It’s always a sign when the Vietnam Communist Party (VCP) calls for an emergency session of its Central Committee. Following a late May report by the Central Inspection Discipline Commission that detailed the wrong doing and bribe taking by the country’s Minister of Health and the Chairman of the Hanoi Party Committee, the Central Committee
There is a shared belief that they can weather global sanctions and both governments are showing callous neglect for the economic crisis that they are causing their populations. Both have actually rapidly reversed over a decade of economic development. The junta in Myanmar oversaw an 18 percent contraction of the economy in 2021, and over
Protesters burn a photo of Myanmars military chief Min Aung Hlaing during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Nov. 10, 2021. Credit: AFP. A year earlier, the commander-in-chief of Myanmars military staged a coup detat, damaging hopes for democratic reform and pitching the country into turmoil. Today, the military is sticking to power
