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 ...
Key Events Draft Penal Code Expands Police Powers, Limits Accountability; Penal Code Revision Raises Concerns Over Lawyers’ Independence; Draft Penal ...
To address what it deems “inadequate” current penalties, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is proposing significantly harsher prison sentences ...
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is pushing to formally criminalize “propaganda against the Communist Party” by establishing a standalone ...
Following a week of intense social media scrutiny over leaked security footage, Đắk Lắk provincial police have finally suspended a ...
In a move that contradicts the state's ongoing push to decriminalize civil relations and unlock the economy’s potential, the Ministry ...
Việt Nam's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is proposing an entirely new legal mechanism for the nation's criminal law: the ...
The Ministry of Public Security's (MPS) recent lawmaking efforts are increasingly resembling a farce. It recently proposed penalizing individuals who ...
Residents of Việt Nam have recently been receiving messages from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) urging them to “Join ...
In the final days of 2025, the prosecution of Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà, director of the unit behind the music program “Về ...
Since former Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm became General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam in August 2024, the ...
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