Vietnam should allow independent union organizations

On October 1, 2021, when more than a million workers simultaneously left Saigon and surrounding industrial zones to return to their hometowns, one could see that the government was not prepared for that situation. Hastily issued orders are sometimes contradictory,…
IPA President: I admire Pham Doan Trang’s courage

On October 7, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security confirmed that it had “arrested” independent journalist Pham Doan Trang in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City on October 6. The short announcement posted on the ministry’s Electronic Information Portal said that…
Pham Doan Trang in my eyes

In the past, my mother used to tell me: “Teaching does not make us rich, but gives us the opportunity to know a lot of people and have equal status with everyone in society.” Yes, thanks to this career, I…