Saigon Is Under De-facto Martial Law
June 17, 2018| Hundreds of people were stopped, detained, searched, and later taken to a temporary holding center set up ...
The Right to Protest In Vietnam Is Not Only Legal, It’s Constitutional
On June 14, 2018, AFP reported, the spokesperson of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Le Thi Thu Hang, told reporters ...
Vietnam, A Step Closer to Democracy With The Latest Nationwide Protests?
June 10, 2018| Nationwide protests broke out in several major cities in Vietnam in the morning and lasted well into ...
Enhanced Restrictions In Cybersecurity Bill Shows Vietnam Is NOT Ready To Commit To EU-FTA’s Human Rights Clause
In recent days, the people in Vietnam, again and again, have proven that social media was the most effective platform ...
From #MeToo to ‘Creating Our Own Tables’: How High Is The Glass Ceiling in Vietnam?
The glass ceiling for women in Vietnam, to me, is as high as the sky for most.Recent stories about sexual ...
People in Vietnam Openly Challenge Appellate Court’s Decision in Child Molestation Case, Demanding Tougher Sentence
On May 11, 2018, an appellate court in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province reviewed the verdict of the lower court in ...
To Tell or Not To Tell Them About My Personal Assets: A General Secretary’s Dilemma
In a surprising move right before the 7th Party Central Committee plenary meeting, a group of Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) ...
North / South
The Vietnamese would like to thank the author, Mr. Will Nguyen, who has given us permission to republish his article, ...
Has Vietnam Already Violated the To-Be-Ratified Free Trade Agreement with the EU?
After Hoàng Đức Bình’s 14-year sentence was affirmed by an appellate court in Vietnam on April 24, 2018, one of ...
Two Years Later, Formosa Toxic Pollution Still Sends People to Prison in Vietnam
April 24, 2018| After an approximate three-hour hearing, the Appellate Court of Nghe An Province, Vietnam, affirmed the 14-year sentence ...