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Communist Party general secretary and paramount leader of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng dies at the age of 80, and is succeeded on an acting basis by President Tô Lâm.
2024-07-19

Nguyễn Phú Trọng is re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam for a third five-year term as top leader in Vietnam.
2021-01-31

A court in Vietnam sentences three freelance journalists to between 11 and 15 years in prison for anti-state propaganda, criticising the government and "infringing the interests of the Communist Party", among other convictions.
2021-01-5

A military court in Vietnam sentences former deputy defense minister Nguyễn Văn Hiến to four years in prison for allowing three plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred from the Navy to private investors. He is also stripped of his Communist Party credentials.
2020-05-21

A court in Vietnam sentences 42-year old activist Doan Khanh Vinh Quang to 27 months in prison for writing anti-government Facebook posts criticizing the Communist Party of Vietnam.
2018-09-25

Voters in Vietnam go to the polls to choose legislators for its Parliament. The only legal party in the country is the Communist Party, which has already chosen its members.
2016-05-22

Vietnam reelects conservative Nguyễn Phú Trọng as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, a member of the Politburo, is expected to replace Nguyễn Tấn Dũng as prime minister. Dũng is not eligible for another term.
2016-01-27

Vietnam passes a new Constitution that reaffirms the dominant position of the Communist Party.
2013-11-28

A court in Vietnam sentences a former Communist Party member to eight years in jail for posting articles on the Internet calling for multi-party democracy.
2011-01-26

Voting continues at a congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam as it selects a new leadership.
2011-01-18