Government Online Crackdown Expands From Political Dissent to Everyday Speech
Key Events Việt Nam’s Digital Repression Moves From Dissent to Daily Life; OceanLotus Hackers Use FireAnt Updates to Spy on ...
Tag: Human Rights
The 2014 Anti-China Protests: How The Vietnamese Government Leveraged Public Anger
In May and June 2014, twelve years ago, the streets of Việt Nam witnessed a rare political moment as thousands ...
Đồng Tháp Arrest: Man Detained Over Alleged Anti-State Content Linked to Nguyễn Đình Thắng
The Latest: On May 12, the Security Investigation Agency of the Đồng Tháp Provincial Police issued a decision to prosecute ...
Tô Lâm Visits India After China Trip as Facebook Geoblocks Article on State Media Coverage of His Wife
Key Events Hà Nội Expands India Ties After China Visit, With BrahMos Deal in Focus; Facebook Geoblocks Article on Tô ...
Jailed Vietnamese Journalist Phạm Đoan Trang Named Among World’s Most Urgent Press Freedom Cases; Việt Nam Ranked Last In Southeast Asia in Reporters Without Borders’ 2026 World Press Freedom Index
Key Events Phạm Đoan Trang Included in Global Press Freedom List; Việt Nam Falls to 174th in Global Press Freedom ...
Việt Nam’s Double Standard on Political Prisoners and Dissent
The Vietnamese government applies a clear double standard to the concept of a “political prisoner.” On one hand, when the ...
April 30 Revisited: The Unresolved Question of Reconciliation
In the past few years, both the Vietnamese people and the Vietnamese government have increasingly called for “reconciliation,” especially around ...
Việt Nam Tightens Restrictions on Lawyers as Police Seek Greater Impunity
Key Events Draft Penal Code Expands Police Powers, Limits Accountability; Penal Code Revision Raises Concerns Over Lawyers’ Independence; Draft Penal ...
Tô Lâm Turns to Beijing: Rail Ambitions, Political Alignment, and a Quiet South China Sea
Key Events Party Chief Tô Lâm Deepens China Ties With Rail Deals, Strategic Shift; Việt Nam Signals Warmer Ties With ...
President Tô Lâm Announces 2026 Amnesty Criteria, Political Prisoners under Articles 109 and 117 Excluded
On the afternoon of April 9 in Hà Nội, the Office of the President announced the 2026 amnesty decision issued ...
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