Opinion-Section
Watching The US Presidential Election While Dreaming About Vietnam’s Free Election At The Commune Level
This op-ed article was written in Vietnamese by Ly Minh and previously published in Luat Khoa Magazine on November 6,...
“Law of the Jungle” for Pham Doan Trang
This article was written in Vietnamese by songwriter Tuan Khanh and published on The New Viet magazine. The Vietnamese would...
A Letter To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dear Justice Ginsburg,I hope this letter will somehow reach you in heaven or in the afterlife. I have not seen...
With Economic Development Comes Greater Government Oppression: Why the EU Must Reconsider Its Free Trade Deal with Vietnam
On the same day in 2020 that Vietnam chaired its first Security Council meeting in New York, just a few...
Vietnam’s Travel Bans Infringe on Activists’ Rights And Violate Own Constitution
On November 20, 2019, Father Nguyen Dinh Thuc, a Vietnamese Catholic priest, posted on his Facebook page that he was...
How Can The EU Parliament Convince Us That Vietnam Will Improve Its Human Rights Record When Dissidents Continue To Get Jailed For Exercising Their Rights?
The European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EV-FTA) is expected to be a comprehensive win-win deal for both sides,...
39 Vietnamese Froze To Death In England: A Question On The Rule Of Law
“No one is above the law, but no law is above basic decency, justice, and kindness.”This sentence is one of...
A Sexual Predator Walked Free As Arbitrary Application Of The Law Failed Everyone In Vietnam
A perpetrator in a sexual assault case was caught on tape in Hanoi where he forcefully came onto a woman...
Vietnam: Social Media Successfully Forced Government To Leave Traditional Fish Sauce Alone (For Now)
Social media in Vietnam carries quite a force when it comes to having a say in public affairs, and the...
Vietnam-China Border War 1979: When Vietnamese People Refused To Forget
Foreigners often assume – wrongfully – that the last war the Vietnamese people remember fighting was the one where the...
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