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Vietnam: behind the scenes of the intra-party struggle

After the collapse of the world communist movement, Vietnam remains one of the five countries in the world that realise the ideas of Marxist classics combined with its national specificity – together with China, North Korea, Laos and Cuba. At the same time, thanks to the liberal economic reforms carried out in the country, the Vietnamese model has demonstrated its effectiveness, allowing it to move away from strict state control and embark on the path of diversification and conquest of foreign markets. 

Much of Vietnam’s success in recent years is due to the name of Nguyen Phu Trong, long-time general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam. His death, on 19 July 2024, amid the political instability of recent months, when three senior Vietnamese leaders resigned after unspecified allegations of corruption, has raised questions about succession and the direction Vietnam will take next. 

It is no secret that many Vietnamese have begun to feel anxious about the unknown. The political legacy that Nguyen Phu Trong left behind is exaggeratedly multifaceted and has without a shadow of a doubt dramatically shaped Vietnam today. 

In this article Ascolta analyses the current political processes in Vietnam, against the background of fundamental personnel changes. It also attempts to determine what the country’s domestic and foreign policy will be after the death of Vietnam’s long-time leader and how the successors will dispose of his legacy. 

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After the collapse of the world communist movement, Vietnam remains one of the five countries in the world that realise the ideas of Marxist classics combined with its national specificity – together with China, North Korea, Laos and Cuba. At the same time, thanks to the liberal economic reforms carried out in the country, the Vietnamese model has demonstrated its effectiveness, allowing it to move away from strict state control and embark on the path of diversification and conquest of foreign markets. 

Much of Vietnam’s success in recent years is due to the name of Nguyen Phu Trong, long-time general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam. His death, on 19 July 2024, amid the political instability of recent months, when three senior Vietnamese leaders resigned after unspecified allegations of corruption, has raised questions about succession and the direction Vietnam will take next. 

It is no secret that many Vietnamese have begun to feel anxious about the unknown. The political legacy that Nguyen Phu Trong left behind is exaggeratedly multifaceted and has without a shadow of a doubt dramatically shaped Vietnam today. 

In this article Ascolta analyses the current political processes in Vietnam, against the background of fundamental personnel changes. It also attempts to determine what the country’s domestic and foreign policy will be after the death of Vietnam’s long-time leader and how the successors will dispose of his legacy. 

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