Key Events * Police Arrest Eight Villagers Who Oppose Land Seizures for Road Construction * Vietnam Human Rights Network Honors Three Political
It has become widely recognized that the Vietnamese government is steadily eroding the right to free speech and expression. This
Key Events * Quang Binh Man Convicted of ‘Abusing Democratic Freedoms’ for Running Facebook Page Denouncing Corruption * Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi
Nine years ago, on January 20, 2010, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City convicted Tran Huynh Duy
BOT, this three-letter-word probably does not have any special meaning for anyone but the Vietnamese people. It is a daily
The forced eviction at Loc Hung vegetable garden in Saigon on January 4 and 8, 2019 joined the long list
When the officials of Tan Binh District in Ho Chi Minh City gathered over one thousand police officers and other
January 8, 2019| The forced eviction in the area known as Loc Hung [/2019/01/land-grabbing-in-vietnam-gets-serious-in-urban-areas/] vegetable garden in Ho
The Head of the Vietnamese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Committee – Vo Van Thuong – declared [https://thanhnien.vn/thoi-su/truong-ban-tuyen-giao-tu-internet-dang-tro-thanh-mien-chien-su-moi-1038368.
January 4, 2018| In the early hours of the day, various police forces and their accompanying civil security (dân phòng)
During the last week of December 2018, Vietnam’s state-owned newspapers flooded the country’s social media with articles on
The death penalty in Vietnam is classified as “state secret.” But from time to time, bits and pieces of information
This week, the office of UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Michel Forst, released the first
UPDATE ON DECEMBER 20, 2018: The correct decree number has been included after more information was released by the organizers
On October 23, 2018, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong took the oath of office as the new president of Vietnam.
Vietnam's independent news and analyses, right in your inbox.
