Story Archive
2019-12-30
Son Bac Nguyen arranged the acquisition by a state telecom firm of a private TV company at an inflated price, causing losses to the state budget.
2019-12-27
Activists say the move will undermine sympathy at home and abroad, making it easier to deport dissidents applying for asylum.
2019-12-26
Journalist Pham Chi Dung is denied legal help until investigators finish looking into his case, one of his lawyers says.
2019-12-20
One may now have cancer following refusals from prison authorities over several months to allow medical care.
2019-12-19
Vietnamese authorities monitor and restrict the activities of the spiritual group, which is banned and harshly persecuted in China.
2019-12-17
Funds needed to build the government-ordered systems were never released, leading to a request by affected provinces to postpone the deadline for construction.
2019-12-12
An ethnic Vietnamese raised in Hong Kong returns from his studies abroad to take part in pro-democracy protests on the front line.
2019-12-12
Dao Quang Thuc died on Dec. 10 of what prison authorities called a stroke, and was quickly buried the same day, his son says.
2019-12-11
Nguyen Thuy Hanh supports prisoners and their families with contributions raised from citizens around Vietnam.
2019-12-10
Dao Quang Thuc was serving a 13-year prison term for his online writings criticizing Vietnam's government.
2019-12-09
Three arrested for protesting at site of January’s controversial home demolitions.
2019-12-06
Vu Huy Hoang was detained and beaten by police and went into hiding to prevent harassment of his family, he says.
2019-12-05
Chau Van Kham, Nguyen Van Vien, and Tran Van Quyen are not terrorists, and had tried only to promote peaceful change in Vietnam, Human Rights Watch says.
2019-12-03
A priest says the event was disrupted by ‘uniformed policemen, traffic policemen, security people wearing masks, and thugs.’
2019-12-03
Pham Chi Dung warns that Hanoi will arrest opponents of FTA in video message made two days before he was arrested.