The US State Department has released its latest annual Fiscal Transparency Report, which says there has yet to be “significant progress” in transparency about government revenue and debt obligations of the state-owned enterprises in Vietnam. The latest report released on…
According to a new report released by the Vietnam Network for Human Rights (VNHRN), there are currently nearly 300 prisoners of conscience being held in prisons in Vietnam and nearly 80 people have been detained by the authorities in the…
On May 12, the US State Department released a 2020 report on Vietnam’s religious freedom, which noted that some unrecognized religious groups continued to be harassed by the government, such as threats harass, conflict, discrimination between religious groups, interfering internal…
On April 29, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the 2021 Report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) had a number of contents that lack objectivity, not fair, and based on the incorrect information” about…
On April 21, the US International Religious Freedom Commission (USCIRF) released a 2021 report on Vietnam’s religious freedom, saying the government continues to persecute independent religious groups, systematically violates religious freedom, and used the pro-government Red Flag groups to attack…
Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh, Chairman of the Hanoi City People’s Committee recently released a report on the results of anti-corruption activities in 2020 to serve the 18th session of the Hanoi People’s Council for the 14th term. Vietnam’s state-controlled newspaper…
Today, October 7, 2020, is the second and last session of the US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue. But at 11.30 pm on October 6, police arrested journalist Pham Doan Trang – a famous human rights activist in Vietnam. Ms. Trang was…
A copy of the “Dong Tam Report” has just been published for the 3rd edition in late September. It is said to be the most complete version in Vietnamese-English bilingual, after the previous two editions were released on January 16…
by Pham Doan Trang & Will Nguyen, September 2020 Summary: On January 9, 2020, between 1 and 3 AM, thousands of police from special task, riot, criminal, and investigative units cordon off Dong Tam in coordination with local ground forces…
On June 25, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Adviser to President Ivanka Trump, and Ambassador John Richmond announced the 2020 annual report on Human Trafficking, which places Vietnam in a group of countries that need to be monitored due…
