

HANOI -- The Communist Party of Vietnam has taken disciplinary action against multiple former senior leaders including Nguyen Xuan Phuc, a former Vietnamese president and prime minister, as well as former President Vo Van Thuong.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-04-30 · 51% match

Phuong Nguyen: The delicate act of balancing China and the West

In March, Tran Dai Quang, Vietnam's security czar, spent a week shuffling from one high-level meeting to the next in Washington.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-08-03 · 50% match

Through the lens: Eye on Asia for the first week of August - Nikkei Asia

The settlements of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, one of the world's largest Tibetan Buddhism institutes, light up on July 27 in Sertar County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, China.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-07-19 · 45% match

Vietnam succession in focus as president stands in for party chief

HANOI -- A power struggle in Vietnam's ruling Communist Party could be about to intensify with all eyes on powerful but ailing General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, whose duties have been taken over by President To Lam.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-27 · 49% match

Vietnam's most powerful man strives to put stamp on economy

HANOI -- Nguyen Phu Trong, the head of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party, appears to be borrowing from Chinese President Xi Jinping's playbook.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-02-07 · 48% match

Vietnam's gray old men are losing touch with the new generation

Nguyen Phuong Linh is a Singapore-based political analyst and a former journalist in Hanoi. Opinions expressed here are solely her own, not her employer's.

[9] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2011-11-25 · 46% match

Vietnam’s Nguyen Trong Hoang (bottom L)

Vietnam’s Nguyen Trong Hoang (bottom L) falls on the ball while clashing with Myanmar’s Zaw Zaw Oo (top L) and Zaw Min Tun (C) during their bronze medal football final at the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) in Jakarta on November 21, 2011.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-02-14 · 45% match

The Day When Ho Chi Minh Visited Myanmar

Yangon – On this day in 1958, Ho Chi Minh, the president of North Vietnam, arrived in Yangon (then Rangoon) on an official goodwill visit. On Feb.

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