Electric Cars and the “Green Transition” – Part 2: The Challenge Behind Hà Nội’s Push for Electric Vehicles
Directive 20 from the Government is opening a promising new path toward reducing air pollution in the capital city of ...
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Electric Cars and the “Green Transition” – Part 1: A Hard Look at Việt Nam’s Power Supply
It comes to no surprise that "electric vehicles" has become the latest buzzword in Việt Nam, sparked by a directive ...
Greenwashing and Việt Nam’s Business Ethics Dilemma
BT wrote this article in Vietnamese and published it in Luật Khoa Magazine on Sept. 9, 2025. Đàm Vĩnh Hằng ...
Community Participation in Việt Nam’s Energy Transition – A Missing Link?
Việt Nam’s energy transition is the backbone of the nation’s sustainable development journey. As the country shifts towards green energy ...
65 International Organizations Urge Former US President Barack Obama to Advocate for the Release of Jailed Climate Activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong
On June 20, 2023, 65 International human rights organizations released an open letter calling on former United States President, Barack ...
Selective Justice and the Government’s Maltreatment of the “Vietnam Four”
Between 2021 to 2022, four Vietnamese civil society leaders were arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned for tax evasion. Referred to as ...
Vietnam Briefing: Vietnam Faces More Global Calls To Release Imprisoned Environmental Activists
The Vietnam Briefing, which is released every Monday morning Vietnam time, looks at Vietnam’s social and political developments of the ...
Vietnam: Fewer Natural Forests, Increasingly More Golf Courses
Vietnam arrested the Chairman of FLC Group and Bamboo Airways on March 29, 2022, over alleged market manipulation. How FLC ...
Formosa Plastics Group: The Corporate Mafia
The early days of April 2016 marked the beginning of a grave environmental disaster that would result in the deaths ...
The Socialist Irony: Vietnamese Companies Exploit Labor And Damage The Environment In Cameroon
“…it is like destroying forest in other people’s backyards, not in ours.” – A quote from an informant working for ...
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