ILO welcomes Viet Nam’s vote to ratify ILO fundamental convention on collective bargaining-All of the deputies present at the National Assembly session on 14 June voted yes to the ratification of ILO Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining. International Labor Organization, June 14, 2019 HANOI (ILO News)– The International Labour Organization (ILO) has congratulated Viet Nam on its important decision to ratify one […]
Vietnamese Police Search Home of Jailed RFA Blogger Truong Duy Nhat in ‘Land Fraud’ Investigation-Jailed blogger Truong Duy Nhat is shown at the US State Department in a 2016 photo. Facebook / Truong Duy Nhat RFA, June 10, 2019 Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security on Monday said it has begun a criminal investigation into what it described as a fraudulent purchase of land by detained RFA blogger Truong Duy […]
A U.S. Citizen Detained in Vietnam Could Face the Death Penalty for Subversion-Time, June 11, 2019 A U.S. citizen, detained in Vietnam on charges of “attempting to overthrow the state,” is expected to face trial at the end of this month and could be sentenced to death if found guilty, Agence France-Press (AFP) reports. Michael Nguyen has been held in Vietnam since July last year. He was traveling with […]
Vietnam Blogger Le Anh Hung’s Mother Appeals For His Release From Mental Hospital-Jailed blogger Le Anh Hung is shown at right, with visiting family members shown in the photo at left. Facebook / Nguyen Vu Binh RFA, June 12, 2019 The mother of Vietnamese blogger Le Anh Hung has called on authorities in the communist state to release him from an involuntary stay in a mental hospital, […]
Vietnamese Victims of Toxic Waste Spill File Suit Against Taiwan Firm-Vietnamese supporters of the group lawsuit against Formosa Plastics Group demonstrate in Taipei, Taiwan, June 11, 2019. RFA, Juen 12, 2019 Lawyers in Taiwan on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Formosa Plastics Group, a large Taiwan-owned industrial conglomerate, demanding compensation for thousands of Vietnamese fishermen left jobless by an April 2016 spill of toxic […]
Vietnam Sets June 24-25 Trial For Detained US Citizen Michael Nguyen-Michael Nguyen is shown with his family in an undated photo. RFA, June 12, 2019 A U.S. citizen detained in Vietnam since July without access to any lawyers will go on trial at the end of June for “activity against the People’s government,” according to Article 109 of Vietnam’s Penal Code, his family and supporters […]
HCM City Court to Try American Michael and Two Vietnamese Activists on Subversion Accusation-Defend the Defenders, June 9, 2019 The People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City will hold the first-instance hearing on June 24-25 to try Vietnamese American Michael Minh Phuong Nguyen and two local activists named Huynh Duc Thanh Binh and Tran Long Phi on allegation of “Activities against the people’s government” under Article 109 […]
Vietnamese Activist to be Deported From U.S. After Seven-Country Asylum-Seeking Odyssey-Ha Van Thanh (in helmet) participates in protests over the Formosa disaster in Nghe An, Vietnam. Courtesy of FB Nguyễn Đình Thuc RFA, June 7, 2019 A Vietnamese activist on the run is facing possible deportation from the U.S. back to Vietnam after fleeing the country and embarking on a journey through seven countries in […]
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