Story Archive
2012-08-29
Vietnamese authorities extend the detention of a democracy campaigner and reject an appeal by a labor activist.
2012-08-27
Supporters of 17 Vietnamese social activists hold a mass candlelight vigil and a protest in Hanoi.
2012-08-22
An agreement between the two countries sets the stage for a broad Mekong trade network.
2012-08-21
The arrest of one of Vietnam’s richest businessmen sends shockwaves through the country.
2012-08-20
A Vietnamese human rights lawyer is beaten near his home in Hanoi.
2012-08-20
The U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam meets with dissidents to discuss human rights and religious freedom.
2012-08-16
A land dispute in central Vietnam results in residents attacking local officials.
2012-08-14
Vietnamese rice farmers get to keep thousands of hectares of land that were to be turned over to industrial projects.
2012-08-14
The Vietnamese dissident faced severe pressure from authorities after his release from prison.
2012-08-10
Vietnam gives a Bloc 8406 member five years in prison for anti-state propaganda.
2012-08-09
A chemical defoliant used in the war has sickened thousands, Hanoi says.
2012-08-09
Vietnam throws an outspoken netizen in jail for six years.
2012-08-08
An open letter to the Vietnamese government says a law claiming sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea does not go far enough.
2012-08-07
Fellow dissidents say Vietnam has no right to postpone the trial of three prominent bloggers.
2012-08-06
Authorities in Vietnam stop unsanctioned Buddhist monks from distributing food to veterans.
2012-08-03
Vietnam pushes back the trial of three bloggers following a widely reported self-immolation protest.
2012-08-02
The Vietnamese government is keeping a close watch on mourners flocking to the home of a woman who self-immolated this week.
2012-08-02
An outspoken Vietnamese blogger is prevented from taking his mother for medical treatment to Singapore.
