
Vietnam, a Southeast Asian country, has elected a new senior leadership team, which heralds the basic end of the power transition initiated by the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. A key change in the leadership structure of the Vietnamese party and state this time is that General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Su Lin also serves as the president of the country.

[Text/Qi Qian, Observer Network] The military conflict between the United States and Iran has triggered a global "oil cutoff" crisis, causing worries in Southeast Asian countries that rely heavily on energy imports from the Middle East. According to the Vietnam News Agency, on March 17, Prime Minister Pham Minh Zheng of the Vietnamese government met with Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Naoki Ito

The police in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, seized a large amount of drugs when checking a suspicious car, and later arrested more than 30 people involved in the case. The gang was suspected of smuggling drugs from Cambodia and distributing them in many provinces and cities in Vietnam. March 11