According to Saigon-based lawyer Nguyen Van Mieng, three activists Pham Doan Trang, Trinh Ba Phuong, and Le Anh Hung remained indomitable in the detention camp of the Hanoi police, determined not to succumb to Vietnamese security forces’ repression. That is…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s trip to the US to attend the US-ASEAN Special Summit was brocade and embroidered by the state-controlled media into a visit and working trip to the US about some breakthrough in relations between the…
A lawyer was assaulted by an investigator while presenting his client. On May 17, the head of a branch of a Hanoi-based reported on social media that a lawyer of the company was assaulted in the headquarters of the Criminal…
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is heard conversing in informal language with other Vietnamese officials as he talks about his experience at the White House. PM Chinhtalked in this kind of language: “Clearly… fair. His mother… Scared of what!” He…
Vietnamese public authorities have recently issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan. This woman has been probed since April 29 for wrongdoings at Dong Nai General Hospital and related units, in which Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan…
The video recording of a short conversation between Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other officials at the US State Department on May 13 is no longer found on the US State Department’s YouTube channel for unknown reasons. The…
The Vietnamese state-controlled press in recent days has widely reported on Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s trip to the US. Official newspapers tried to promote Mr. Chinh’s visit to the US. It is remarkable how Vietnamese newspapers reported Mr. Chinh’s…
The head of the Vietnamese Government made the same speech as mentioned above on May 12 (US time) before US businesses during a working session organized by the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and the US Chamber of Commerce (USCC). “We…
In a speech about 40 minutes long at the Center for Strategy and International Studies (CSIS) on the afternoon of May 11, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh repeated many times that “trust, sincerity, and responsibility” are the key to…
Twelve independent journalists were arrested in 2021 alone, making it the worst year yet for press freedom in Vietnam. On May 9, the Project 88 organization released the Vietnam human rights report 2021, thereby further supporting the widespread view that…
Standing Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong recently signed Regulation No. 65-QD/TW of the Politburo on staff rotation. Accordingly, the Politburo and the Secretariat will decide on the rotation of cadres at all…
Is Vietnam “turning the wheel” in its stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine, after announcing humanitarian aid to Kiev? Is the careful preparation for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s trip to attend the US-ASEAN Summit and visit the US next…
An investigation by the security agency concluded that the Hanoi-based human rights activist had serious mental problems and needed treatment, the latest case of a dissident with the Vietnamese state being arrested and sent to a mental hospital for treatment…
Although being named the recipient of the seventh Van Viet Prize in the field of literary criticism, the author did not dare to accept it because of pressure from Vietnam’s authorities. On April 5, Van Viet – a forum of…
There are many speculations that a change in the leadership of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam may appear sooner than expected. Will General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong agree to leave his current position? RFA presented based on the article…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security on April 29 announced that it had issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Progressive International Joint Stock Company (AIC). The reason…
Deputy Head Nguyen Thai Hoc of the Central Commission for Internal Affairs of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) at a meeting on May 2 on the project to establish a provincial-level steering committee on anti-corruption, said that the…
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the morning of May 1, 2022, said that Vietnam will provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine through international organizations in the amount of $ 500,000 after more than two months of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.…
The export of Israeli security weapons and equipment to Vietnam may face difficulties after the Vietnamese police last week announced the probe and arrest of businessman Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, a Vietnamese citizen. She is believed to be an intermediary…
The image of a traffic policeman “stepping” on the face of a citizen in the video has been circulating on social media for the past few days, making many people angry. Many people question how the actions of the above…
“The Party in power” cannot continue to dominate the “Government” forever! That is one of the expectations that the public is looking forward to at the 5th Plenum of the Central Committee scheduled early next month. All recent developments, from…
China is still threatening in the South China Sea While the whole world is still focusing on the military situation in Donbas, Ukraine, China is continuing to strengthen its strength and “show off its fangs and claws” in the South…
The dilemma is because, “ahead is mountains, back is river.” Pursuing immediate benefits – in order to get “guarantee” from authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia to ensure its totalitarian dictatorship – the Communists of Vietnam (CPV) has to…
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and his Vietnamese counterpart Phan Van Giang pledged to increase defense ties between the two countries for the sake of stability in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea) and land border.…
On the afternoon of April 21, the representative of Vietnam’s Government Committee for Religious Affairs had a meeting and worked with the Vatican delegation in Hanoi. News on the homepage of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs said that the…
