Vietnam NA Standing Committee Debates on Draft Law on Referendum-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 12, 2015 The Standing Committee of Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly has worked on the draft law on referendum, agreeing on major points of the bill. The committee agreed that referenda should be conducted on the country’s Constitution, defense and diplomacy issues which have important roles in the country’s existence […]
Vietnam Issues Decree on Imposing Heavy Fines on Press Violations-By KTT & Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 11, 2015 Vietnam’s communist government has issued a decree on imposing a range of fines on violations in the press with an aim to tighten control over reporting, posting, broadcasting, and announcing information. The fields which will be under close state monitoring are statistics, nuclear power, price management, […]
Vietnamese Court Releases Mekong Delta Land Rights Activist-RFA | Aug 10, 2015 Vietnamese authorities released a land activist from prison on Monday, where he was serving a five-year sentence for attempting to overthrow the government. Duong Kim Khai, pastor of a Mennonite church offshoot known as the Cow Shed Church, told RFA’s Vietnamese Service that despite his release, he has no home […]
In hurrying trade deal with Vietnam, the EU is bypassing its human rights obligations-FIDH | Aug 10, 2015 FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today that if finalised without conducting a human-rights impact assessment (HRIA) and without introducing the necessary human rights safeguards, the EU-Vietnam Free trade and investment agreement (FTA) would be concluded in flagrant violation of EU law. FIDH and […]
Kerry Tells Vietnam That U.S. Ties Will Deepen if Human Rights Are Protected-Nytimes | Aug 7, 2015 HANOI, Vietnam — Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of Vietnamese officials and business leaders on Friday that improvements in human rights here would lead to deeper ties. “Progress on human rights and the rule of law will provide the foundation for a deeper and more sustainable strategy […]
Authorities Rearrest Son of Family Evicted in Vietnam-RFA | Aug 7, 2015 Vietnamese authorities have arrested a 15-year old Vietnamese boy a second time for his alleged involvement in blocking and injuring police who tried to evict his family from their home in the southern part of the country, the boy’s younger sister said Friday. About 10 plainclothes police officers apprehended Nguyen […]
Atherosclerosis Causes Death of Detained Hanoi Citizen in Police Station: Official-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 7, 2015 Atherosclerosis is the cause of the death of Nguyen Quang Truong during the detention period in a police station in Hanoi, said the city’s Department of Police at a press conference on Aug 6. Colonel Nguyen Van Vien of Hanoi Police Department announced the preliminary conclusion of the […]
CYBER-SECURITY WORKSHOP HELD SUCCESSFULLY, DESPITE POLICE HARASSMENT-RSF | Aug 7, 2015 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns repeated attempts by local police to harass and interrupt a digital security workshop that RSF and Defend the Defenders (DTD), a Vietnamese human rights group, successfully organized for 23 Vietnamese rights activists near Hanoi last weekend. Held from 31 July to 2 August in a […]
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