The Rights of Defendants in Việt Nam’s Mobile Trials
Whether to maintain or abolish mobile trials (xét xử lưu động) remains a highly contentious issue in Việt Nam. Mobile ...
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An Image of Guilt: Re-examining the Public Mug Shot in Việt Nam
The public consumption of the "mug shot"—the official photo taken by police after an arrest—has spurred both global trends and ...
The Silver Pheasant Case: Who is Truly at Fault?
The case of the silver pheasants involving Thái Khắc Thành offers an excellent insight into the practice of legal reasoning, ...
Justice or Propaganda? The Show Trials of Vietnamese Television
Phong Cầm wrote this article in Vietnamese and published it in Luat Khoa Magazine on March 28, 2025. Đàm Vĩnh ...
Vietnam Ranked Among Top Nations for Capital Punishment: A Capital of Capital Execution
Tran Phuong wrote this article in Vietnamese, which was published in Luat Khoa Magazine on October 10, 2023. Lee Nguyen translated the ...
After Decade of Petitions, Vietnam to Re-consider Case of Death Row Inmate Ho Duy Hai
After more than 10 years of petitioning the Vietnamese government, Nguyen Thi Loan (pictured above) says a huge weight has ...
Self Immolation in Vietnam: A Victim of Injustice’s Agonizing Act In Defiance
In the afternoon of July 2, 2018, a man committed self-immolation in the center of Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, a ...
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