Vietnam Deploys Helicopters, Tanks to Protect Communist Party Conference-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 11, 2016 Vietnam is deploying helicopters and tanks as well as 5,200 heavily-armed commandos to ensure social orders in the capital city of Hanoi during the upcoming 12th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, state media has reported. The Ministry of Public Security and the units of […]
Vietnam Police Officers Promoted to Lieutenant Generals amid Rising Social Dissatisfaction-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 11, 2016 Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang has promoted seven police officers to lieutenant generals in a bid to enhance capacity of the country’s security forces amid rising social dissatisfaction, state media has reported. In a ceremony held in Hanoi on Jan 9, Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai […]
Rights groups call for release of Christian lawyer in Vietnam-Ucanews | Jan 08, 2016 International human rights and pro-democracy groups have appealed to Vietnam to release a Christian lawyer and his colleague as pressure on the Communist-ruled government increases before its national congress. Nguyen Van Dai, a Christian lawyer based in Hanoi, was arrested outside his home Dec. 16 as he attempted to join […]
Former Political Prisoner Le Thanh Tung Re-arrested-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 10, 2016 Le Thanh Tung, a political dissident who completed his four-year imprisonment in mid 2015, was arrested in December last year. Mr. Tung, who works in the same group with Mr. Tran Anh Kim, will face allegation of conducting anti-state propaganda activities under Article 88 of the Penal Code, […]
Vietnam Land Rights Activist Chased by Security Agents, Robbed and Beaten Severely Later- By Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 8, 2015 Mr. Nguyen Huy Tuan, a land rights activist from Vietnam’s northern province of Hai Duong, on January 7 was chased by local security agents who later beat him severely and robbed his items when he fell unconscious, the victim said. Tuan, who is assisting land petitioners to […]
Pressure increases for release of activists-Vietnam Right Now | Jan 06, 2016 Human rights groups from around the world have called on the Vietnamese government to release the lawyer, Nguyen Van Dai, and his colleague, Le Thu Ha, who were arrested last month. In a joint statement, the 26 organisations from Europe, the United States and South-East Asia also called […]
Vietnam Must End Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defenders-Civil Rights Defenders, January 07, 2016 In a statement released today, Civil Rights Defenders joins 25 civil society groups in calling on the Vietnamese authorities to immediately release and drop charges against human rights defenders Mr Nguyễn Vãn Ðài and Ms Lê Thu Hà, who have been in police custody in Hanoi after their arrest […]
Vietnam to Try Prominent Blogger on Jan 19, One Day Ahead of Party Congress-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Jan 08, 2016 Vietnam’s communist government will bring prominent blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (aka Anh Ba Sam) and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy to court on January 19, one day prior to the National Congress of the ruling communist party. Mr. Vinh and Ms. Thuy, who were arrested in May […]
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