One Vietnamese Man Dies in Police Station, Investigation Launched-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 02, 2015 Police in Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh have launched an investigation into the death of a local resident held in a police station in Ky Van commune in Ky Anh district, state media reported. According to state-run newspapers, Nguyen Van Tinh, 40, was caught red-handed gambling […]
China’s nine-dash line still infringes international law-By Huy Duong, Tuan Pham Eastasiaforum | Feb 27, 2015 Suggestions that China could claim historic fishing rights within the nine-dash line misinterpret international law. While Sourabh Gupta’s arguments, outlined in a recent Forum article, relating to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Articles 62 and 123 have been disputed elsewhere, […]
Montagnards Attempting to Reach Capital Deported-Cambodiadaily | Mar 01, 2015 A group of 36 Montagnard asylum seekers who went missing last week after they left their hiding places in the forests of Ratanakkiri province have been arrested and deported back to Vietnam, the U.N. and local villagers said Sunday. Wan-Hea Lee, country representative for the U.N.’s Office of the High […]
ASEAN promotes women, children’s rights-Vietnamplus | Mar 01, 2015 The 10th Meeting of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 25-27 to review the implementation of the ACWC Work Plan in 2012-2016 and discuss a plan for 2016-2020. The ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on […]
UK to stop bilateral aid program for Vietnam since 2016-China.org.cn | Mar 02, 2015 The United Kingdom (UK) will stop aid program for Vietnam from March 2016, according to a press release out here on Friday. The cease of the aid program is to recognize Vietnam’s progress in fulfilling the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, said the press release posted on the website of […]
The UK and Vietnam commit to strengthening relationship-GOV | Feb 27, 2015 The Strategic Dialogue discussed issues such as trade and prosperity, defence, organised crime and illegal migration, as well as developing cooperation on defence, education, science and innovation. The Strategic Dialogue was also an opportunity for the UK and Vietnam to share views on global challenges such as ISIL, Syria, Iraq, […]
Vietnam’s lawmakers debate protection of human rights of people in detention-TUOI TRE NEWS | UPDATED : 02/28/2015 14:31 GMT + 7 The chairman of the NA’s Justice Committee, Nguyen Van Hien, agreed with the need to have the law, requesting that the Government should promulgate regulations on specific rights of people in temporary detention or arrest based on the relevant provisions of the 2013 Constitution. People […]
Deputy FM leads delegation to UN human rights meeting-HA NOI (VNS) — Feb 28, 2015 On the agenda are human rights, access to information, freedom of expression, privacy, legal instruments, privacy and data retention This is the second year that Viet Nam is a member of the UN Commission on Human Rights. Cuong will deliver a speech, hold bilateral meetings and talk with […]
Vietnam: Amnesty International Report 2014/15-Amnesty International | Feb 25, 2015 Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Head of state: Truong Tan Sang Head of government: Nguyen Tan Dung Background Viet Nam was elected to the UN Human Rights Council in January for a two-year term. In June Viet Nam rejected 45 of 227 recommendations made by the Working Group on […]
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