Story Archive
2012-06-15
Villagers near Vietnam’s capital battle with ‘thugs’ hired to clear their land for a development project.
2012-06-13
Observers say Vietnam is tightening controls online ahead of a proposed decree on Internet usage.
2012-06-08
A Vietnamese dissident researcher is freed after serving three years.
2012-06-07
The United States says the planned proposal will curtail online freedom of expression in Vietnam.
2012-05-30
Vietnam throws out appeals by two activists sentenced for spreading propaganda against the state.
2012-05-24
Four Vietnamese Catholic students are imprisoned for distributing anti-government leaflets under a controversial law.
2012-05-23
A rights group calls for the release of four young Vietnamese men.
2012-05-16
A seasonal ban on fishing in disputed waters in the South China Sea goes into effect.
2012-05-15
US official says relations with Vietnam hinge on improving its rights record.
2012-05-14
Real estate in the Lao capital explodes in value.
2012-05-11
Villagers are beaten while being evicted from their homes to make way for an industrial park.
2012-05-08
Vietnamese media say two state radio reporters were assaulted by police while watching a land eviction.
2012-05-06
Three netizens in Vietnam face charges for ‘conducting propaganda.’
2012-05-03
Vietnam is pressuring unregistered Buddhists leading up to a religious holiday.
2012-05-01
Police in Vietnam arrest a U.S.-based activist on ‘terrorism’ charges.
2012-04-25
A day after Vietnamese security forces forcibly occupied land for a development project, villagers are left panic-stricken.
2012-04-24
Several thousand security personnel in Vietnam move to take control of disputed land from protesting villagers.
2012-04-23
Chinese authorities are accused of repeatedly beating a group of Vietnamese fishermen during nearly two months of custody.
2012-04-16
Outspoken writer Nguyen Van Hai and two others face charges for speaking out against the Vietnamese government.
2012-04-13
Vietnam is sending monks to contested islands in the South China Sea.
2012-04-12
Gathering the group in Hanoi suggests Vietnam may prosecute the long-held detainees.
2012-04-11
Internet giants like Google and Facebook may have to cooperate with government censors.
2012-04-05
Nearly 50 percent of Vietnam’s companies say they have been a victim of government graft.
2012-04-02
Hanoi seems to be against a bilateral approach to ending a maritime dispute with China.
2012-03-29
Vietnam revokes the visas of a Catholic delegation.
2012-03-27
Vietnamese authorities throw a Mennonite clergyman in jail and cancel visas of three Vatican officials.
2012-03-22
The detention of two Vietnamese boats by Chinese authorities in disputed waters rekindles a territorial spat.
2012-03-22
Vietnamese rice farmers say they were given only two days notice before being evicted.
2012-03-20
A religious freedom watchdog again calls for U.S. action against the Southeast Asian nation.
2012-03-15
Vietnam jails ethnic minority members after the UN accuses Hanoi of discriminatory practices.
