The Southeast Asian Press Alliance has just released their annual report on media freedom in regional countries, in which the section of Vietnam is still marked with arrests, assaults, site attacks, even cyber wars on Facebook. Freedom of expression remains…
The government’s tree-felling project may have started in 2013 when the Hanoi Department of Construction came up with the plan of “overhauling and replacing urban trees in Hanoi during the period 2014-2015.” Or it may have started earlier in 2010…
We, the signers of this Charter, recognize that: Currently, the movement fighting for democracy and human rights in Vietnam has achieved many fast and positive developments. In this context, those in the government who are against progressive reform have been…
On the day that marks 6th year of imprisonment for Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, 18 international NGOs and 18 Vietnamese organizations made a joint statement urging the Vietnamese government to “immediately release” Thuc. They did so in an unprecedented collective attempt…
Late PM Vo Van Kiet, in his lifetime, was the first communist leader to describe April 30, the reunification day of Vietnam, as a day when “millions of people are happy while millions of others are sorrowful,” in an interview he…
VNRN – The government’s tree-felling project may have started in 2013 when the Hanoi Department of Construction came up with the plan of “overhauling and replacing urban trees in Hanoi during the period 2014-2015.” Or it may have started earlier…
A full report on the case of Ho Duy Hai, 30, a death-row prisoner who is now awaiting execution even though his case, with many blatant violations of due process and international human rights principles, is arousing public concern and…
A group of legal activists on Monday (March 16) made a full report on the case of Nguyen Van Chuong, the 32-year-old death-row prisoner who is now awaiting execution even though his case, with many blatant violations of due process…