Story Archive
2017-05-11
Tran Thi Nga is suffering from knee pain and has been refused visits from her family, he says.
2017-05-10
Thang is removed as party chief of the nation’s economic hub for misconduct.
2017-05-09
They say authorities are trying to bring the clergymen up on ‘anti-state’ charges.
2017-05-08
Dinh La Thang committed ‘serious mistakes and violations’ while running a state oil giant, it said.
2017-05-05
Bach Hong Quyen had covered the government’s response to the Formosa toxic waste spill.
2017-05-04
But he denies taking part in the beating of Le My Hanh and her friends.
2017-05-04
The man’s father says his injuries and video footage do not suggest he killed himself.
2017-05-03
Nguyen Van Hoa had filmed peaceful protests against a polluting steel plant.
2017-05-03
Le My Hanh was the target of a violent assault that was filmed and posted on social media.
2017-05-02
The move has left Vietnam with an oversupply and rapidly falling pork prices.
2017-05-01
Observers say the country’s party chief is removing obstacles to his political future.
2017-04-24
The protest ends peacefully, with authorities promising a written statement, sources say.
2017-04-24
Analysts say access to information about the standoff helped restrain the government.
2017-04-22
Last 19 hostages handed over after negotiations in which Hanoi's mayor vows to investigate farmers' complaints about land spat.
2017-04-21
Nineteen police officers and officials remain held amid the ongoing standoff over land.
2017-04-20
Reports suggest they fear arrest if they leave their barricaded commune.
2017-04-19
Police in An Phu district beat one motorbiker and confiscate the registrations of other cyclists who gathered to worship.
2017-04-19
Twenty police officers and local officials have been held by the farmers for five days.
2017-04-18
The farmers say they are preparing to release around 20 local officials also held since the weekend.
2017-04-17
The impasse reached its third day, following weekend clashes between residents and security personnel.
2017-04-13
Bloggers and independent journalists see the move as yet another measure to keep them from reporting police misconduct.
2017-04-07
Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is being kept in a dark cell seven years into a 16-year term for criticizing the government in articles online.
2017-04-06
Hundreds of people carry banners along sreets and beaches denouncing the company that caused the country’s worst environmental disaster.
2017-04-05
Green Trees wants the government to allow it to scrutinize compensation owed to victims of the nation’s worst toxic chemical spill.
2017-04-04
The German Association of Judges has selected Nguyen Van Dai as the recipient of its biennial human rights honor.
2017-04-03
They crossed the border after Cambodia began to reject some of their asylum claims.
2017-03-31
The blogger and former political prisoner is recognized for putting her community before her own well-being.
2017-03-29
Hundreds of residents from Thach Banh village gather at the local people’s committee, but the office is closed.
2017-03-29
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh was honored for her ‘defense of freedom of expression.’
2017-03-27
His lawyer said the decision was expected and vows to appeal.