Key Events * Major Government Restructuring in Vietnam: Five Ministries Cut, Police Take On New Roles * Decree 168 Continues to Spark
Key Events * Leadership Shake-Up: Vietnam Streamlines Ministries and Police Force * Secretary Rubio Presses Vietnam on Trade Imbalances, Discusses China’s
Key Events * CPJ Report Highlights Vietnam’s Role in Asia’s Journalist Crackdown * Human Rights Watch: Vietnam’s Repression Deepens
Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Emphasizes Traditional Friendship in Talks with Vietnamese Official Reuters reported on Oct. 20, 2023, that Chinese
Trinh Ba Phuong and Fellow Dissident Subjected to Brutal Treatment in An Diem Prison Two Vietnamese prisoners of conscience, Trinh
Prominent Activist Pham Doan Trang Marks Three Years in Detention, RSF Calls for Her Release Pham Doan Trang, 45, a
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Vietnam Executed Le Van Manh, Another Wrongful Death-Row Prisoner, with a Lethal Injection The People’s Court of Thanh Hoa
Fire in Hanoi Apartment Building Kills 56 People A fire broke out in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s
Vietnamese Public Angered over Proposed Plan to Clear Natural Forests to Build Reservoir The Binh Thuan provincial authorities’ decision to
Family of Nguyen Van Chuong Allowed to Visit Him in Prison on Sept. 11 The family of Vietnamese death-row prisoner
Legal Initiative Vietnam (LIV) announces the appointment of Ms. Tran Quynh Vi as its new Executive Director, effective September 1,
Vietnamese Man Dies in Police Custody, Raising Concerns about the Heinous Use of Torture A Vietnamese man from Tuyen Quang
Family Meets With Death-Row Inmate Nguyen Van Chuong The family of Vietnamese death-row inmate Nguyen Van Chuong, who in 2007
International Organizations Petition To Halt Execution of Death-Row Prisoner Nguyen Van Chuong A coalition of more than 10 international human
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