Arbitrary arrests and prosecutions of human rights defenders sharply increased in Vietnam in 2020, while the number of prisoners of conscience reaches a record high with at least 173 people in custody, high most since Amnesty International began making reports…
Since the beginning of March 2021, China’s maritime militia has concentrated its ships near all disputed islands controlled by the Philippines and sought to threaten its coastal neighbors, especially Vietnam and the Philippines. and Malaysia, to assert claims over islands…
“Multiple conspiracies” is probably a prominent identity in Pham Minh Chinh, who will sit as Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on April 5, although there are some objections from old senior officials of the ruling Communist Party…
On April 1, Amnesty International condemned Vietnam’s suppression of independent candidates Le Trong Hung and Tran Quoc Khanh and at the same time called on Hanoi to allow criticism in the upcoming National Assembly elections scheduled on May 23. “The…
One of the human rights trends that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised at the State Department’s release of its Annual Report on World Human Rights on March 30 is that authoritarian governments are using new technology to track…
Many members of the National Assembly of Vietnam in recent days have made many comments related to the current judiciary. A typical example is a speech of delegate Truong Trong Nghia of the Ho Chi Minh City parliament delegation during…
On March 30, Saigon-based civil society organization Le Hieu Dang Club sent an open letter to the 14th National Assembly with the proposal of judicial reform and land ownership policy. Why is it necessary to have these reforms? A letter…
The story of more than 200 Chinese ships outlined in Whitsun Reef has been the focus of international opinion over the past week, causing tensions in the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea), according to regional media.…
After successfully assuming the role of chairman of the UN Security Council for the term 2020-2021, Vietnam once again held this role in April 2021. Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao shared with the Laws of Ho Chi Minh City newspaper that:…
Israel is the second biggest arms supplier to Vietnam, after Russia, in 2019, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). In addition to military cooperation, Israel is also one of the few countries that transfer technology for modern…
