Opinion-Section
Child Abuse in Việt Nam: Where Is the Vietnam Association for Protection of Child Rights?
A four-year-old girl in Hà Nội was tortured to death. A two-year-old boy in Hồ Chí Minh City was beaten...
2026 Shangri-La Dialogue: Việt Nam Steps Onto a Larger Strategic Stage
Việt Nam’s decision to send Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm to deliver a keynote address at the 2026 Shangri-La...
The Death Penalty in Việt Nam: Systemic Failures and Wrongful Convictions
A wrongful prison sentence can still be corrected. A wrongful execution cannot. While the Ministry of Public Security’s (MPS) draft...
The Land Question in Việt Nam: When ‘Public Property’ Clashes with ‘Ownership by the People’
Journalist Thúc Kháng argued in a recent article in The Vietnamese Magazine that the root of the conflict between citizens...
Tô Lâm in India: Trade Deals Amidst Silence on Human Rights
Fresh from an April trip to China focused on economic alignment and rail ambitions, Việt Nam's top leader, Tô Lâm,...
A $1,140 Fine for Boycotts: How Việt Nam’s Draft Decree Threatens Consumer Rights
As the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) drafts a new decree to penalize those who mobilize business boycotts, the Consumer...
The EU’s Dangerous Compromise: Human Rights, the CSP, and Việt Nam’s JETP
On April 23, 2026, a coalition of international human rights and environmental organizations delivered a sobering joint letter to European...
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...
The Hà Nội Hypocrisy: Digital Repression Behind the UN Cybercrime Treaty
“Every trace on the keyboard can be tracked.” This ominous warning, recently posted to Facebook by the local police in...
Importing the Surveillance State: Tô Lâm, China, and the Pivot Away from the U.S.
Tô Lâm was packing for Beijing almost immediately after taking his presidential oath, aiming to start the first steps in...
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