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In 2022, overseas Vietnamese sent home $19 billion in remittances ; the number positioned Vietnam among the top three biggest...
Vietnam’s All-Powerful Legal Tool to Criminalize Civil Rights: “Abusing Democratic Freedoms”
Between Feb. 22 and 25, 2023, Vietnamese authorities detained four people, including two lawyers, a State journalist, and a local...
How the Case of Da Thao Phuong Accentuates the Problems Faced by Vietnamese Women in Sexual Assault Matters
On April 6, 2022, Da Thao Phuong, a Vietnamese female poet, published an open letter on her social media account....
The Sword and Shield of the Party: How the Stasi Helped Build Vietnam’s Public Security Forces
To keen observers, Vietnam has all characteristics of a typical police state: its citizens’ daily life is closely monitored by...
The Dangerous Rise Of Vietnam’s Jingoistic “Little Pinks”
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The Prospect for Human Rights amid Warmer Sino-Vietnamese Ties
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Vietnam Communist Party’s Political Paranoia is Courting Contradictory Outcomes
“You must strictly follow the rules, regulations, and laws wherever you live,” instructed Dang Dinh Bach, a Vietnamese community lawyer...
How Vietnam Utilizes “Fake News” Accusations To Justify Digital Repression
On July 11, an online commentator in Hanoi was fined 7.5 million dong (US$320) for “publishing false information” that “defamed...
Vietnam: Appellate Court Upholds Journalist Pham Doan Trang’s Nine-Year Imprisonment
On August 25, an appellate court in Hanoi held the appeals hearing of Vietnamese journalist and human rights defender Pham...
Vietnamese Appellate Courts Uphold Convictions Of Two Vietnamese Activists, Le Van Dung And Y Wo Nie
On August 16, the Hanoi People’s High Court held an appeals hearing for Le Van Dung, a citizen journalist and...
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