Vietnam

Vietnamese Facebook User Gets Seven-Year Term For Ridiculing Leaders

Dinh Thi Thu Thuy had wanted only to discuss her concerns over social issues in Vietnam and had not intended to oppose the state, she said at her Jan. 20 trial.

Nguyen Phu Trong (L) and Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) are shown with National Assembly chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) in Hanoi, Nov. 12, 2020.

Names of Vietnam’s Next Top Leaders Circulate Despite Warnings Against Leaks

2021-01-19

Two are expected to continue in top-level jobs despite their age, with two others moving into senior ranks for the first time.

Vietnamese democracy advocate Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is shown at his trial in Ho Chi Minh City, Jan. 20, 2010.

Jailed Vietnamese Democracy Advocate Hospitalized as Hunger Strike Hits Day 50

2021-01-14

Tranh Huynh Duy Thuc has been admitted on an 'urgent' basis to a hospital in Nghe An, his brother says, citing U.S. Embassy sources and family friends.

Independent journalists Nguyen Tuong Thuy (left), Pham Chi Dung (right), and Le Huu Minh Tuan (at back) are shown on trial in Ho Chi Minh City, Jan. 5, 2021.

Vietnam Tightens Info Controls for Party Congress as 2020 Violations Cited in HRW Report

2021-01-13

Prime minister warns against leaking secret candidate list ahead of party congress.

Vietnamese activist and dissident blogger Nguyen Van Hoa is shown in an undated photo.

Vietnam Rights Defenders Weigh Magnitsky Measures as Criticism of Hanoi’s Crackdown Mounts

2021-01-12

Sanctions including frozen assets and bans on travel to the U.S. may deter Vietnamese authorities accused of torture and other abuses against jailed dissidents, some say.

Jailed Democracy Advocate’s Hunger Strike Hits Day 49 as Vietnam State Security Tightens for Party Congress

2021-01-11

Tranh Huynh Duy Thuc continues to weaken, with his weight dropping to 127 lbs., as he holds out for an answer from authorities to his petition asking for a reduction in his prison sentence.

Members of Vietnam's Hien Phap Group are shown at their trial in Ho Chi Minh City, July 31, 2020.

Vietnam Court Rejects Appeal of ‘Constitution Group’ Protesters, Returning Them to Prison

2021-01-08

Members of the group affirm their innocence in court, saying their right to protest is protected by Vietnam's Constitution.

Nguyen Van Nanh is shown on trial in Dong Nai province for criticizing local authorities in Facebook postings, Jan. 7, 2021.

Vietnamese Facebook User Jailed For One Year For ‘Offending’ Officials

2021-01-07

Facebook users in three provinces of Vietnam are jailed or fined this week for posting content offending authorities.

Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy, who was arrested on May 23, 2020 on charges of 'making, storing and disseminating documents and materials for anti-state purposes,' is shown in undated photos.

US, EU Demand Release of Vietnamese RFA Blogger and Others Jailed For ‘Peaceful Expression’ of Views

2021-01-06

Nguyen Tuong Thuy and other independent journalists jailed in Vietnam work 'at great risk' for transparent and accountable government, the EU and US say.

Vietnamese RFA Blogger Jailed For 11 Years on Anti-State Charge

2021-01-05

Nguyen Tuong Thuy, who had blogged for RFA for six years, is sentenced to 11 years in prison, with fellow journalists Pham Chi Dung and Le Huu Minh Tuan given 15-year and 11-year terms.