October 9, 2009: Six Peaceful Activists Sentenced For Pro-Democracy Activities
What happened?On this day, 12 years ago, a group of six democracy activists was sentenced to prison, with sentences ranging ...
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Biden’s Emphasis On Soft Power And What It Means For Vietnam’s Democracy Movement
President Joe Biden has repeatedly emphasised “soft power” in his foreign policy speeches. Will this policy work in Vietnam? And ...
Venerable Thich Quang Do: A Lifetime Of Struggle
Thich Quang DoThich Quang Do’s birth name is Dang Phuc Tue. He was born in Thanh Chau Commune, Tien Hai ...
Panorama of Flags, Panorama of Lies
The panorama of flagsForeigners visiting Vietnam can hardly miss the abundance of flags, posters, statues, and slogans that remind them ...
Hong Kong’s Next-door Ally
The Vietnamese Magazine would like to thank the Asia Democracy Chronicles under the Asia Democracy Network for kindly giving us ...
The Pleasant Lies Told About the Vietnam War, in Place of Unpleasant Truths
By Magdalena SlezákováWill Nguyen (age 34) is a Vietnamese-American public policy specialist and an activist for the Vietnamese democracy movement. ...
Not Just Football, Some Vietnamese Do Care About Human Rights, Political Pluralism, and Democracy
Throughout 2018 and up until yesterday, January 24, 2019, the world continued to witness Vietnamese people’s love of football exploded, ...
Vietnamese Government Celebrates National Day By Violating Its Own Constitution
Today| marks the 73rd year since Ho Chi Minh stood at Ba Dinh Square on September 2, 1945, and proclaimed ...
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 ...
From Nguyễn Văn Đài’s April 5, 2018 Trial – What Constitutes “Overthrowing the People’s Government” in Vietnam?
April 5, 2018 | Nguyễn Văn Đài – probably one of the most prominent dissidents in Vietnam for almost two ...