Edmund Malesky's Views on Vietnam's National Assembly
Splitting top leadership
07/21/2011
Jason Folkmanis,
Bloomberg Businessweek
July 21 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s National Assembly opens today after a series of actions last year that suggest the top legislative body is growing more assertive and willing to criticize the government.
The assembly, which opens with 500 members following May elections, is scheduled to confirm Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for a second term after the Communist Party reappointed him to the governing Politburo in January. The body will then vote on Dung’s personnel picks, including Nguyen Van Binh, a deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, to lead the central bank, according to three people with knowledge of policy makers’ discussions on the matter.
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Edmund Malesky can comment on political development in Vietnam and China, as well as comparative political economy in Southeast Asia. He also can provide insight into the choices underlying the decisions of foreign investors and thereby the globalization debate, especially in regard to the discussion of "sweatshops" in developing countries.
