Human Rights Violations in Vietnam

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• [2025-01-16] Vietnam: Repression Deepens Under New Leader

  The rise of a new leader in Vietnam following a power shake-up in mid-2024 brought no reprieve from the government’s relentless repression of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. The Vietnamese authorities prohibit independent rights groups, labor unions, media, religious groups, and all other organizations that operate outside government control.

• [2025-01-10] Vietnam asks Y Quynh Bdap’s family to urge his surrender ahead of appeal trial

   Vietnamese authorities have asked the family of an ethnic Ede activist Hanoi convicted of “terrorism” in absentia to convince him to surrender instead of appealing the decision to extradite him from Thailand later this month, his family told RFA.

• [2025-01-10] Vietnam jails ex-lawyer over Facebook posts

  A Vietnamese court jailed a prominent former lawyer for three years on Friday over Facebook posts, a ruling condemned by rights groups as a fresh attack on freedom of expression in the communist country.

• [2025-01-08] Vietnam to prosecute lawyer for criticising judicial actions on social media

  The Vietnamese government initiated legal proceedings on Tuesday against prominent lawyer Tran Dinh Trien for allegedly infringing upon state interests through social media criticism.

• [2025-01-07] Conclusion of the 28th U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue

  On January 6-7, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Dafna Rand traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, leading the U.S. delegation to the 28th U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue.

• [2025-01-03] Wanted Vietnamese artist says police beat him

  Vietnamese artist Le Quoc Anh, who is wanted by police on charges of “propaganda against the state,” said the police beat him for several days while he was in custody, before going on the run.

• [2024-12-31] Prominent Vietnamese writer in hiding says police are harassing his family

  A prominent Vietnamese writer and karate artist who is hiding and wanted by police said Monday that authorities are harassing his family to try to find out his whereabouts.

• [2024-12-26] Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force

  New Vietnamese internet rules requiring Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities came into force on Wednesday, in what critics say is the latest attack on freedom of expression.

• [2024-12-25] US-based Vietnamese activist says police harassed her family

  Activist Pham Thanh Nghien, who took refuge in the United States last year, says Vietnamese police harassed her family shortly after she accepted a human rights award at a ceremony in Texas.

• [2024-12-22] Critics decry Vietnam’s ‘draconian’ new internet law

  Social media users in Vietnam on platforms including Facebook and TikTok will need to verify their identities as part of strict new internet regulations that critics say further undermine freedom of expression in the communist country.

• [2024-12-22] Rights group urges govts to reconsider funding Vietnam energy plan.

  An international pressure group is calling on governments and financial institutions to reconsider funding a plan to help Vietnam transition from fossil fuels to clean energy while it jails climate activists.

• [2024-12-15] The 2024 Vietnam Human Rights Award Ceremony in Houston, Texas, USA

  The 2024 Vietnam Human Rights Awards Ceremony and the celebration of the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were solemnly held at the New Diamond Club in Houston on the afternoon of December 15, 2024.

• [2024-12-12] USCIRF Alarmed over Escalating Crackdown in Vietnam

  The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is alarmed by the Vietnamese government’s escalating crackdown on independent religious communities—including Khmer Krom Buddhists, Montagnard Protestants, Cao Dai followers, and many others.

• [2024-12-12] Update: Writer and prisoner of conscience Le Huu Minh Tuan receives DFP sponsorship

  PEN America is profoundly grateful to Rep. Michelle Steel for sponsoring Vietnamese writer and prisoner of conscience Le Huu Minh Tuan as part of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission’s Defending Freedoms Project (DFP).

• [2024-12-11] 5 Vietnamese Communist Party officials jailed for helping abducted blogger: report

  Vietnam has jailed five party members for feeding information to Duong Van Thai, a blogger who is believed to have been abducted in Thailand last year and resurfaced in Vietnamese custody, the human rights group 88 Project reported, citing sources inside the government.

• [2024-12-10] Vietnam: Repeal Harmful Internet Laws

  The Vietnamese government should repeal a draconian new decree tightening control of internet use and the 2018 Law on Cybersecurity, Human Rights Watch said today. The regulation, which undermines access to information and freedom of expression in Vietnam, goes into effect on December 25, 2024.

• [2024-12-09] Imprisoned member of persecuted church wins Vietnam human rights award

  A missionary from a Christian church in Vietnam’s Central Highlands who was arrested last year on charges of “undermining the national unity policy” was named as the winner of the annual Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award.

• [2024-12-06] 2 independent Protestant pastors shot in Vietnam’s Central Highlands

  Two pastors of the Ede ethnic minority who lead independent Protestant house churches in the highland province of Dak Lak were shot in their legs in recent months.

• [2024-12-02] Social media platforms censor 15,000 pieces of ‘anti-state’ content in Vietnam

  Global social media platforms Facebook, Google, and TikTok censored more than 15,000 pieces of content deemed to be “anti-Party and anti-state,” over the past year in Vietnam, government statistics showed.

• [2024-11-29] Southeast Asian MPs: Halt Forced Extradition of Vietnamese Human Rights Defender

  ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) strongly condemns the potential forced extradition of Montagnard refugee and human rights activist Y Quynh Bdap from Thailand to Vietnam.

• [2024-11-28] Vietnam’s jailing of Khmer monks violated religious freedom, rights group says

  Human rights activists accused Communist-run Vietnam of infringing on freedom of religion after a court handed jail sentences this week to five ethnically Khmer Buddhist monks and four religious activists.

• [2024-11-27] US lawmaker calls for release of Vietnamese political prisoner

  A top U.S. lawmaker has pledged to work with rights groups as a special advocate for Dang Dinh Bach, a Vietnamese climate activist and political prisoner, and called on Hanoi to immediately release Bach from jail.

• [2024-11-25] Purported letter from Vietnam’s ‘barefoot monk’ renounces vow of poverty

  A man whose ascetic pursuit of Buddhist studies earned him countless followers both on and off of social media as he traveled by foot across Vietnam has ended his vow of poverty, according to a letter purportedly written in his own hand.

• [2024-11-22] 4 inmates on hunger strike in Vietnamese prison

  Four prisoners began a hunger strike at a central Vietnam prison in early November to protest the confiscation of paper, pens and books from inmates, a relative of one of the prisoners told Radio Free Asia.

• [2024-11-18] Vietnam police arrest 8 people during violent protest

  Police in Vietnam have arrested eight people – including five members of the same family – after violent clashes during an attempt to build a road in An Giang province.

• [2024-11-18] Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi Minh Hong ‘Tax Evasion’ Charges are a Crackdown on Environmental Activism

  The Vietnamese diplomatic mission in Geneva has responded to a joint communication of three United Nations special rapporteurs in a reply dated Nov. 1, which rejected allegations that the charges brought against climate leader Hoang Thi Minh Hong were politically motivated. Vietnam claimed that her arrest and trial were “conducted in accordance with the laws of Vietnam.”

• [2024-11-18] Vietnam Human Rights Network Announced The 2024 Vietnam Human Rights Award Results.

  The Vietnam Human Rights Network announced the 2024 Vietnam Human Rights Award results through a press conference on Facebook and YouTube at 8:00 a.m. (California time, 5:00 p.m. in Western Europe, and 11:00 p.m. in Vietnam) on Monday, November 18, 2024.

• [2024-11-18] Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi Minh Hong ‘Tax Evasion’ Charges are a Crackdown on Environmental Activism

  The Vietnamese diplomatic mission in Geneva has responded to a joint communication of three United Nations special rapporteurs in a reply dated Nov. 1, which rejected allegations that the charges brought against climate leader Hoang Thi Minh Hong were politically motivated. Vietnam claimed that her arrest and trial were “conducted in accordance with the laws of Vietnam.”

• [2024-11-13] Vietnam tightens controls on social media users

  Vietnam is tightening control over what can be posted on global internet sites such as YouTube by forcing companies to ask for user contact information that authorities can demand they hand over.

• [2024-11-06] Press Watchdog Slams Vietnam for Jailing Blogger

  The largest global union federation of journalists’ trade unions called Tuesday for the immediate release of Duong Van Thai, a blogger who was arrested for his anti-corruption reporting in which he criticized the ruling Communist Party and its members.

• [2024-11.04] Vietnamese former political prisoners detained after gathering

  A group of about 20 Vietnamese former political prisoners and relatives of current prisoners were detained on Friday after meeting at a restaurant, with police forcing them to make posts on social media disavowing their activism in order to be let free.

• [2024-11-03] Rights group calls for release of sick Vietnamese journalist

  An international rights group has added its voice to those of relatives of Vietnamese political prisoner Le Huu Minh Tuan, who say his health has seriously deteriorated since his arrest nearly four years ago. They want him freed immediately so he can receive urgent medical attention.

• [2024-10-31] US calls Vietnam’s blogger sentence harsh, deeply troubled by abduction reports

  The United States said on Thursday it was concerned by Vietnam’s conviction and “harsh” sentencing of blogger Duong Van Thai, and deeply troubled by reports he was abducted by Vietnamese authorities in Thailand.

• [2024-10-31] Vietnam: Quash Verdict Against Democracy Campaigner

  The Vietnamese government should annul the politically motivated verdict against the democracy activist Duong Van Thai and release him immediately, Human Rights Watch said today.

• [2024-10-31] Immediate and Urgent Medical Attention Needed for Vietnamese Journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan

  PEN America is deeply concerned about the health and welfare of Le Huu Minh Tuan, an editor and member of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN). Tuan’s health has deteriorated significantly since his arrest and detention in January 2021

• [2024-10-29] Vietnamese political prisoner tells daughter her life was threatened

  Nguyen Thi Tam, serving a six-year sentence for “propaganda against the state” at a prison in Vietnam, said her cellmate threatened to kill her, Tam’s daughter told Radio Free Asia. Since April, she has been sharing a cell with a woman jailed for drug offenses at the prison in Thanh Hoa province.

• [2024-10-29] Vietnamese court sentences blogger to 12 years in prison for anti-state propaganda

  A court in Hanoi sentenced a blogger who went missing from Thailand last year and resurfaced in Vietnamese police custody to 12 years in prison and three years probation on Wednesday for anti-state propaganda, a person familiar with the situation told Radio Free Asia.

• [2024-10-29] Vietnam’s Silenced Writers: The Vietnamese Government Falls Short on Human Rights

  In the 4th cycle of the U.N. Universal Periodic Review, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet claims a commitment to the process and “dedication to protecting and promoting human rights.” Their record tells a different story.

• [2024-10-28] UN body says Vietnam is unlawfully detaining journalist

  A United Nations working group has found that a VOA contributing journalist imprisoned by Vietnam was arbitrarily detained prior to sentencing and incarceration. 

• [2024-10-24] Man who took part in nationwide protests in 2018 released early from prison

  A man who was imprisoned in 2018 following nationwide protests has been released 21 months early – the third activist in a month to be set free ahead of their full sentence. 

• [2024-10-22] Thailand: Vietnamese Activist at Risk of Forced Return

  The Thai government should immediately reject Vietnam’s request to extradite an Indigenous Montagnard human rights activist and permit him to resettle abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. 

• [2024-10-21] PEN America Condemns Harassment of Vietnamese Activist and Online Commentator

  PEN America strongly condemns the ongoing harassment and intimidation of Dang Thi Hue, a Vietnamese activist and online commentator, by the Vietnamese government.  

• [2024-10-18] Rights groups urge Thailand to release Vietnamese activist, saying he faces torture if extradited

  A group of nearly three dozen rights groups called on Thailand’s prime minister Friday to release a Vietnamese activist who has been ordered extradited home to face imprisonment on terrorism charges, saying he faces the possibility of torture if returned.  

• [2024-10-15] Activists dismiss Formosa claim of fulfilled obligations regarding spill in Vietnam

  Activists have rejected a claim by Taiwan’s Formosa Group that it has fulfilled all of its obligations related to a devastating chemical spill in 2016 at one of its plants in Vietnam, saying the company has failed to pay victims adequate compensation and prove that it is no longer damaging the environment.  

• [2024-10-09] Police question students of shuttered Vietnamese education company

  A non-profit organization that offered courses aimed at fostering independent thinking among Vietnamese citizens still has the attention of government investigators almost a year after it was forced to shut down. 

• [2024-10-07] Vietnam releases activist suffering advanced stage cancer

  Vietnamese authorities have released political prisoner Nguyen Thuy Hanh, who has been detained since April 2021 on charges of “anti-state propaganda,” her husband told Radio Free Asia on Monday. Huynh Ngoc Chenh said his wife was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison at a secret trial on July 31, 2024. 

• [2024-10-03] Vietnam releases thousands of prisoners, but no dissidents

  To mark Vietnam’s National Day, the communist regime in Hanoi has decided to release nearly 3,800 common prisoners before the end of their sentences, including 20 foreigners. However, no political prisoners were granted amnesty in this annual clemency, which took effect October 1.

• [2024-10-02] RWCHR Calls on Canada to Impose Sanctions on Vietnamese Human Rights Violators

  Today, as Co-Chair of the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Coalition, and in collaboration with BPSOS, a U.S. based human rights organisation, we filed a comprehensive sanctions recommendation to Global Affairs Canada, urging the government to take action against sixteen Vietnamese individuals implicated in gross human rights violations. 

• [2024-10-02] Concern Mounts Over Disappearance of Imprisoned Christians in Vietnam

  Religious freedom advocates are desperately seeking information on the whereabouts of 11 imprisoned Christians in Vietnam.

• [2024-10-01] One of Vietnam’s high-profile political prisoners refused amnesty. Prison guards forced him on a plane anyway

  Prominent Vietnamese democracy activist Tran Huynh Duy Thuc said he was forced to accept a presidential pardon after nearly 16 years in jail.

• [2024-09-30] Thai court grants Vietnam’s request for activist’s extradition

  “A Thai court ruled on Monday that Montagnard activist Y Quynh Bdap should be sent back to Vietnam where he faces terrorism charges. The judge at the Bangkok Criminal Court said there were sufficient grounds to approve the Vietnamese government’s extradition request.

• [2024-09-29] Vietnamese inmates on hunger strike to demand release of political prisoners

  Three inmates at a prison in Vietnam’s Nghe An province are on hunger strike to protest against harsh conditions and demand the release of all political prisoners, relatives told Radio Free Asia

• [2024-09-26] Emotional reunion for Vietnamese activist jailed 16 years

  Recently released after nearly 16 years in prison, Vietnamese human rights activist Tran Huynh Duy Thuc walks up the stairs of his family’s home, holding the hand of a toddler.

• [2024-09-24] Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition Statement on Release of Hoang Thi Minh Hong

  The Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition, a group of over 30 international and regional environmental, climate justice, and human rights organizations, celebrates the early release from prison of climate advocate and environmental defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong.

• [2024-09-23] UN expert calls on Vietnam to ensure inclusivity in development projects

  A U.N. expert has urged Vietnam’s government to ensure that all its citizens have the right to participate in the development process, as the country’s top leader To Lam prepares to speak before the United Nations General Assembly.

• [2024-09-23] Vietnam rounds up alleged members of ‘terrorist’ organization

  Police in Vietnam’s Kien Giang province have arrested a 63-year-old woman for “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s government,” state media reported, the fifth person arrested in recent weeks for links to a group Hanoi brands a ‘terrorist’ organization.

• [2024-09-21] Vietnam releases 2 political prisoners ahead of leader To Lam’s US trip

  Vietnam has released two prominent political prisoners, a day before its top leader To Lam headed to the United States to speak before the United Nations General Assembly. Climate campaigner Hoang Thi Minh Hong, was sentenced to three years in prison last September for tax evasion.

• [2024-09-19] One year after inmate’s execution, Vietnam continues sentencing people to death

  On Sept. 22, 2023, Hoa Binh Provincial Police executed the death row inmate by lethal injection, in spite of protests by international rights groups and foreign embassies.

• [2024-09-18]] Religious rights gains in Vietnam have deteriorated, report says

  Two decades after the U.S. government designated Vietnam as Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for tolerating or engaging in religious rights violations, religious freedom has deteriorated despite the designation’s initial successes, a new report states.

• [2024-09-17] Reports on rights violations in Vietnam decline due to fear of reprisal: UN

  The UN says Vietnamese authorities retaliated against those cooperating with its human rights agency.

• [2024-09-17] Vietnam commitment to green economy undermined by targeting of activists

  Since announcing its goal, Hanoi imprisoned 6 activists who pushed for changes to the national energy policy.

• [2024-9-16] Vietnam court jails activist for 5 years for ‘distributing anti-state propaganda’

  Vietnam’s Hanoi People’s Court sentenced prominent activist and former member of the critical YouTube channel CHTV, Phan Van Bach, to five years in prison on Monday. He was convicted under Article 117 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes “distributing anti-state propaganda.” Phan Van Bach had faced a maximum sentence of 12 years.

• [2024-09-10] Critics denounce Vietnam’s sentencing of journalist as ‘intimidation’ of media

  A Hanoi court sentenced journalist and political activist Nguyen Vu Binh to seven years in prison on Tuesday, in a move critics described as a “brazen intimidation” of the media.

• [2024-09-10] Prominent Vietnamese journalist jailed for seven years

  A journalist and critic of the Vietnamese government who covered corruption, land rights and the environment was jailed for seven years by a court in Hanoi on Sept. 10, after authorities ignored pleas by civil society groups for his immediate release.

• [2024-09-04] Vietnamese activist begins 50-day hunger strike

  Le Trong Hung, who is serving a five-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the state” in Vietnam’s Nghe An province, began a 50-day hunger strike Wednesday..

• [2024-09-03] Vietnam arrests suspected government-in-exile supporter before National Day

  Vietnamese police arrested a citizen for suspected links to a self-proclaimed government in exile ahead of Monday’s National Day, the latest crackdown on those who support the group.

• [2024-09-01] Vietnamese activist still proud after 6 years in prison

  Activist Nguyen Ngoc Anh, who has just been released after serving six years in prison, told Radio Free Asia he was proud of himself for taking a stand against injustice.

• [2024-08-29] Vietnamese Human Rights Group Targeted in Multi-Year Cyberattack by APT32

  A non-profit supporting Vietnamese human rights has been the target of a multi-year campaign designed to deliver a variety of malware on compromised hosts.

• [2024-08-26] Vietnam cracks down on social media users who criticize the state

  Authorities in Vietnam are pressing on with a crackdown on social media users who are seen as critical of the government, using two articles of the Criminal Code that rights groups say are too vague, to punish those “opposing” the state and the ruling Communist Party.

• [2024-08-23] UN experts challenge Vietnam’s treatment of Montagnard minority

  United Nations experts are calling on Vietnam to answer their concerns over the trial of 100 Montagnards in January, in connection with a 2023 attack on government offices in which nine people were killed.

• [2024-08-20] Thai policeman says ‘no choice’ but to arrest Montagnard

  A Thai court considering whether to extradite a Montagnard who faces terrorism charges in Vietnam has been hearing witness testimonies, including those of the Thai police and Vietnamese police, in a case being closely watched by international rights groups.

• [2024-08-19] Vietnam arrests Montagnard for ‘undermining solidarity’

  Police in Vietnam’s Central Highlands have arrested a member of the Montagnard community on charges of collecting one-sided information and reporting it to other members of the ethnic minority group living abroad in order to oppose the government.

• [2024-08-15] Vietnamese activist found guilty of anti-state propaganda

  A court in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi found activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen guilty of “propaganda against the state” on Thursday and jailed him for five years, with no probation, on charges that carry a maximum sentence of 12 years.

• [2024-08-09] Vietnam signals action to tackle ‘negative impact’ of Falun Gong

  Members of the Falun Gong spiritual sect are having a negative impact on Vietnam’s political security and public order and authorities will act to discourage participation in its activities, Vietnamese state media reported.

• [2024-08-05] Vietnamese artists pressured to show respect for late general secretary

  When the Vietnamese government announced the death of the top leader, Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, on July 19 many celebrities rushed to express their condolences on social media.

• [2024-08-01] Vietnamese activist on trial from prison cell in Thailand

  A court in Bangkok on Thursday began hearing a Vietnamese request for the extradition of a Montagnard activist who Vietnam accuses of terrorism but who rights groups say will be tortured if sent back.

• [2024-07-31] Vietnam democracy activist released from prison

  Vietnamese activist Pham Van Troi told Radio Free Asia he had no regrets about fighting for democracy, after coming to the end of a seven-year sentence for “activities aimed at overthrowing the government.”

• [2024-07-30] US lawmakers back Vietnamese activist held in Thailand

  29 Members of US Congress have submitted a written letter to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, requesting the release of a Vietnamese activist and help for him to resettle in a third country instead of being extradited, according to Kannavee Suebsang, a list-MP for the Fair Party.

• [2024-07-28] Australia: Press Vietnam to End Rights Abuses

  Australia should press the Vietnamese government on human rights by seeking clear, concrete, and measurable benchmarks for progress in upcoming meetings, Human Rights Watch said in a recent submission to the Australian government.

• [2024-07-24] EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell should call for the immediate release of environmental rights defenders in Vietnam

  Joint open letter from FIDH and its member organisation, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) ahead of the visit of Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam from 29-31 July to discuss reinforcing EU-Vietnam cooperation on issues of security, sustainable development and climate policy.Thailand.

• [2024-07-24] Vietnam sentences environmental activist to 3.5 years in prison: rights group

  A court in Vietnam has sentenced Ngo Thi To Nhien, director of a clean energy think tank, to three-and-a-half years in prison, according to human rights group Project 88.

• [2024-07-23] Vietnam intensifies crackdown on critics before general secretary’s funeral

  The Vietnamese government is intensifying a crackdown on critical voices before the state funeral of Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong who died last week. Authorities have fined residents for discussing Trong’s death on social media and asked Facebook to block dissenting posts.

• [2024-07-17] Vietnam denies repression of 2 Montagnards

  The Vietnamese government has denied allegations of repression against two Montagnards who wrote to the United Nations about the lack of religious freedom in their home province of Dak Lak.

• [2024-07-15] Thai court postpones Vietnamese activist’s extradition hearing

  A court in Bangkok on Monday postponed the hearing on Vietnam’s request for Thailand to extradite Montagnard activist Y Quynh Bdap.

• [2024-07-15] Vietnam jails Facebook user for 7 years for ‘insulting Ho Chi Minh’

  A court in Vietnam sentenced Pham Van Cho to seven years in prison and two years probation for posts he made on Facebook that insulted the country and revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, state media reported.

• [2024-07-14] Former political prisoner denied passport by Vietnamese authorities

  Authorities in Vietnam’s Dak Lak province have refused to issue a passport to former political prisoner Huynh Thuc Vy, for “national security reasons,” she told Radio Free Asia. However, the provincial police department’s Security Investigation Agency didn’t provide any documents to support the decision.

• [2024-07-11] EU human rights talks with Vietnam draw censure

  Human rights groups are calling on Brussels to end its “box-ticking” talks with Vietnam and to take more drastic actions.

• [2024-07-11] Vietnamese activist’s health suffers after prison discipline

  Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Hoang Duc Binh told his family he finds it hard to walk after being shackled by the leg for 10 days.

• [2024-07-11] Thailand: Montagnard Indigenous Activist Must Not Be Extradited To Face Torture In Vietnam

  Thai authorities must not forcibly return a Montagnard and Ede Indigenous human rights activist to Vietnam where he would be at severe risk of torture, Amnesty International said ahead of his extradition hearing next week.

• [2024-07-08] Thai extradition of activist to Vietnam would be illegal, group says

  An international human rights coalition said that Thailand would violate its obligations under domestic and international law if they extradite human rights activist Y Quynh Bdap back to Vietnam.

• [2024-07-08] Vietnamese YouTubers fined for video of rock resembling monk

  Vietnamese authorities have fined two social media users for posting videos of a rock said to resemble “barefoot monk” Thich Minh Tue.

• [2024-07-08] 11 Christians sentenced to combined 90 years in prison in Vietnam go missing

  Christians, sentenced to a total of 90 years and eight months in prison for their religious activities, have mysteriously disappeared, raising significant concerns about the treatment of religious minorities in Vietnam.

• [2024-07-04] Experts alarmed by possible extradition of refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap from Thailand to Vietnam

  Independent experts* today expressed grave concern about Vietnam’s request to Thailand to extradite refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap, who co-founded Montagnards Stand for Justice, an organisation that advocates for indigenous rights in Vietnam.

• [2024-07-04] Thailand: Arbitrary arrest and imminent risk of extradition of Vietnamese human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap

  The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Thailand.

• [2024-07-04] Joint Statement for the EU-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue

  On the occasion of the 12th EU-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue, held on 4 July 2024 in Brussels, ARTICLE 19 and the undersigned organisations and individuals call on the European Union (EU) to urge the Viet Nam government to repeal repressive laws and regulations and drop the prosecution and harassment of journalists and activists and others who exercise their freedom of expression.

• [2024-07-02] California congressman raises case of missing ‘monk’

  An ethnic Vietnamese congressman from the California State House of Representatives has written to the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam about the case of Buddhist “monk” Thich Minh Tue, who went missing for a second time on June 12.

• [2024-07-01] Open Call for Nominations for the 2024 Vietnam Human Rights

  The Vietnam Human Rights Network (VNHRN) will receive nominations for the 2024 Vietnam Human Rights Award (VNHRA) until September 30, 2024.

• [2024-07-01] No word from Thích Minh Tuệ in nearly 3 weeks, monk’s relatives say

  An independent Buddhist monk whose barefoot pilgrimage across Vietnam became an internet sensation hasn’t contacted relatives in almost three weeks, and family members have asked police for help in locating him.

• [2023-11-18] Vietnam Human Rights Network Released Its Report on Human Rights in Vietnam 2022-2023 and Announced The 2023 Vietnam Human Rights Award Results.

  During a meeting with Vietnamese media and representatives of several community organizations on November 18, 2023, the Vietnam Human Rights Network released the Report on Human Rights in Vietnam 2022-2023 and announced the results of the Vietnam Human Rights Award 2023.

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• [2023-11-16] Vietnam police arrest outspoken official

  The police in Vietnam’s Thai Binh province have detained a former National Assembly delegate known for his outspoken views. They issued an arrest warrant for Luu Binh Nhuong on Nov. 14 along with an order to search his home.

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• [2023-11-16] UN expert accuses Vietnam of targeting human rights defenders

  An independent UN expert on Wednesday accused Vietnam of targeting human rights defenders, after a spate of high-profile arrests and convictions.

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• [2023-11-15] Redemptorists in Vietnam demand return of Hanoi monastery

  Redemptorists in Vietnam have voiced opposition to renovation work on their former monastery in the capital Hanoi — now a state-run hospital — and called on the communist government to return the property instead.

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• [2023-11-13] Petition to save two death row prisoners in Vietnam

  Hundreds of lawyers and activists have called on the communist government in Vietnam to review the three fiercely disputed cases of death sentences.

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• [2023-11-06] Vietnam releases 4 independent Protestants after 5 days’ detention

  Police in Vietnam have released four independent Protestants who were detained for five days after inviting President Vo Van Thuong to observe one of their religious services. Y Nuer Buon Dap, Y Thinh Nie, Y Cung Nie and his son Y Salemon Eban returned home on Saturday.

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• [2023-11-06] Detained Vietnamese blogger allowed to send letter to family

  A blogger who mysteriously went missing in Bangkok, Thailand, and later ended up in Vietnamese police custody was allowed to send a letter to his mother, who told Radio Free Asia that his case is still under investigation.

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• [2023-11-02] Unofficial Vietnamese church members languish in detention

  Four members of an unofficial church in southern Vietnam’s Dak Lak province who invited the country’s newly appointed president to attend their services remained in custody Thursday, in violation of a law that requires detainees be released within three days, said a religious watchdog group.

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• [2023-11-02] 2023 U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue

  The 27th U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue was held November 1-2 in Washington DC. Senior Official for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erin Barclay and H.E. Mr. PHAM Hai Anh, Head of delegation, Director-General, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs led their respective delegations in the dialogue.

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• [2023-10-31] Vietnamese police arrest dozens of construction site protesters

  Hundreds of police officers broke up a construction site protest in northern Vietnam Tuesday by beating several demonstrators with batons and arresting about a dozen of them, the protesters told Radio Free Asia.

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• [2023-10-31] Vietnam sentences Facebook user to 3 ½ years for videos

  Authorities in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a Facebook user to three and a half years in prison for his live-streamed videos that were critical of the government, state media reported.

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  [2023-10-27] Rights lawyer arrives in US one year after police blocked departure

  A well-known Vietnamese human rights lawyer and his family have arrived in the United States a year after they were stopped by police from boarding a flight to New York.

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• [2023-10-25] URGENT APPEAL : Land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong continues to be tortured in prison

  The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Vietnam.

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• [2023-10-25] Family of executed Vietnamese man receives his final letter

  The family of a man executed in Vietnam in spite of his claims of innocence told Radio Free Asia this week they would continue to fight to clear his name, honoring a request in his final letter to them.

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• [2023-10-19] In Vietnam, climate arrests spark calls to halt energy transition deal

  A multi-billion dollar climate deal to help Vietnam shift from coal to clean energy should be put on hold until the government stops a crackdown on environmentalists that threatens efforts to support communities hit by the transition, activists said.

• [2023-10-17] Imprisoned Vietnamese activist ‘Onion Bae’ denied family visits

  Bui Tuan Lam, the Vietnamese activist known as ‘Onion Bae,’ has not been allowed to see his family since his unsuccessful appeal on Aug. 30, his wife told Radio Free Asia.

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• [2023-10-16] Alleged Vietnam spyware targeting foreign officials ‘unacceptable’: EU

  Foreign officials have expressed concern that Vietnam allegedly tried to surveil politicians’ and reporters’ phones in the U.S., Taiwan and the EU, telling Nikkei Asia such a cyber breach would be “unacceptable.”

• [2023-10-15] Guards beat Vietnamese political prisoners for staging protest

  Two prisoners of conscience – Trinh Ba Phuong and Phan Van Hai – were beaten and had their feet shackled in a Vietnamese prison, the family of one of the inmates told Radio Free Asia

• [2023-10-09] Vietnam-aligned hackers attempted to hack US lawmakers and journalists

  Hackers aligned with Vietnam tried to use social media platforms X and Facebook to install spyware on the phones of dozens of high-profile targets, including US lawmakers, United Nations officials and CNN journalists, Amnesty International said Monday.

• [2023-10-08] Vietnam’s Arrest of Environmentalists Draws Fire Amid Surge of Funding for Green Transition

  A spate of arrests of leading Vietnamese environmentalists is drawing criticism of Hanoi during an infusion of international aid to support the country’s shift away from coal.

• [2023-10-05] RSF urges for release of journalist Pham Doan Trang on the third anniversary of her arrest

  Detained for three years, prominent Vietnamese journalist and writer Pham Doan Trang is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence on trumped-up charges of “anti-state propaganda”. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Vietnamese regime to release.

• [2023-10-04] Vietnam sentences Christian to 8 years for ‘undermining unity’

  A court in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province sentenced a Christian to eight years in prison and three years probation for “undermining the unity policy” under Article 116 of the criminal code.

• [2023-09-29] UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists

  The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concern at the spate of recent arrests and convictions of human rights defenders pushing for clean energy reforms in Viet Nam.

• [2023-09-29] US condemns Vietnam’s jailing of prominent climate activist on tax charges

  The US State Department has condemned the jailing of one of Vietnam’s most prominent environmental activists for tax fraud in a ruling human rights activists claimed was a “total sham.”

• [2023-09-29] How distressed call to BBC helped rescue of six women trapped in refrigerated lorry in France

  Six women have been rescued from the back of a lorry in France, after the BBC helped track them down and alert the police. The four Vietnamese and two Iraqis, thought to be migrants, were trapped inside, panicking and struggling to breathe. One of them spoke to the BBC from inside the lorry.

• [2023-09-29] Hammered: Vietnamese gets 6 years after cursing Uncle Ho when drunk

  A 60-year old Vietnamese activist was sentenced to six years in prison for making a short drunken tirade video that cursed the Communist Party and revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, the country’s first leader, his lawyer told Radio Free Asia.

• [2023-09-28] Vietnamese climate activist jailed in ‘unjust’ government crackdown

  A Vietnamese climate activist has been jailed for tax fraud as the country’s authoritarian government cracks down on environmentalists while developing a multi-billion dollar clean energy transition plan with rich nations.

• [2023-09-25] Vietnam music teacher loses appeal against 8-year sentence

  In an appeal that only lasted two hours, the High People’s Court in Vietnam’s Dak Lak province on Tuesday upheld an eight-year prison sentence for music lecturer Dang Dang Phuoc, his wife Le Thi Ha told Radio Free Asia.

• [2023-09-25] UN worried about Vietnam arrest of energy expert after Biden’s visit

  The U.N. human rights office has expressed concern about the arrest of a Vietnamese green energy expert, who had collaborated with U.N. and U.S. agencies, just days after President Joe Biden signed business and human rights deals with Hanoi on a visit.

• [2023-09-23] Vietnam executes death row prisoner Le Van Manh

  Death row prisoner Le Van Manh was executed on Friday morning, lawyer Le Van Luan posted on Facebook, in a case with evidence which lawyers said was not clear enough to convict.

• [2023-09-22] Diplomatic missions call on Vietnam to stay inmate’s execution

  The European delegation to Vietnam and the Canadian and U.K. Embassies have urged Vietnamese authorities to halt the execution of death row inmate Le Van Manh, whose family was told this week to make preparations to receive his body after his sentence is carried out.

• [2023-09-22] Vietnamese NGOs shy from UN engagement fearing government reprisal

  Vietnamese humanitarian and non-governmental organizations are increasingly less inclined to work with the United Nations due to fear of reprisal from their government, according to a new report by the global body’s human rights agency.

• [2023-09-20] Days after Biden’s visit, Vietnam detains energy expert

  Vietnam detained an energy expert a few days after U.S. President Joe Biden visited and announced multiple joint initiatives including on protecting human rights, the 88 Project charity said on Wednesday.

• [2023-09-19] Vietnam orders People’s Committees to eliminate controversial church

  Vietnam’s government has ordered Peoples’ Committees nationwide to root out a church group already outlawed in the country, seeking to eliminate the controversial group which has increasingly been organizing recruitment activities.

• [2023-09-18] Vietnam activists to seek US refuge after Biden administration deal: US officials

  Two Vietnamese activists who the Biden administration believes were wrongly detained by the country’s government are relocating to the United States under an agreement negotiated ahead of the president’s recent visit to Hanoi, US officials told Reuters.

• [2023-09-17] Jailed Vietnamese activist punished after unsuccessful appeal

  Prisoner of conscience Bui Tuan Lam, known as ‘Onion Bae,’ is being punished after unsuccessfully appealing his five year sentence, his wife told Radio Free Asia.

• [2023-09-15] Early release of a prominent Vietnamese journalist: RSF insist that he should never have been imprisoned

  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the recent release of independent Vietnamese journalist Mai Phan Loi 18 months before the end of his sentence, and urges for the release of the 39 other journalists and press freedom defenders detained in the country.

• [2023-09-13] Vietnam releases activist 18 months early

  Vietnamese authorities have released independent journalist Mai Phan Loi 18 months before the end of his 45-month sentence, a family friend told Radio Free Asia this week. Loi was freed on Sunday, the day U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Hanoi for two days of meetings with Vietnamese leaders.

• [2023-09-11] Biden accused of sidelining Vietnam and India rights over strategic interests

  The White House fact sheet issued during President Joe Biden’s visit to Vietnam weighed in at over 2,600 words. The section on human rights contained just 112 words, including a sub-heading.

• [2023-09-09] Vietnam: Biden Should Raise Rights on Hanoi Visit

  Unites States President Joe Biden should publicly urge Vietnam’s leaders to immediately release all political prisoners and reform abusive laws during his planned visit to Hanoi on September 10, 2023, Human Rights Watch said today.

• [2023-09-08] Vietnam tries to force ethnic minority church members to recant faith

  In the video that went viral in Vietnam recently, a police officer forbids a church member of a group not recognized by the government from joining online services – and threatens his family members if he doesn’t obey.

• [2023-09-08] Release from prison in Vietnam: Human rights activist freed

  Vietnamese human rights activist Nguyen Bac Truyen was released from prison in Vietnam on Friday through mediation by the German government. He should arrive in Germany with his wife late Friday evening.

• [2023-09-07] In a first, Vietnam admits government accountability in Dak Lak attacks

  State mismanagement was among the causes of deadly attacks on government facilities in Vietnam’s Dak Lak province, a top security minister said, in the first official acknowledgement that reasons other than “incitement” by hostile forces were to blame for the incident.

• [2023-09-06] Vietnamese political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach ‘assaulted by jailers’

  Political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach has been assaulted by policemen after telling his family he’d been threatened by other inmates, according to fellow inmate Tran Huynh Duy Thuc who was visited by his family this week.

• [2023-09-05] Family blames police brutality for death of 28-year-old Vietnamese man

  Hours after being detained by police on Sunday, a 28-year-old Vietnamese man died. Family members accuse officers of beating him to death, saying his body was covered with bruises.

• [2023-09-01] Human Rights Organizations Urge President Biden To Raise Human Rights Issues With Vietnamese Authorities

  The following is a joint open letter of four Vietnamese human rights organizations addressed to President Biden before his upcoming visit to Vietnam on September 10, 2023.

• [2023-09-01] Political prisoners in Vietnam’s Prison No. 6 face threats from inmates

  Inmates of Vietnam’s notoriously harsh Prison No. 6 in Nghe An province threatened four prisoners of conscience including lawyer Dang Dinh Bach, his wife told Radio Free Asia Friday.

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[5-15-2019] US Says Vietnam Blocks Dissidents From Contact With Rights Delegation

[5-14-2019] Jailed Vietnamese Activist Nguyen Van Hoa is Attacked, Put in Solitary

[5-10-2019] Jailed Vietnam Blogger is Returned to Mental Hospital, Forcibly Medicated

[4-10-2019] Vietnamese Boy Refuses to Support Government Propaganda Justifying His Forced Eviction

[4-9-2019] Retired Vietnamese Official Caught Allegedly Molesting Girl in Elevator

[4-2-2019] Vietnamese Prison Refuses to Mail Jailed Activist’s Appeal Request

[3-22-2019] Vietnam Broke Its Own Laws in Arrest of Blogger Spirited from Thailand-Experts

[3-20-2019] RFA Blogger Who Disappeared in Bangkok is Being Held in Hanoi, Says Daughter

[3-15-2019] Human Rights Watch Calls For Immediate Release of Six Jailed Vietnamese Activists

[3-12-2019] NGO Hits Back at Vietnam’s Denials of Rights Abuses

[2-26-2019] Vietnamese Activists Kept Under Wraps During US-North Korea Summit in Hanoi

[2-5-2019] Radio Free Asia Vietnamese Blogger Missing Amid Abduction Reports

[1-30-2019] Video of Alleged Police Beating in Vietnam Goes Viral

[1-10-2019] Homes Destroyed, Residents Evicted in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City

[1-9-2019] Jailed Vietnamese Environmental Activist in Declining Health-Brother

[12-28-2018] Vietnamese Activist Given Five-Year, Six-Month Prison Term for Defaming Government

[12-20-2018] Vietnam: Big Brother Is Watching Everyone – Draft Cyber Security Decree Will Seriously Undermine Rights

[12-07-2018] Jailed Vietnam Activist Punished for Not Pleading Guilty

[11-30-2018] Vietnamese Blogger to Serve Almost Three Years For Defacing Flag

[11-20-2018] Human Rights Watch Urges Vietnam to End Crackdown on Freedom of Expression

[11-14-2018] Vietnam’s ‘Consistent Policy’ is to Pressure Political Prisoners Into Exile: Freed Blogger

[11-9-2018] Vietnamese Police Torch Farm Equipment of Dissident Religious Figure

[11-2-2018] Vietnamese Blogger, Rights Activist Vy to be Tried on Flag Affront Charges

[10-24-2018] Letter: Jailed Vietnamese Activist Nguyen Van Hoa Suffers Abuse in Prison

[10-24-2018] Jailed Vietnamese Dissident’s Husband Files Second Protection Plea

[10-23-2018] Jailed Vietnamese Activist in Failing Health, Unable to Walk

[10-17-2018] Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom Released, Exiled to US

[10-12-2018] Jailed Vietnamese Activist Sentenced to Five More Years on Separate Charge

[10-5-2018] Vietnamese Activists Given Long Prison Terms After One-Day Trial

[10-3-2018] Vietnam: End Repression Against Activists – Vietnam National Self-Determination Coalition Members on Trial

[09-26-2018] Vietnam Jails 15 Protesters For Violent Demonstration in Binh Thuan Province

[09-25-2018] Five Vietnamese Activists Will go on Trial in October

[09-17-2018] Vietnam’s Rights Violations Put Trade Deal with EU at Risk

[09-12-2018] Vietnam: Drop Long Prison Sentence Against Activist – Appeals Court Should Defy Ruling Party, Release Democracy Campaigner

[09-10-2018] Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Rights Campaigner – Brotherhood for Democracy Member on Trial

[09-07-2018] Three Vietnamese Facebook Users Missing, Feared Detained

[08-27-2018] Vietnamese Businessman in ‘Good Health’ Dies in Police Custody

[08-23-2018] Another Activist Beaten by Police

[08-23-2018] Concern for Vietnamese Blogger Pham Doan Trang After Police Beating, Harassment

[08-16-2018] Vietnamese Activist Given 20-Year Term For Seeking Regime ‘Overthrow’

[08-10-2018] US Lawmakers Call on Vietnam to Release Detained American Citizen

[08-09-2018] Vietnamese Blogger, Rights Activist Detained by Police

[07-30-2018] Twenty Sentenced in Vietnam For Their Role in June 10 SEZ Protests

[07-26-2018] Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Environmental Activist – Rights Campaigner Le Dinh Luong Faces Harsh Sentence

[07-24-2018] Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom’s Health Condition Unclear Amid Hunger Strike

[07-23-2018] UN Should Press Vietnam to Release Political Prisoners, Honor Rights Pledge: HRW

[07-20-2018] Vietnam’s Censorship Expands to Popular, Official News Website

[07-18-2018] Vietnam: US Citizen in Televised ‘Confession’ – American on Trial Before Party-Controlled Court

[07-17-2018] US Lawmakers Urge Facebook, Google Not to Comply With Vietnam Cybersecurity Law

[07-12-2018] Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom Moved From Cell, Still Refuses Food

[07-11-2018] US Calls on Vietnam to Free Jailed Rights Activists, Other ‘Prisoners of Conscience’

[06-19-2018] In Vietnam, distrust of government’s China policy fuels protests

[06-13-2018] Hundreds of Vietnamese Protestors Arrested, Beaten During Nationwide Demonstrations, Crackdown Continues

[05-27-2018] Japan: Urge Vietnam to Respect Human Rights

[05-17-2018] Provincial Police Level Phony Charges Against Vietnamese Catholics Attacked by Thugs

[05-17-2018] AI: URGENT ACTION: SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS FOR PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE

[05-15-2018] Vietnamese Party Member Given Suspended Sentence For Child Molestation
[05-11-2018] Catholic Nuns Beaten in Vietnam in Protest Over Disputed Land
[05-08-2018] Vietnamese Catholics Petition Police Over ‘Cover Up’ For Officials Who Ordered Attack
[04-24-2018] Vietnamese Environmental Activist’s Sentence Upheld on Appeal

[04-20-2018] VIETNAM 2017 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT (USA)
[04-20-2018] Hundreds of Villagers Hold Officials Hostage Over Vietnam Power Plant Plans
[04-12-2018] Vietnam Jails 3 More Democracy Activists, Drawing Condemnation From Rights Defenders
[04-10-2018] Criticized by Activists, Facebook Denies Favoring Vietnam Government in Content Policies
[04-09-2018] Vietnamese Activists, Journalists Cry Foul After Being Hit by Facebook’s Takedown Policy

[04-05-2018] Six Vietnamese Activists Sentenced For ‘Subversion’ in Hanoi Trial

[04-04-2018] HRW: Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Human Rights Defenders

[04-04-2018] International Organizations Demand Release of Six Vietnamese Activists Ahead of ‘Subversion’ Trial

[03-29-2018] As Vietnam Clamps Down, Hanoi Artist Sings Out

[03-28-2018] Rights Group Urges US Attention to Vietnam’s ‘Red Flags’ Groups

[03-27-2018] Vietnam Briefly Detains Dissident Singer After European Tour

[03-26-2018] Online Vietnam Democracy Group Slams Government Move to Try Dissidents

[03-22-2018] Vietnam Transfers Political Prisoner Tran Thi Nga to Jail Far From Her Home Province

[03-20-2018] Attack on Hmong Christians Underscores Vietnam Religious Freedom Shortcomings

[03-19-2018] Vietnam Transfers Political Prisoner Nguyen Van Oai to Remote Jail

[03-15-2018] Police Detain And Beat Vietnamese Activist Over China Battle Memorial

[03-01-2018] State-Linked Thugs in Vietnam Attack Parents Questioning School Fees

[03-01-2018] Vietnamese Democracy Advocate’s Health Failing in Prison, Wife Says

[02-28-2018] ‘I Won’t Leave Vietnam,’ Detained Blogger Says, Promising to Stay to Work For Change

[02-27-2018] Jailed Vietnamese Activist in ‘Good Spirits’ And Set to Appeal His Sentence

[02-27-2018] Well-known Vietnamese journalist hounded, facing imminent arrest

[02-26-2018] Vietnamese Activist Blogger Placed Under House Arrest in Hanoi

[02-12-2018] Vietnam: Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom in Poor Health

[02-12-2018] Vietnamese Authorities Transfer Jailed Blogger Mother Mushroom to Remote Prison

[02-09-2018] Hoa Hao Buddhist Family, Friends Handed Prison Terms in Vietnam

[02-07-2018] Hoa Hao Buddhists to be Tried in Vietnam For ‘Disrupting Public Order’

[02-07-2018] Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom in Poor Health

[02-07-2018] Vietnam: Activist jailed for for livestreaming pollution march

[02-06-2018] Vietnamese Environmental Activists Handed Prison Terms in Nghe An

[02-06-2018] Vietnam jails environmental blogger for 14 years

[02-03-2018]  Vietnam: Four Vietnamese Southern Dissidents Convicted of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda,” Sentenced to Total 31 Years in Prison

[02-02-2018] Vietnam jails blogger for anti-state propaganda
[02-02-2018] Vietnam Hands Blogger Ho Van Hai Four-Year Jail Term For ‘Anti-State Propaganda’
[02-02-2018] Trafficked, beaten, enslaved: the life of a Vietnamese cannabis farmer
[01-31-2018] Vietnam jails 3 activists for comments critical of state
[01-28-2018] Pre-trial Detention of Vietnamese Retired Teacher Dao Quang Thuc Likely Extended
[01-25-2018] Vietnam Jails Four for Flying Flag of ‘Saigon Regime’
[01-25-2018] Fishermen Again Protest in Central Vietnam Over 2016 Toxic Spill Payout
[01-24-2018] Vietnam: Crackdown on Rights Activists
[01-23-2018] Thailand: Imminent risk of deportation of Cambodian and Vietnamese UNHCR- recognised refugees
[01-21-2018] Vietnam: Renewed Crackdown on Rights Bloggers, Activists
[01-20-2018] US Exit from Trade Pact Was Followed by Sweeping Vietnam Rights Crackdown: HRW
[01-20-2018] Interview: ‘They Are Very Sick But The Illness Cannot Be Treated With Medicine’
[01-19-2018] Human Rights Watch Report in 2017: Vietnam

[01-18-2018] Court upholds five year prison sentence for Nguyen Van Oai

[01-16-2018] Vietnam Seeks Upper Hand on Dissent with Rules On Foreign Internet Services

[01-14-2018] Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Nguyen Van Oai

[01-12-2018] Christian persecution: Vietnam ranks 18th in the world
[01-12-2018] Denouncing Vietnamese authorities for preventing Brotherhood for Democracy members to their right to legal access

[01-08-2018] Vietnam’s Human Rights Report 2017: Government Intensifies Crackdown on Local Activists

[01-02-2018] Muted cry for good governance in Vietnam