Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.
Ho Chi Minh (1966)
How Vietnam became a Leading Coffee Exporter
In 1980, socialist East Germany became involved in coffee cultivation in Vietnam. It became a success story, because today Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer in the world.
Future Dialogue with Vietnam
The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung fosters exchange between Germany and the Communist Party of Vietnam. An annual dialogue builds bilateral relations, strengthens international solidarity, and enables left-wing organizations to share experiences.
Grassroots Democracy and the Environment
The implementation of environmental protection policies faces challenges on the communal level. RLS and its partner are researching ways to strengthen people’s participation and the role of grassroots democracy in shaping environmental protection.
Feminist Legal Theory in Vietnam
Feminist Legal Theory has made crucial contributions to strengthening gender equality. The University of Economics and Law and RLS are supporting its integration into Vietnamese legal education and practice.
Summer Camps on SET
RLS and its partner are hosting an annual summer camp on the Social-Ecological Transformation in order to equip Southeast Asian youth with the skills needed to address environmental issues.
Gender Equality in People's Councils
People’s Councils across Vietnam aim to strengthen gender equality. The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and its partner are supporting them through targeted trainings and bolstering the number of women representatives.
Party Congress of Unity
The Communist Party of Vietnam sets ambitious economic goals for the country
Vietnam and Trump's Trade War
The new US-tariffs of 20 percent pose a challenge to Hanoi’s export-based growth strategy
Who was Rosa Luxemburg?
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) was a prominent advocate of democratic socialism in Europe and one of the great women in history. She opposed the 1914-1918 World War with all her strength and was a fervent supporter of internationalist thought. Her critique of capitalism was passionate and convincing, and she translated this into political action. She was determined to lead an independent life contrary to the narrow ideas of her time. She was an academic who earned a doctorate at a time when hardly any women attended university. As co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany, she was one of the few women active in politics. However, even her own party was not free of contemporary prejudices against women who played a role in the public sphere. Rosa Luxemburg is a martyr of the German November Revolution as her right-wing enemies killed her on 15 January 1919. We at Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung are committed to continuing her legacy of democratic socialism.
