Story Archive
2018-10-03
Nguyen Phu Trong would be the first since Ho Chi Minh to hold both jobs at the same time.
2018-10-01
Prison authorities refuse to let Tran Thi Nga see her husband and children, citing violations of prison rules.
2018-09-26
The men are found guilty of disrupting public order for attacking police with bricks, rocks, and Molotov cocktails.
2018-09-25
The five, members of the Vietnam National Alliance of Self-Determination, have been charged with activities aimed at overthrowing the government.
2018-09-24
Doan Khanh Vinh Quang had critized Vietnam's ruling Communist Party and government online, authorities said.
2018-09-21
Tran Dai Quang, who had previously served four decades in Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security, had jailed scores of political dissidents and rights advocates.
2018-09-19
Dao Quang Thuc had called on Facebook for environmental protections and his country's territorial rights in the South China Sea.
2018-09-17
Duong seeks appeal of “disturbing public order” ruling by court in Bac Ninh province.
2018-09-14
Nguyen Van Tuc, a member of the Brotherhood for Democracy, had criticized the government in writings online.
2018-09-12
Nguyen Trung Truc, a member of the online Brotherhood for Democracy advocacy group, had been convicted of working to overthrow the government.
2018-09-11
Vo Tan Minh, a drug trafficking suspect, died in Sept. 2017 after being beaten and kicked in a cell by detention center guards.
2018-09-10
The move is seen as a further attack on freedom of expression.
2018-09-07
Relatives seeking answers are sent first to one place then another by police, family members say.
2018-09-04
The clash comes two days after residents block a highway to protest operations at a polluting waste-processing plant.
2018-08-31
The democracy advocate is protesting police pressure to plead guilty in exchange for amnesty.
2018-08-28
Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is now entering the third week of his strike and is growing weak, his brother says.
2018-08-27
Hoan Tuan Long died Aug. 24 showing signs of severe physical injuries, his wife says.
2018-08-23
Her editor says Trang has health worries and is constantly on the move to avoid police.
2018-08-22
Phan Thi Dao has been in jail since her arrest in April 2017.
2018-08-20
Tran Thi Nga gets death threats from cellmate, while Tran Huynh Duy Thuc refuses food to protest pressure to confess in exchange for amnesty.
2018-08-17
Singer Nguyen Tin and activists injured after police raid his performance in a small Ho Chi Minh City coffee shop.
2018-08-16
Le Dinh Luong had written Facebook postings protesting a toxic waste spill and calling for a boycott of parliamentary elections.
2018-08-14
Nguyen Ngoc Vinh refused to write a ‘self-criticism’ after penning an article deemed divisive.
2018-08-10
Michael Nguyen disappeared in Vietnam on July 6 and was confirmed detained more than three weeks later.
2018-08-09
Human rights advocate Huynh Thuc Vy had ignored previous summons from police to come in for questioning.
2018-08-08
Nguyen Trung Truc's eyesight and physical strength are in decline following his arrest, a fellow activist says.
2018-08-07
Guards have warned them that they will be subjected to sexually transmitted diseases, their lawyer says.
2018-08-06
Priest says film on the prominent political prisoner drew 1,000 from his parish in Nghe An province.
2018-08-06
Hua Hoang Anh died after a police interrogation over his role in rare large-scale protests.
2018-08-02
The father of four is being held amid an investigation into ‘anti-government activities.’
