Story Archive
2020-09-30
Pham Dinh Quy, a lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City's Ton Duc Thang University, had accused Dak Lak province Communist Party chief Bui Van Cong of plagiarizing his doctoral thesis.
2020-09-25
Nguyen Van Hoa, serving a seven-year prison term, had contributed to RFA as a journalist and videographer.
2020-09-24
Activists are thought to be protesting prison conditions and human rights violations.
2020-09-22
The defendants had carried out bomb attacks in Vietnam in 2018 on the orders of a Canada-based exile group, prosecutors said.
2020-09-18
Le Van Hai held for two months after complaining his home was confiscated for wastewater treatment plant.
2020-09-18
Edited map replaced version showing Spratlys and Paracels on embassy’s Facebook page,
2020-09-14
Rights groups and activists call the outcome 'no surprise,' with Vietnam's courts controlled by the ruling Communist Party.
2020-09-10
Harassment follows lawyers' complaints of court 'irregularities' and defendants' testimony alleging torture by police.
2020-09-09
Vietnam's prime minister and Indonesia's foreign minister warn ASEAN member states that rising tensions in the South China Sea threaten regional stability and peace.
2020-09-09
Nineteen out of 29 villagers on trial say they were tortured by police during questioning after their arrest in January.
2020-09-08
A bomb attack in Ho Chi Minh City and a failed plot in Bien Hoa are tied to a Vietnamese exile group based in Canada.
2020-09-08
Defense attorneys say they are not allowed to meet with their clients, and object to prejudicial videos shown in court.
2020-09-04
Defendants in the trial set for Sept. 7 have been denied access to lawyers and family, signers of the letter to the UN Human Rights Council say, urging the UN to speak out about the case.
2020-09-01
Vietnam has a documented history of tension with neighboring China over oil exploration in the South China Sea.
2020-08-31
Red tape stymies attempt by Trinh’s father to meet his second detained son.
2020-08-31
Police in Hanoi tell concerned father to petition police in Hoa Binh province, which turned him away two days earlier.
2020-08-27
Hunger strikes are often the last resort for political offenders in Vietnam being pressured to confess their 'guilt,' one former prisoner says.
2020-08-25
Authorities say one detainee, Trinh Ba Tu, in the 20th day of a hunger strike.
2020-08-18
The arrests come two days after the Malaysian coast guard shot and killed a Vietnamese fisherman whose boat allegedly attacked the Malaysian ship.
2020-08-17
A Vietnamese sailor is shot and killed when his boat allegedly attacks a Malaysian ship sent to inspect it in Malaysian waters.
2020-08-14
Truong Duy Nhat spoke during the hearing and disclosed that he was spirited from Thailand to Vietnam through Laos.
2020-08-13
Meanwhile, another blogger is indicted for publishing information on the deadly Dong Tam land dispute.
2020-08-12
Seventeen have now died, with all fatalities linked to the recent outbreak in the coastal city of Danang.
2020-08-12
Targets of the protest say the 'spontaneous' groups were incited by authorities, however.
2020-08-10
Truong Duy Nhat, who is serving a 10-year prison term for 'abusing his authority' in a land-fraud case, has called his arrest politically motivated.
2020-08-04
Cases have surged by 227 since July 25 Danang outbreak.
2020-07-31
Vietnam has been among the most successful countries in tackling COVID-19.
2020-07-31
Defendants had advocated for the rights to freedom of speech and assembly promised by Vietnam's constitution.
2020-07-28
Cases of infection coincide with the arrival of Chinese migrants who entered Vietnam illegally, sources say.
2020-07-17
Plates contain map of country, but older ones do not show disputed Spratlys and Paracels.
