Story Archive
2015-09-21
Supporters welcome the release but call on Hanoi to free all political prisoners.
2015-09-04
A group remembers their journey 40 years after the first refugees fled persecution.
2015-09-02
Held for 12 hours, he is asked about his contacts with 'reactionary forces opposed to Vietnam.'
2015-08-27
The political prisoners staged hunger strikes against poor conditions and refused to sign confessions that might have shortened their sentences.
2015-08-24
He says the threat of jail won’t dissuade him from his activism.
2015-08-19
The Southeast Asian country aims to protect the competitiveness of its exports.
2015-08-10
Pastor Duong Kim Khai served a five-year sentence for 'attempting to overthrow the government.'
2015-08-07
The eviction in April had provoked a clash with police that resulted in arrests and injuries on both sides.
2015-08-03
They had been arrested in 2011 on charges of attempting to overthrow the government.
2015-07-30
His sister says he died from a beating, not from ‘illness,’ as authorities claim.
2015-07-10
54-year-old woman, pinned down by a bulldozer, believes driver knew she was under his tread.
2015-07-08
Observers say Washington must ensure Vietnam respects its citizens’ rights as part of their closer ties.
2015-07-02
The U.S. president will meet with Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, next week in Washington.
2015-06-30
A fellow activist calls the amnesty a ‘gift’ to improve bilateral relations.
2015-06-25
The attack occurred after the group had gone to a prison to meet a fellow farmer jailed for protesting the seizure of his land.
