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  • Vietnam seeks US support to modernize its military - Wantchinatimes | Sep 4, 2015 Vietnam is seeking support from the United States to modernize its military for a potential conflict with China over the disputed South China Sea, Wendell Minnick writes in an article for Defense News on Aug. 31. Richard Bitzinger, an expert from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, told Minnick […]
  • Declaration of Independence and Vietnam’s ideological values - Baomoi | Sep 2, 2015 National Day opens a new era in Vietnam’s history Leaders hold National Day banquet Vietnam’s National Day celebrations abroad After 7 decades, the Declaration of Independence, confirming the right to life and self-determination of the Vietnamese people, has maintained its values. The Declaration of Independence showed the strategic views of […]
  • Religious freedom keeps pace with socio-economic advancement - Vietnamplus | Sep 3, 2015 All religions and beliefs in Vietnam have received the freedom they need to develop, according to Pham Dung, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs. Since the birth of modern Vietnam in 1945, the Party and State have continually paid attention to religions […]
  • Chuyện về Tù nhân Dân oan Trần Văn Miên - IJAVN | 03-09-2015 Trần Văn Miên sinh năm 1959 là 1 trong 7 người dân oan Dương Nội bị bắt đi tù trong cuộc đấu tranh giữ đất của nhân dân Dương Nội. Anh bị bắt ngày 26/3/2014 sau đó bị kết án 22 tháng tù giam về “tội” gây rồi trật tự công cộng […]
  • Công an đã hỏi TS Nguyễn Quang A những gì tại sân bay Nội Bài? - RFA | 02-09-2015 Chiều ngày 1 tháng 9 TS Nguyễn Quang A bị tạm giữ tại phi trường Nội Bài Hà Nội sau chuyến đi thăm nhiều nơi trên đất Mỹ. Ông bị giữ hơn 12 giờ đồng hồ để điều tra về những gì mà công an cho rằng đã quan hệ với những […]
  • Tiến sỹ Nguyễn Quang A: ‘Tôi đã bị bắt cóc’ - VOA | 02-09-2015 Ông Nguyễn Quang A, một người tranh đấu cho xã hội dân sự ở Việt Nam, cho biết đã bị câu lưu “trái phép”, và sẽ nhờ luật sư để chấm dứt “một lần và mãi mãi những sự vi phạm hết sức là trắng trợn” ở sân bay và cửa khẩu. […]
  • Hanoi Police Detain Former PM Adviser after Foreign Trips - by Vu Quoc Ngu, Sept. 3, 2015 Security forces in the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport on Sept. 1 detained Dr. Nguyen Quang A, a member of the former prime minister’s Advisory Council, when he returned from the U.S., foreign media reported. Upon his landing from a flight from Los Angeles at 9.25 am, Dr. […]
  • VIET NAM: ALL PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASED - Amnesty International | Sep 2, 2015 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT   2 September 2015 AI Index: ASA 41/2360/2015 Viet Nam: All prisoners of conscience must be immediately and unconditionally released Amnesty International is calling on Viet Nam to immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners  of conscience under  an amnesty  marking the 70th anniversary  of National  Day […]
  • VIETNAM: LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE - Amnesty International | Aug 31, 2015 His Excellency Truong Tan Sang President of the Socialist  Republic  of Viet Nam Presidential Palace Ha Noi Viet Nam   28  August 2015   Your Excellency CALL FOR RELEASE OF PRISONERS  OF CONSCIENCE I am writing with regard to the major prisoner  amnesty  which has been  announced to mark […]
  • Vietnam Yet to Grant Amnesty for National Security Violator: General - by Vu Quoc Ngu, August 31 Vietnam has not granted amnesty for those who are sentenced for violating the national security, said Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Le Quy Vuong. Gen. Vuong made this statement at a press conference in Hanoi on Aug. 28 on which Vietnam’s authorities publicized information on amnesty […]