Leadership transition in Vietnam since the eighth party congress: The unfinished congress

Asian Survey

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1105-1121

  Abuza, Zachary ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POWER RELATIONS;

VIET NAM;

EID: 0032451855     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2645824     Document Type: Review

References (37)

1. See Mark Sidel's fine analysis, "Generational and Institutional Transition in the Vietnamese Communist Party: The 1996 Congress and Beyond," Asian Survey 37:5 (May 1997), pp. 481-95.
2. Douglas Pike, "Political Institutionalism in Vietnam," in Asian Political Institutionalism, eds. Robert Scalapino, Seizaburo Sato, and Jusuf Wanandi (Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 1986), pp. 49-53, esp. p. 50.
3. See Robert Putnam, The Comparative Study of Political Elites (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1976), esp. pp. 52-56.
4. World Bank Group, Country Brief: Vietnam (Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group, September 1997), on the Internet at .
5. "Vietnam Plans to Prevent Unemployment Crisis," Reuters, November 29, 1997.
6. World Bank, "Vietnam: Deepening Reform for Growth," News Release no. 98/1534EAP, November 17, 1997, on the Internet at 〈http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/extme/1534.htm〉.
7. Cited in Ngo Vinh Long, "Vietnamese Communist Party Preparing for Changeover," Asia Times, February 22, 1996, p. 8.
8. Nguyen Tri Dung, "Party Hammers Out New Agenda for 1996 Congress," Vietnam Investment Review, November 20-26, 1995, p. 2.
9. A summary of Dao's controversial speech was published in the army's theoretical journal Tap Chi Quoc Phong Toan Dan (January 1996), pp. 1-6, reprinted in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report/East Asia (hereafter FBIS, DR/EAS), May 16 1996.
10. A summary of Dao's controversial speech was published in the army's theoretical journal Tap Chi Quoc Phong Toan Dan (January 1996), pp. 1-6, reprinted in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report/East Asia (hereafter FBIS, DR/EAS), May 16 1996.
11. Andrew Sherry, "Pink Slip," Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), May 9, 1996, p. 22. Phan never reported this incident and was ousted by the Central Committee by a margin of 135 to 164 for "having committed serious mistakes in the past."
12. The arguments are succinctly published in Vo Van Kiel, "Industrialization and Modernization," Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam, May 22, 1996, p. 1, reprinted in FBIS, DR/EAS, July 19, 1996, pp. 57-58.
13. The arguments are succinctly published in Vo Van Kiel, "Industrialization and Modernization," Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam, May 22, 1996, p. 1, reprinted in FBIS, DR/EAS, July 19, 1996, pp. 57-58.
14. Jeremy Grant, "Age No Barrier to Favourite Son of Ho Chi Minh City," Financial Times, August 6, 1996, p. 3.
15. Cited in Seth Mydans, "Buoyant at 79, Vietnamese Leader Denies Divisions in Party over Reform," New York Times, July 1, 1996.
16. The Political Report was carried in Quan Doi Nhan Dan, June 30, 1996, pp. 3, 6, and reprinted in FBIS, DR/EAS, July 11, 1996, pp. 71-100.
17. The Political Report was carried in Quan Doi Nhan Dan, June 30, 1996, pp. 3, 6, and reprinted in FBIS, DR/EAS, July 11, 1996, pp. 71-100.
18. See "Remarks by Tran Trong Tan," Hanoi Vietnam Television Network, July 1, 1996, in FBIS, DR/EAS, July 10, 1996, pp. 97-98.
19. See "Remarks by Tran Trong Tan," Hanoi Vietnam Television Network, July 1, 1996, in FBIS, DR/EAS, July 10, 1996, pp. 97-98.
20. Lewis Stern, "Vietnam's Eighth Party Congress," Asian Survey 37:5 (May 1997), pp. 477-80.
21. For Do Muoi's comments, see Seth Mydans, "Buoyant at 79." For Cam's remark, see Keith B. Richenberg, "As Vietnam's Leaders Hang On, the Message Is Go Slow on Reforms," International Herald Tribune, July 3, 1996, p. 4.
22. For Do Muoi's comments, see Seth Mydans, "Buoyant at 79." For Cam's remark, see Keith B. Richenberg, "As Vietnam's Leaders Hang On, the Message Is Go Slow on Reforms," International Herald Tribune, July 3, 1996, p. 4.
23. "Reformer Appointed Prime Minister of Vietnam," Reuters, September 25, 1997.
24. Faith Keenan, "Wait and See," FEER, July 3, 1997, p. 26.
25. Faith Keenan, "New Crop," FEER, October 2, 1997, p. 16.
26. Cited in "Vietnam Urged to Debate Leadership," Reuters, September 22, 1997.
27. "Vietnam's New President Backs Reforms, Strong Party," Reuters, September 25, 1997.
28. "Interview with Le Kha Phieu," Vietnam Economic Times (July 1997).
29. Greg Torode, "Party Leader Faces Tough Baptism," South China Morning Post, January 3, 1998.
30. Cited in Keenan, "Wait and See," p. 26.
31. Faith Keenan, "Half Measures," FEER, February 12, 1998, p. 24.
32. "New Politburo Member Phan Dien: Thrift and Growth Two Key Issues in the New Stage," Saigon Times Daily, January 5, 1998, p. 1.
33. "Vietnam's Politburo Appoints New Standing Board," Kyodo News Services, January 12, 1998.
34. "Vietnam Party Leader Says Renewal Only Choice," Kyodo News Services, January 5, 1998.
35. "Party Chief Says Vietnam Welcomes Foreign Investment," Agence France Presse, January 23, 1998.
36. Nguyen Ngoc Chinh and An Dao, "Your Loss Is Our Loss," Vietnam Investment Review, February 9-15, 1998, p. 1; and Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, "Pledging Sweeping Reforms for Investors," ibid., February 9-15, 1998, pp. 4-5.
37. Nguyen Ngoc Chinh and An Dao, "Your Loss Is Our Loss," Vietnam Investment Review, February 9-15, 1998, p. 1; and Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, "Pledging Sweeping Reforms for Investors," ibid., February 9-15, 1998, pp. 4-5.