<p>Today’s guest is Nguyen Khac Giang, a Visiting Fellow at the Vietnam Studies Programme of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. He’s a repeat guest as well and joined me for a similar year-end conversation in 2024.</p><p>We covered the administrative restructuring and its broad impacts, increasing private sector involvement in the economy and infrastructure, General Secretary Tô Lâm’s <a target="_blank" href="https://fulcrum.sg/the-domestic-calculations-of-to-lams-foreign-policy/">foreign policy</a> and the move away from ‘bamboo diplomacy,’ the rise of the military and police in business, and the upcoming National Party Congress.</p><p>Subscribe to the Vietnam Weekly<strong> </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>Support the podcast by<strong> </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/vietnamweekly"><strong>Buying Me a Coffee</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Vietnam Weekly at <a href="https://thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe</a>