Vietnam tightens grip on social media influencers
Vietnam authorities arrested a popular YouTuber last week. But why is the Vietnamese government cracking down on independent voices ?
Vietnam orders control of workers, unions despite UN pledges, watchdog says
Directive 24 also urges officials to push back against foreign influence, The 88 Project says.
Vietnam : leaked communist party document warns of ‘hostile forces’
If countries can be said to go in and out of fashion, then Vietnam is certainly having its moment in the spotlight.
Hmong activist in Thailand threatened for refusing to return to Vietnam
An ethnic Hmong preacher and human rights activist released on bail from a Bangkok detention center alleged that a Vietnamese official had threatened him when he refused to return to Vietnam, where he would likely face persecution.
Vietnam requests that US exclude it from religious freedom watch list
Vietnam requests that the U.S. remove it from the Special Watch List for religious freedom and make objective assessments on the issue based on accurate and comprehensive information, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
Vietnam : RSF calls for the release of ailing journalist deprived of medical care
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Vietnamese regime to release independent journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan who has been in a critical condition as recently stated by his family member.
Major international financing deal to get Vietnam off coal moves ahead while it locks up climate defenders
Tran Phuong Thao worries for the health of her husband as she takes care of their 2-year-old son who was only two weeks old when the environmental lawyer was detained for tax evasion in 2021.
Vietnam arrests prominent parliamentary official as UN rights envoy visits
Vietnamese authorities arrested a prominent parliamentary official on suspicion of links to an extortion racket, the ministry of public security said on Wednesday, while a U.N. representative on human rights visited the country.
Vietnam committed to net zero emissions by 2050. So why is it arresting climate change activists?
This week leaders from around the world, including from seven Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries, are gathering in San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit under the theme of “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All.”
Vietnam : Internet freedom critical for the right to development
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Mr. Surya Deva’s, upcoming official country visit to Vietnam from 6 to 15 November 2023 is a welcome opportunity to press the Vietnamese authorities on the relationship between internet freedom…
Vietnam : Land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong continues to be tortured in prison
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in…
‘Severely punished’: Vietnam environmental activists face crackdown
Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam’s crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
‘They challenged the Communist monopoly’: Vietnam regime turns on its climate champions
NGO leaders and technical experts who helped secure western aid for official shift to clean energy are being locked up now that they are no longer needed.
Vietnam : Why climate activism can be a risky business
The politics of climate change in Vietnam’s authoritarian system has led to climate activists being arrested and imprisoned.
Vietnam : Sentencing of environmental rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong
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Vietnam : rights reforms urgently needed
The Vietnamese government should face close scrutiny at its upcoming United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for its deepening crackdown on activists and failure to reform abusive laws, Human Rights Watch said today in a submission to the UN.
Energy director arrested for appropriating documents of state-owned power firm
Ngo Thi To Nhien, director of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition Social Enterprise, has been arrested for allegedly appropriating internal documents regarding state-owned Electricity of Vietnam.
Vietnam detains energy thinktank chief in latest arrest of environmental expert
Vietnam state media has confirmed the arrest of the director of an independent energy policy thinktank – the sixth expert working on environmental issues to be taken into custody in the past two years.
Vietnam jails fifth climate activist in worrying trend
One of Vietnam’s best-known climate activists has been sentenced to three years in prison over tax evasion. Hoang Thi Minh Hong is the fifth Vietnamese activist to be jailed over the charge.
UN worried about Vietnam arrest of energy expert after Biden’s visit
The U.N. human rights office has expressed concern about the arrest of a Vietnamese green energy expert, who had collaborated with U.N. and U.S. agencies, just days after President Joe Biden signed business and human rights deals with Hanoi on…
Criminal justice campaigns in Vietnam : from legal mobilization to dissenting collectivism ?
In recent years, campaigns to save prisoners on death row have become more audacious in criticizing the country’s authoritarian party-state.
What to know about Vietnam’s persistent crackdown on environmentalists
The head of an energy research think tank was detained by Vietnamese authorities last week, the latest in a string of arrests of prominent environmentalists that highlights the government’s growing irascibility to environmental activism in Vietnam.
Vietnam dissidents to relocate to US under Biden administration deal, report says
The reported expatriations shed some light on the compromises that preceded the landmark upgrade in the diplomatic partnership between Hanoi and Washington.
How Biden can court Vietnam — and help those stuck behind bars
The United States and Vietnam are on the cusp of a significant upgrade in their relationship, to be sealed when President Biden visits Hanoi on Sept. 10. The administration’s plan to establish a “strategic partnership” with Vietnam is driven by a desire to counter…
Vietnam : Free democracy campaigners
Rights activists appealed verdicts in politically motivated cases
RSF makes German newspaper taz accessible again in Vietnam
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) recently used its mirror site technology « Operation Collateral Freedom » to restore online access to the German newspaper taz, which had presumably been blocked by the Vietnamese regime.