The Annual Cost of Vietnam’s State-Backed Mass Organizations — Is It Time to Streamline Them?
Hiếu Mạnh wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luật Khoa Magazine on March 15, 2025. Thúc Kháng translated it into
Between Feb. 22 and 25, 2023, Vietnamese authorities detained [1] four people, including two lawyers, a State journalist, and a
On April 6, 2022, Da Thao Phuong, a Vietnamese female poet, published an open letter on her social media account.
To keen observers, Vietnam has all characteristics of a typical police state: its citizens’ daily life is closely monitored [1]
The emergence of diehard Vietnamese patriots When Chau Bui, an influential Vietnamese actress and model, expressed her condolences upon the
Warming Ideological Comradeship The visit of Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) chief Nguyen Phu Trong to Beijing, following the conclusion of
“You must strictly follow the rules, regulations, and laws wherever you live,” instructed Dang Dinh Bach, a Vietnamese community lawyer
On July 11, an online commentator in Hanoi was fined [1] 7.5 million dong (US$320) for “publishing false
On August 25, an appellate court in Hanoi held the appeals hearing of Vietnamese journalist and human rights defender Pham
On August 16, the Hanoi People’s High Court held an appeals hearing for Le Van Dung, a citizen journalist
Vietnam has long been viewed as a follower [1] of China’s footsteps in digitally monitoring and controlling its own
After a two-day trial, a Vietnamese court in Duc Hoa District, Long An Province, on July 21 sentenced six people
Tinh That Bong Lai monks and nuns have been accused in State media of “incest,” “seeking personal gains,” and “committing
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