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Vietnam Briefing: Pham Doan Trang Marks First Year In Jail; Vietnam Faces Labor Shortage As Migrant Workers Flee Industrial Cities For Home
Journalist Pham Doan Trang marks her first year in jailAround midnight on October 6, 2020, journalist Pham Doan Trang was...
Vietnam Briefing: Vietnamese Public Outrage Over A Woman Being Coerced Into COVID-19 Testing; Migrant Workers Rush To Flee Ho Chi Minh City After Travel Restrictions Are Lifted
A Vietnamese woman coerced into COVID-19 testing infuriates the publicOn September 28 video footage showing Vietnamese police and security forces...
Vietnam Briefing: Vietnam Remains “Not Free” On Freedom House’s Internet Freedom Report; Vietnam’s COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 18,000 Fatalities
Freedom on the Net 2021: Vietnam remains “Not Free” on internet freedomThe Vietnamese Magazine reports:On September 21, 2021, Freedom House,...
Vietnam Briefing: COVID-19 Restrictions Bring Social And Economic Costs To Vietnam; Pham Doan Trang’s Case Accepted By United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD)
International human rights lawyer submits case of journalist Pham Doan Trang to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention...
Vietnam Briefing: Prosecutions Against Bao Sach Journalists; Beijing Seeks To Reaffirm Its Influence In The South China Sea
Prosecutions against members of online-based Bao Sach (Clean Newspaper) outletRFA reports:On Wednesday, September 8, Vietnamese authorities indicted five journalists from...
Vietnam Briefing: Vietnam Arrests And Indicts Political Dissidents Amid COVID-19 Pandemic; South China Sea Becomes A Hot Issue Between Vietnam And China
The case of journalist Pham Doan Trang: Investigation process completed, leading to her indictmentOn Aug 26, 2021, Hanoi Police announced...
Vietnam Briefing: Results From U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ Visit; Vaccine Donations To Arrive In Vietnam Amid Surge In COVID-19 Cases
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Vietnam: Main takeawaysU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Vietnam’s top officials met on...
Vietnam Briefing: Vietnam Records New COVID-19 Milestones; Human Rights And Regional Cooperation Become Key Issues During U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ Visit To Vietnam
COVID-19: Vietnam marked new daily infections and deaths recordSaturday, August 21, 2021, Vietnam confirmed a total of 13,417 Covid-19 cases,...
Vietnam Briefing: Exoduses In Kabul And Saigon, At The Same Time, For Different Reasons
The Vietnam Briefing, which is released every Monday morning Vietnam time, looks at Vietnam’s political developments of the past week.Exoduses...
Vietnam Briefing: Deepening COVID-19 Crisis; Bao Sach Charges; South China Sea Tension; Harris’ Visit To Vietnam
The Vietnam Briefing, which is released every Monday morning Vietnam time, looks at Vietnam’s political developments of the past week.COVID-19...
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