Vietnam

Vietnam’s next leader faces crunch time with economy, demographics

An aging population and uncertain geopolitics will greet Nguyen Phu Trong successor.

Vietnamese police track down Montagnards in Thailand

They try to persuade them to return to Vietnam, saying they will be safe, but the asylum-seekersare skeptical.

Hanoi asks Beijing to abide by law while drawing baseline in Gulf of Tonkin

Analysts say China’s newly announced baseline is not in line with U.N. Law of the Sea.

Vietnam police summon political prisoners’ wives

Rights advocates say it marks the start of a new harassment campaign by the government.

Vietnamese political prisoner ‘starved’ for two weeks

Dang Dinh Bach’s wife said he hasn’t been getting canteen food or supplies from his family.

Vietnam holds political prisoner in solitary confinement for 18 months

Rules say inmates who break prison rules can only be held in isolation for 10 days.

Vietnamese stranded in Myanmar war zone plead for help from Vietnam’s government