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  • Harassment and Assaults of Activists Continue in Vietnam Amidst Flurry of International Visits - Civilrightsdefenders | May 21, 2015 In the first five months of 2015, assaults and harassment of activists and bloggers continue with almost absolute impunity in Vietnam. At least 27 petitioners, activists and bloggers, including 6 women, have been violently attacked and injured since January (see timeline below). So far, the Vietnamese leaders have failed to address […]
  • Two Vietnamese Political Dissidents Ill-Treated in Dong Nai-based Prison: Families - by Vu Quoc Ngu | May 23, 2015 Two Vietnamese political dissidents Pham Minh Vu and Do Nam Trung has been inhumanely treated by authorities of Dong Nai province-based K2 prison, according to their families. The duo was transferred from B5 prison from the same southern province to K2 in Xuan Loc district on May […]
  • Vietnam Lawmakers toward Revising Law on Social Insurance - By HK | May 22, 2015 Vietnam’s top legislative body National Assembly (NA) on May 21 had a discussion on the controversial changes in Article 60 of the 2014 Law on Social Insurance, with the majority of agreeing that Vietnamese workers should have more options in social insurance payment, including a lump-sum pension benefit if they prefer […]
  • UN Chief Urges Peaceful Solution of South China Sea Dispute - ABC News | May 22, 2015 AP – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Friday for a peaceful solution to territorial disputes in the South China Sea, where China’s increased assertiveness has alarmed its smaller neighbors. Ban told reporters in Hanoi that he and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang discussed regional security concerns, including the territorial […]
  • UN chief Ban Ki-moon visits Vietnam to discuss peace, security, human rights - Tuoitrenews | May 22, 2015 Visiting General Secretary of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon will discuss with Vietnamese leaders many important issues, including peace, world security and human rights, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The UN chief’s two-day visit to Vietnam with his wife, starting today, May 22, is his second to […]
  • Vietnam NA Allows Government to Delay Draft Law on Demonstration late 2016 - By KTT | May 22, 2015 Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA), the country’s highest legislative body, has allowed the government to submit a draft law on demonstration until late 2016, instead of the ongoing plenary meeting beginning on May 20. The NA’s Standing Committee said that the delay is aimed to help the government better complete […]
  • Vietnam to Amend Press Law, Keeping State Control over Freedom of Expression - By KTT | May 22, 2015 Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has collected ideas to amend the Law on Press with a requirement to keep the press under the state control and to serve the governance. Local officials said at a meeting on May 21 that the changes would not harm the development of […]
  • Hue priests and faithful defend Thien An monastery targeted by communist authorities - Asia News | May 20, 2015 Another attack of the communist authorities against a property of the Vietnamese Church, long at the center of a campaign of requisitions and forced evictions. This time round the local administration has set its sights onae monastery of Thien An, founded 10 June 1940 by French missionaries in the […]
  • UN Chief Ban Ki-moon to Visit Vietnam - Metrocebu | May 18, 2015 Hanoi (PNA/Xinhua) — The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will pay a visit to Vietnam on May 22-23 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, said a Vietnamese official here on Thursday. Le Hai Binh, spokesperson of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the announcement at a regular press […]
  • Đường khó ai đang đi? - GNsP | Cập nhật 21.5.2015 Tôi nhớ Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức với “Con đường Việt Nam”, tôi nhớ Tạ Phong Tần đã từ bỏ con đường Cộng Sản và chấp nhận giam thân mình trong ngục tối để lựa chọn một con đường khác. Cây Thập giá nặng nhất đã đè nặng lên cuộc đời chị […]