Story Archive
2016-12-08
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Tran Hong Ha promises tougher pollution regulations and more compensation.
2016-12-07
While Hanoi ballyhooed the company’s $500-million compensation plan, protestors say the money hasn’t come.
2016-12-06
A reporter and his boss are suspended after drunken Facebook rant criticizes Fidel Castro.
2016-11-30
Can Thi Theu must now serve 20 months for protesting eviction from her family farm, the court says.
2016-11-29
Defendants in the case say a promise to let them go free once they returned was broken.
2016-11-29
The women were among those who blocked Highway 1A in Ha Tinh province last year as a protest over detention of two men.
2016-11-22
Human Rights Office for Southeast Asia also seeks an investigation into torture allegations.
2016-11-21
Smuggled in by truck from Russia, many never make it past the border, sources say.
2016-11-18
Nguyen Dang Minh Man’s mother hopes for her release, but doubts that her daughter will be allowed to stay in the country.
2016-11-11
The militant group claiming allegiance to the Islamic State has been kidnapping people in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
2016-11-10
Four arrests come as the Formosa chemical spill continues to be a political flash point.
2016-11-09
Some district residents report that they are still waiting for aid deliveries from relief teams.
2016-10-27
Vietnam's rice bowl is imperiled by salt from rising seas as extreme weather events and climate change pose complex challenges.
2016-10-25
A land dispute may have led to the deadly confrontation in the country's Central Highlands.
2016-10-18
Authorities accused of threats, abductions and harassment as Catholic parishioners push for more compensation.
2016-10-17
As the country is inundated, questions arise over how hydroelectric facilities respond.
2016-10-11
Activists say big protests spooked Communist authorities, who responded with arrests, terror blacklist for democracy group.
2016-10-05
Nguyen Ngoc Gia’s term was reduced in part because his family was loyal to the state.
2016-10-04
Nguyen Nhu Phong was fired and stripped of his press card 'for committing wrongdoing in press activities.'
2016-10-03
Some activists say they won't give up until the factory that killed tons of fish in April pulls out of Vietnam.
2016-09-26
Hundreds gather at Ky Anh court to file claims, with hundreds more expected to arrive next day.
2016-09-22
The judge conducts an 'undemocratic' hearing, refusing to hear all sides, defense lawyers say.
2016-09-20
Can Thi Theu’s 20-month term coincides with a construction boom and new scrutiny on human rights.
2016-09-12
They have destroyed the structure and moved all statues and other belongings to a new location, the abbot says.
2016-09-08
The place of worship sits in an area that is planned for a lucrative development project.
2016-09-06
No one appears to have been injured or detained, a villager says.
2016-09-01
Thousands take to the streets in the central coastal region because residents still have no jobs and children cannot return to school.
2016-08-24
Mother of activist jailed in Vietnam for Facebook critiques of corrupt communist cadres says she was roughed up at her son's trial.
2016-08-23
A blogger and his cousin receive three and two-year terms respectively for carrying out 'propaganda against the state.'
2016-08-23
Fishermen and activists say the government’s report on the recovery paints too rosy a picture.
