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Trial in Absentia Ends With 17-Year Prison Sentences for Lê Trung Khoa and Nguyễn Văn Đài
Key Events Lê Trung Khoa and Nguyễn Văn Đài Sentenced to 17 Years in Absentia; Y Quỳnh B’Đăp Appears on...
Tô Lâm and the Possible Unification of Việt Nam’s Top Offices | Justice on Paper, Repression in Practice: The Case Against Trịnh Bá Phương
Key Events Court Upholds 11-Year Sentence Against Trịnh Bá Phương on Dec. 27;Việt Nam Tests Power Consolidation With Tô Lâm Nomination;Ministry...
Ministry of Public Security Pushes Social Credit System Without Waiting for Lawmakers
Key Events Citizen Classification System Labeled “Urgent” by Ministry of Public Security, Pushed to be Issued as Government Resolution;Tô Lâm Orders...
National Assembly Pushes Through Record Number of Laws, Expands Police Powers Over the Media
Key Events Việt Nam Rushes Laws through its National Assembly under Fast-Tracked Procedures;New Press Law in Việt Nam Hands Police the...
As Extradition Law Advances, Police Seek Lê Trung Khoa and Nguyễn Văn Đài — Both Say They Will Continue Their Work
Key Events Việt Nam Enacts New Extradition Law, Reshaping Cross-Border Legal Cooperation;Ministry of Public Security Announces Wanted Notices; Dissidents Lê Trung...
Thailand Quietly Hands Refugee Y Quỳnh B’Đăp Over to Việt Nam Despite Legal Petitions
Key Events Cross-Border Repression Fears Intensify as Thailand Returns Y Quỳnh B’Đăp to Việt Nam;Government Struggles to Respond As Deadly Floods...
Deadly Flooding Sweeps Central Việt Nam: Tens of Thousands Displaced, Crops Ruined
Key Events Severe Floods in Central Việt Nam Leave 55 Dead, Cause Widespread Damage as More Rain Approaches;Ministry of Public Security...
Academic Freedom Under Fire as Party Blocks Speakers at Vietnam Studies Conference in Hà Nội
Key Events Last-Minute Speaker Purge Mars International Vietnam Studies Conference;New Seat Plan Boosts Central, Military and Police Power in Việt Nam’s...
No Consensus Yet on Việt Nam’s Next Senior Leaders, Party Central Committee Concludes 14th Plenum
Key Events Party Central Committee Delays Leadership Decisions;Hà Nội’s New Party Chief Signals the Consolidation of Tô Lâm’s Inner Circle;Revised Cybersecurity...
Việt Nam Jails Pastor, Restricts BBC Journalist as Leader Visits the UK
Key Events Human Rights Advocates Condemn Việt Nam’s Detention of BBC Journalist During Tô Lam’s UK Visit;Court in Lâm Đồng Jails...
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