Story Archive
2017-12-29
The defendants are imprisoned for ‘anti-state propaganda’ and ‘acting to overthrow the government.’
2017-12-27
Their prison terms range from five to 16 years for ‘participating in terrorism to overthrow the government’ and other charges.
2017-12-22
Tran Thi Nga's lawyer says the state failed to make a legal case against the land and labor activist.
2017-12-21
The members of the group are serving time for hanging flags with the symbol of defeated South Vietnam in a town in An Giang province.
2017-12-18
Local authorities and police stand by during the attack, refusing to intervene.
2017-12-18
Prison officials refuse to provide democracy advocate Tran Anh Kim with medical care until they hear from higher-ups.
2017-12-15
Observers welcome the move, which comes ahead of a planned trade agreement.
2017-12-11
A California-based exile group calls Mother Mushroom, the Brotherhood for Democracy, and others 'among the bravest of our people.'
2017-12-11
Pham Minh Tuan was kept captive in southern Philippines jungles for more than a year.
2017-12-08
Dinh La Thang is stripped of his Party posts and now faces charges in a crackdown on corruption.
2017-12-05
The announcement followed protests that caused the shutdown of a tollbooth at one site.
2017-12-05
Chinese intrusions into Vietnamese waters are also on the rise, another government department says.
2017-12-04
Observers say fees are too high, the station is unfairly located, and the project lacks transparency.
2017-12-01
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh is returned to prison to serve a 10-year term after her appeal is rejected in court.
2017-11-30
Observers called the ruling a ‘farce’ and predetermined.
2017-11-29
Manila’s bilateral ties with Hanoi remain “very strong,” President Rodrigo Duterte says.
2017-11-27
Nguyen Van Hoa was arrested in January after using a drone to film a massive demonstration.
2017-11-17
They had briefed officials on Vietnam’s human rights situation ahead of an annual dialogue.
2017-11-10
But US silence on human rights has experts looking to other countries to raise the region’s grave problems.
2017-11-10
Officials say another Vietnamese died while in captivity.
2017-11-09
Brotherhood for Democracy members Le Anh Hung Truong Van Dung decline to turn up, saying they have done nothing wrong.
2017-11-07
Activists say Hanoi's arbitrary detention of bloggers and rights defenders violates the spirit of APEC.
2017-11-01
Hoang Duc Binh could face 2-7 years in prison following arrest for leading environmental protests.
2017-11-01
Forty academics urge the Communist Party to free "Mother Mushroom" and another woman jailed for posting anti-state propaganda.
2017-10-30
Many suspect the menacing groups are sanctioned by the government to harass critics and rights defenders.
2017-10-27
She asks her to intervene with Vietnam's government to win her mother's release from a prison term served for politically sensitive writings.
2017-10-25
He had posted writings criticizing official corruption on his two blogs.
2017-10-17
Authorities prosecute, detain, and harass activists to silence dissenting voices, the groups say in an open letter.
2017-10-16
The call to residents to surrender to police breaks authorities' earlier pledge not to pursue charges against them.
2017-10-13
Student activist faces charges of 'propaganda against the state' under Article 88 for his writing criticizing corruption.
