Public security minister To Lam orchestrates the score-settling in ongoing anti-corruption drive

• VIETNAM - To Lam wants to further condense public security hierarchy

• IRAQ/IRAN - Qassem Al Araji defuses Sulaymaniyah security issues before return to Tehran

• FRANCE/VIETNAM/ROMANIA - Olivier Brochet tipped to succeed ambassador Warnery in Hanoi

• RUSSIA - FSB's new technical director settles in

Hanoi's highly political investigation spills over into Geneva 

Switzerland has found itself at the heart of a power-struggle at the highest echelons of the Vietnamese government, which is playing out in the Swiss capital and other European countries.

Ministry of Public Security's latest drive for power lies behind political crisis 

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's forced resignation on 17 January following a secret meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam's politburo comes amid a Covid-19 test kit scandal. The Ministry of Public Security, which prompted his departure, has been pushing for influence at every level of government.

New prime minister Chinh acts to restore order in the country's arms procurement business 

Former master spy Pham Minh Chinh, who has just been appointed prime minister, has already taken decisive action to try to take back control over the country's arms imports.

IAI drones will take to Vietnam's skies 

According to our sources, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will deliver three Heron 1 drones and a control station to the [...]