https://luongthien.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Thien LuongenWed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/09/02/quoc-khanh-canh-sat-chay-kpi/Instead of enjoying their scheduled time off during the September 2nd holiday, many militia members and mobile police officers in Ho Chi Minh City were required to "like" and "share" numerous government posts on social media.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/09/02/quoc-khanh-canh-sat-chay-kpi/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/09/01/kol-tuyen-truyen-cong-an-du-luan/Against this rather bleak backdrop for the press, the role of information dissemination has shifted its focal point back to the Communist Party administration's Commission for Propaganda.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/09/01/kol-tuyen-truyen-cong-an-du-luan/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/31/cay-cong-ly-so-55-nguyen-huy-tu-sy-cuong/The tree numbered 55 on the trunk of the tree on Nguyen Huy Tu Street, Hai Ba Trung Ward, Hanoi, also known as the "Tree of Justice," has unexpectedly lost its name just two days before National Day.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/31/cay-cong-ly-so-55-nguyen-huy-tu-sy-cuong/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/09/chinh-quyen-dang-lam-gi-voi-du-lieu-nguoi-dan/Will the resident monitoring and scoring model that China is applying, one day be replicated in Vietnam?Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/09/chinh-quyen-dang-lam-gi-voi-du-lieu-nguoi-dan/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/01/hai-huan-chuong-sao-vang-va-mot-dau-hoi/After a long absence, Mr. Nong Duc Manh and Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung suddenly reappeared at many events. And on January 20, these two former members of the Four Pillars were awarded the Gold Star Medal.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/01/hai-huan-chuong-sao-vang-va-mot-dau-hoi/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/03/cap-nhat-tran-chung-ket-cua-nen-bao-chi-cach-mang/It was thought that press agencies could survive and return to a "warm mattress and soft blanket" after the major surgery called "streamlining the apparatus" in January 2025, but now Conclusion 127 of the Politburo presents a new, more stressful and more drastic situation.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/03/cap-nhat-tran-chung-ket-cua-nen-bao-chi-cach-mang/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/04/giao-hoi-phat-giao-viet-nam-tinh-gon-bo-may-nhu-dang-chi-dao-the-nao/From the beginning of 2025 until now, the Politburo and the Communist Party Secretariat have introduced many policies to streamline the entire organization of the political system in Vietnam. In that context, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (GHPGVN) has made corresponding moves.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/04/giao-hoi-phat-giao-viet-nam-tinh-gon-bo-may-nhu-dang-chi-dao-the-nao/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/04/toan-canh-cai-chet-bi-an-cua-cao-tang-tay-tang-o-tp-hcm/The Tibetan government-in-exile and many international human rights organizations have called on Vietnam to provide an explanation for the mysterious death - which occurred at the end of March in Ho Chi Minh City - of Mr. Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a Tibetan Buddhist leader. His death took place in the context of the city. Ho Chi Minh City is about to host the 2025 United Nations Vesak Celebration.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/04/toan-canh-cai-chet-bi-an-cua-cao-tang-tay-tang-o-tp-hcm/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/05/lan-song-fdi-vao-viet-nam-va-nhan-cong-gia-re-ky-1/“Cheap labor” is a term used to refer to a development model based on low-cost, unskilled labor to attract foreign investors, especially in the textile and garment, footwear, electronics, etc. industries.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/05/lan-song-fdi-vao-viet-nam-va-nhan-cong-gia-re-ky-1/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/05/timeline-sap-xep-tinh-thanh-o-viet-nam-tu-nam-1802-den-nay/Not long after taking office as general secretary of the Communist Party (August 3, 2024), Mr. To Lam launched a "major surgery" of the government apparatus. Initially, the streamlining of the apparatus took place with the arrangement of a series of agencies of the party, the Government, and the National Assembly. Now, this "revolution" has entered the stage of merging provinces and cities; abolish district level; and rearrangement at commune level. In history, Vietnam has many times arranged administrative units and merged provinces and cities. Each period is associated with certain political upheavals.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/05/timeline-sap-xep-tinh-thanh-o-viet-nam-tu-nam-1802-den-nay/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/06/bao-chi-co-thuc-su-ton-tai-o-viet-nam/If counted from the milestone Gia Dinh Bao (1865), Vietnamese newspapers have had 160 years of history. If we consider today's context, the country has about 820 press agencies, mainly revolutionary press. But if viewed from basic, core values, has true journalism ever existed in Vietnam?Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/06/bao-chi-co-thuc-su-ton-tai-o-viet-nam/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/07/timeline-sua-doi-bo-luat-hinh-su-o-viet-nam/The Penal Code (amended) 2025 just took effect in July, with eight death sentences abolished. Following the revised Constitution, the revision of this law also blends in the atmosphere of "rearranging the country". But few people know that in the 80 years of socialist Vietnam's life, the first criminal code is only half as old, with many ups and downs.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/07/timeline-sua-doi-bo-luat-hinh-su-o-viet-nam/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/07/my-ap-thue-20-hang-made-in-vietnam-co-thuc-su-noi-dia/With the export industry largely dependent on FDI enterprises and limited internal human and technological resources, are goods labeled "Made in Vietnam" really "domestic"? And then is the US tax rate of 20% a comfortable number?Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/07/my-ap-thue-20-hang-made-in-vietnam-co-thuc-su-noi-dia/https://luatkhoa.news/2025/09/qua-100000-dong-va-vu-cic-nghi-van-ve-kiem-soat-du-lieu-va-an-toan-thong-tin-nguoi-dan/Linking the National Day gift giving event with the intention of collecting people's financial data is not an idle suspicion, but in fact this is something that has been directly or indirectly confirmed by the Ministry of Public Security several times.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2025/09/qua-100000-dong-va-vu-cic-nghi-van-ve-kiem-soat-du-lieu-va-an-toan-thong-tin-nguoi-dan/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/01/dua-xanh-sm-niem-yet-san-quoc-te-vingroup-tham-vong-gi-sau-that-bai-cua-vinfast/What ambitions does the SM Green listing plan reflect for Vietnam's largest private corporation? And is it possible to list this electric car company on an international exchange, after learning from the failure of VinFast not long ago?Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/01/dua-xanh-sm-niem-yet-san-quoc-te-vingroup-tham-vong-gi-sau-that-bai-cua-vinfast/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/01/to-lam-tai-cu-tong-bi-thu-nhin-lai-mot-hanh-trinh-quyen-luc/In just two short years, from being a Minister of Public Security, Mr. To Lam has successively climbed to the two highest positions of the state and the Party: president and then general secretary.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/01/to-lam-tai-cu-tong-bi-thu-nhin-lai-mot-hanh-trinh-quyen-luc/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/02/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-lieu-co-the-kiem-them-chuc-vu-chu-tich-nuoc/The re-election as general secretary, head of the Communist Party and Vietnamese politics, is a huge step forward in the political career of a politician who grew up in the police sector.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/02/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-lieu-co-the-kiem-them-chuc-vu-chu-tich-nuoc/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/03/o-viet-nam-ai-giam-sat-duoc-quyen-luc-cua-dang/After each party congress, especially the days when the congress meets in secret to elect the country's key leaders, we need to raise an eternal question. That, in Vietnam, the Communist Party is the supreme subject leading the state and society, but who, or what subject, has the right to monitor the power and transparency in the work of the party's internal affairs. The Constitution and the current legal system have never made this clear.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/03/o-viet-nam-ai-giam-sat-duoc-quyen-luc-cua-dang/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/03/ton-2-700-ty-dong-cho-bau-cu-nam-2026-tang-gap-ruoi-so-voi-ky-truoc-chung-ta-khong-thuc-su-biet/In Vietnam, the election budget proposed by the next period is always higher than the previous period, often more than double. However, they never had a clear explanation why.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/03/ton-2-700-ty-dong-cho-bau-cu-nam-2026-tang-gap-ruoi-so-voi-ky-truoc-chung-ta-khong-thuc-su-biet/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/04/ong-to-lam-quyen-luc-co-nao-khi-kiem-nhiem-tong-bi-thu-va-chu-tich-nuoc/Mr. To Lam's authority is now superior to that of any leader in the Vietnamese communist government apparatus since the time of Mr. Ho Chi Minh, when he has both the power to control and direct the Communist Party's policies and the role of a head of state.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/04/ong-to-lam-quyen-luc-co-nao-khi-kiem-nhiem-tong-bi-thu-va-chu-tich-nuoc/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/05/ong-to-lam-se-lam-gi-tiep-theo-sau-khi-da-o-dinh-cao-quyen-luc/Re-elected general secretary in January 2026 and elected president last April, observers recently said that Mr. To Lam's power is greater than any leader in Vietnam since Le Duan.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/05/ong-to-lam-se-lam-gi-tiep-theo-sau-khi-da-o-dinh-cao-quyen-luc/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/06/khi-nha-nuoc-con-doc-quyen-kinh-te-dung-hoi-steve-jobs-viet-nam/“America has Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk,... with technological inventions that contribute to changing the world [...] How to have 'Vietnamese Steve Jobs'?"Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/06/khi-nha-nuoc-con-doc-quyen-kinh-te-dung-hoi-steve-jobs-viet-nam/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/06/khi-nha-nuoc-con-doc-quyen-kinh-te-dung-hoi-steve-jobs-viet-nam/“America has Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk,... with technological inventions that contribute to changing the world [...] How to have 'Vietnamese Steve Jobs'?"Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/06/khi-nha-nuoc-con-doc-quyen-kinh-te-dung-hoi-steve-jobs-viet-nam/https://luatkhoa.news/2026/08/doan-bao-chau-toi-cat-tieng-noi-chi-mong-xa-hoi-ngay-mot-tot-dep-hon/Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://luatkhoa.news/2026/08/doan-bao-chau-toi-cat-tieng-noi-chi-mong-xa-hoi-ngay-mot-tot-dep-hon/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/24/doanh-nghiep-thue-331-buc/Expressing his views on social issues, a Tiktoker in Ho Chi Minh City was "urgently arrested" by the police for allegedly "posting a clip insulting the city's leaders". This Tiktoker is Ms. Le Thi Hieu, born in 1983, residing in Ninh Binh province.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/24/doanh-nghiep-thue-331-buc/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/26/duong-sat-trung-quoc-doi-von-lao-cai-hai-phong/Duyệt chủ trước đầu tư trước rồi mới tính thêm chi phí sau. Chỉ hơn 18 tháng phê duyệt, Quốc hội tiếp tục cho tăng vốn đầu tư hơn 86.100 tỷ đồng, tương đương khoảng 3,3 tỷ USD ở dự án đường sắt trọng điểm nối với Trung Quốc. Tại phiên họp sáng ngày 24/8, với 92% số đại biểu đồng thuận, Quốc hội thông qua việc điều chỉnh, nâng tổng vốn đầu tư của dự án đường sắt Lào Cai - Hà Nội - Hải Phòng lên 289.339 tỷ đồng. So với thời điểm Quốc hội phê duyệt chủ trương ban đầu vào ngày 19/2/2025 cũng với s...Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/26/duong-sat-trung-quoc-doi-von-lao-cai-hai-phong/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/26/duong-sat-trung-quoc-doi-von-lao-cai-hai-phong/Approve the previous owner to invest first and then calculate additional costs later. After just over 18 months of approval, the National Assembly continued to increase investment capital by more than 86,100 billion VND, equivalent to about 3.3 billion USD in the key railway project connecting with China.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/26/duong-sat-trung-quoc-doi-von-lao-cai-hai-phong/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/25/vingroup-doanh-thu/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/25/vingroup-doanh-thu/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/21/vingroup-chu-no-ngan-hang/For the first time in its history, Vingroup's total debt was recorded to exceed one million billion dong.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/21/vingroup-chu-no-ngan-hang/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/25/vingroup-doanh-thu/In essence, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong is "taking money from one pocket to put it into another pocket".Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/trong-nuoc/2026/08/25/vingroup-doanh-thu/