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  • Viet Nam: Release bloggers, stop silencing dissent - 21 December 2012 – Three Vietnamese bloggers given harsh prison sentences for alleged anti-state propaganda must be freed immediately, Amnesty International said ahead of their appeal hearing on 28 December 2012. The bloggers were sentenced on 24 September 2012 after a trial lasting only a few hours. Nguyen Van Hai, known as Dieu Cay (“the peasant’s […]
  • Vietnamese Bloggers Recognized for Commitment to Rights - 5 Win Prestigious Hellman/Hammett Awards     (New York, December 20, 2012) – Five Vietnamese bloggers are among an extraordinary group of 41 people from 19 countries who have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award recognizing writers who demonstrate courage and conviction in the face of political persecution, Human Rights Watch said today. They are Huynh […]
  • DECREE: DETAILING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRESS LAW AND THE LAW AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE PRESS LAW 2002 - THE GOVERNMENT  Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government; Pursuant to the December 28, 1989 Press Law; Pursuant to the June 12, 1999 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Press Law; With a view to ensuring the citizens right to freedom of the press and speech […]
  • CIRCULAR Guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Government”s Decree no. 38/2005/ND-CP of march 18, 2005, stipulating a number of measures to ensure public order - Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 38/2005/ND-CP of March 18, 2005, stipulating a number of measures to ensure public order; Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 136/2003/ND-CP of November 14, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Public Security Ministry; In order to contribute to maintaining public order and guaranteeing democratic […]
  • Government Decree 92 tightens controls on religions in Vietnam - PARIS, 29 November 2012 (IBIB) –The International Buddhist Information Bureau is deeply disturbed by a new government decree that increases state control of religions and further undermines religious freedom in Vietnam. Decree 92 (full reference 92/2012/ND-CP) on “Directives and measures for implementing the Ordinance on beliefs and religion”, issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on 8 November 2012 will […]
  • CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE (No. 19/2003/QH11 of November 26, 2003) - Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001 of the Xth National Assembly, the 10th session; This Code prescribes the order and procedures of instituting, investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating criminal cases and executing criminal judgments. Part One GENERAL PROVISIONS Chapter I […]
  • DOCUMENT – VIET NAM: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER BEATEN IN PRISON: HO THI BICH KHUONG - 3 December 2012 – A Vietnamese human rights defender, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, currently serving a five-year prison term for “conducting propaganda” against the state, has been beaten by a group of prisoners. She is said to be seriously injured and in urgent need of medical care. Ho Thi Bich Khuong is imprisoned at K4 prison’s Camp […]
  • Australian Ambassador Hugh Borrowman visits Buddhist Patriarch Thich Quang Do - PARIS, 30 November 2012 (IBIB) – H.E. Hugh Borrowman, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam paid a visit on Thursday 29 November to the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam’s Supreme Patriarch Thich Quang Do, 84, at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) where the UBCV leader and prominent dissident has been under house arrest without […]
  • VIETNAM LAW ON MEDIA as amended 12 June 1999 - In order to protect the freedom of the media and the right of freedom of speech of citizens through the media in conformity with the interests of the State and of the people; In order to develop the role of the media in the establishment and protection of the Socialist Vietnam Fatherland in accordance with […]
  • The PENAL CODE of VIETNAM (1999) - PENAL CODE (No. 15/1999/QH10) FOREWORD Criminal law constitutes one of the sharp and effective instruments to prevent and combat crime, actively contributing to the defense of independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland, the protection of the interests of the State as well as the legitimate rights and interests of citizens […]