Since the worldwide outbreak of Covid-19, many countries have been releasing prisoners to prevent the risk of disease spread in prisons. International organizations have also called for the release of vulnerable prisoners but so far Vietnam has not taken any…
A circular of Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security, effective April 3, 2020, sets out additional rules for prisons and forbids prisoners from doing a variety of things. According to the content of this document published by the Vietnamese newspaper on…
A group of UN human rights experts earlier this year sent an appeal to question the Vietnamese government about the detention of independent journalist Pham Chi Dung, chairman of the Independent JournalistsAssociation of Vietnam (IJAVN), requesting a response in 60…
On the World Day Against Cyber Censorship on March 12, 2020, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a list of the 20 biggest enemies on the Internet, including the Task Force 47 cyber unit (Force 47) of the Vietnam People’s…
On March 11, the U.S. State Department published the 2019 National Human Rights Report, condemning the human rights situation in Vietnam in 2019 in a variety of areas. “The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an authoritarian state ruled by a…
The European Parliament (EP) adopts the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) on February 12, 2020. It is said that a majority of EU parliamentarians voted for the two agreements on Feb 12 because…
The European Parliament (EP) on Feb12 formally approved the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) despite Vietnam’s poor human rights record. The voting rate for EVFTA is: 401 votes for, 192 votes against, and 40 abstention. About the Investment Protection Agreement…
It has been a month since Vietnam’s police raided Hoanh hamlet, Dong Tam commune, My Duc district, Hanoi city. Vietnam’s legal protection system has probed and detained 26 people identified as suspects in the case of “murder, possession – illegal…
After attacking Hoanh village in Dong Tam commune to brutally kill Le Dinh Kinh and rob all documents and papers of 59-hectare Senh field as well as arrest nearly 30 local residents, the security forces are still holding surveillance to…
As many as 28 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have just signed a joint letter, calling on the European Parliament (EP) to postpone approval of the most ambitious trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam. It is expected that the votes on…
