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  • Lawmakers debate people’s rights to freedom of religion and access to information - vietnamlawmagazine | Aug 19, 2015 The Law on Beliefs and Religions would guarantee citizens’ right to freedom of religion as stipulated in the 2013 Constitution and also make the country follow the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, said members of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee while discussing the draft Law on Beliefs and […]
  • NEW DRAFT LAW IN VIETNAM MAY FURTHER RESTRICT CHRISTIANITY - incontextministries | Aug 19, 2015 Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is concerned that a draft law on religion or belief, currently being reviewed by the legislature in Vietnam, will prevent rather than protect the enjoyment of full freedom of religion or belief. On 14 August, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly reviewed a draft law […]
  • Vietnam moves closer to passing controversial religion bill - Ucanews | Aug 19, 2015 Vietnam is moving closer to passing a restrictive law on religion, Christian groups have warned. The country’s most powerful political organ, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, discussed the bill Aug. 14 with few signs major amendments would be made before passing next year, said the religious freedom advocacy […]
  • Once loyal – defiant farmers question party leadership - Vietnamrightnow | Aug 17, 2015 In her late teens Mrs Hao used to mop floors for the French Foreign Legion and hope for a Communist victory. Now, at the age of 80, she comes to Hanoi from her village each week to protest outside government buildings. She is from one of nearly a thousand farming […]
  • Vietnam Legislators Demand Citizen Rights for Detainee, Arrested - by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 18, 2015 Vietnam’s police forces must respect citizen rights of the detainees and arrested individuals in criminal cases as they are yet to be convicted by courts, said members of the Standing Committee of the country’s legislative body National Assembly (NA). During a debate on the draft law of Criminal […]
  • One Vietnamese Injured in Bangkok Deadly Blast: Embassy - by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 18, 2015 One Vietnamese was injured in the deadly blast in Bangkok on Monday [Aug. 17] evening, the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand has confirmed. On the morning of Aug. 18, an official from the Vietnamese Embassy came to the Bangkok-based BMA General Hospital to visit Mr. Mai Van Truong, 25, […]
  • Đề nghị bảo đảm quyền tự quyết, tự quản, tự chủ của hội thay vì quá tập trung quản lý nhà nước - IJAVN | 17-08-2015 Đề nghị giảm bớt thủ tục, điều kiện lập hội (PL)- Mới đây, Hội đồng Tư vấn các dự án luật, pháp lệnh triển khai thi hành Hiến pháp 2013 có một số đề nghị với Chính phủ về dự thảo luật về hội mà Bộ Nội vụ đang xây dựng. Theo […]
  • Vietnam Police Officer Lightly Disciplined for Spraying Tear Gas to Citizen Face - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 17, 2015 Authorities in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Aug 15 officially reprimanded a police officer for using tear gas to spray on a local man, the Thanh Nien newspaper has reported. Pham Thanh Trung, chief police officer of Ia Trok commune received the lightest discipline for spraying tear gas onto […]
  • Vietnam Police Requested to Remain Loyal to Ruling Communist Party - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 17, 2015 Vietnam’s police forces must be absolutely loyal to the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) to strictly implement all policies of the party, said CPV’s General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. In his writings posted on state-run newspapers on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the police forces, Mr. […]
  • Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly August 10-16: Kerry Tells Vietnam that U.S. Ties Will Deepen if Human Rights Are Protected - Defenders’ Weekly | Aug 16, 2015 =========================10/8/2015========================= Kerry Tells Vietnam That U.S. Ties Will Deepen if Human Rights Are Protected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of Vietnamese officials and business leaders on August 8 that improvements in human rights in Vietnam would lead to deeper ties. “Progress on human rights and […]