The UN has just published a letter that its two Special Rapporteurs sent to the Government of Vietnam on April 30, 2020, regarding acts of intimidation, harassment, and suppression of many people when they intended to or have been attended…
On June 25, 2020, Han-Nom researcher Tran Khue, a well-known dissident passed away in Saigon, a number of democracy activists and human rights in Vietnam shared their views on the power and prospects of democracy, human rights and civil society…
RFA, July 1, 2020 The Vietnam Independent Union (VIU), founded by a group of people from many different professions, announced its debut on July 1, 2020. VIU President Bui Thien Tri gave RFA an interview about this newly established independent…
On June 24, Vietnam’s authorities unexpectedly arrested several informants about the recent Dong Tam incident, including four land petitioners and human rights advocates from Duong Noi named a former prisoner of conscience Can Thi Theu and her two sons Trinh…
On June 25, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Adviser to President Ivanka Trump, and Ambassador John Richmond announced the 2020 annual report on Human Trafficking, which places Vietnam in a group of countries that need to be monitored due…
In addition to paying huge amounts of money to Spanish oil company Repsol, the Vietnamese government is facing the challenge of meeting increasing domestic energy demand and the shyness of foreign energy partners. Repsol recently officially transferred its stakes in…
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on June 23 announced the opening of an anti-dumping investigation on tires imported from Vietnam and three other Asian countries and see if Vietnamese manufacturers are receiving unfair subsidies or not. Three other Asian…
On June 24, the Vietnamese communist regime arrested six activists in Hanoi on the morning of June 24, according to social media sources and activists in Hanoi. The detainees include Trinh Ba Phuong, his younger brother Trinh Ba Tu and…
The US diplomatic agency in Vietnam has denied a rumor which says the US suspends the issuance of visas for Vietnamese students” since early July and said it started reviewing immigrant visa applications. “Don’t believe the rumors online! There has…
In an interview with the BBC, Dr. Tran Cong Truc, former head of Vietnam ‘s Government Border Committee, affirmed that four scenarios Beijing could do if Vietnam sues China in the international court-drawn recently by Mr. Wu Shicun, director of…
