The Diplomat

Remembering Nguyen Phu Trong’s Foreign Policy Legacies

The late party chief adroitly balanced Vietnam’s relationships with the major powers, while expanding its role on the international stage. Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of the Communist ...
The Conversation

In ‘bamboo diplomacy,’ late Vietnam leader Nguyen Phu Trong left a path for smaller nations to navigate great-power rivalries

Jorge Heine is a member of the Party for Democracy, a Chilean political party, and of the Foro Permanente de Politica Exterior, a Chilean think tank. As a rule, the U.S. secretary of state does not ...
The New York Times

Nguyen Phu Trong, Powerful Vietnamese Leader, Is Dead at 80

Known for his “blazing furnace” anticorruption campaign, Mr. Trong consolidated power in one of the world’s few remaining Communist dictatorships. By Sui-Lee Wee Nguyen Phu Trong, the hard-line ...
The Diplomat

The Final Victory of Nguyen Phu Trong

This article is the second in a two-part series. Part 1 is available here. When Nguyen Phu Trong assumed Vietnam’s presidency following the death of President Tran Dai Quang in September 2018, he ...