FAMOUS BLOGGER ARRESTED FOR ‘LOWERING THE PRESTIGE OF THE STATE’-(VNRN) – One of the most famous and influential political bloggers in Vietnam, Nguyen Huu Vinh [Nguyễn Hữu Vinh], was arrested at his home in Hanoi on May 5, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security. Vinh, 58, founded and edited the Basam.info blog (originally named Anh Ba Sàm, or Brother Gossiper). He has been accused of “publishing […]
Đấu tranh vì lương tâm: Phương pháp của Gandhi (2)-Pro&Contra | 26/2/2014 Joan V. Bondurant Phan Trinh dịch Xem kì 1 II. BẤT BẠO ĐỘNG 12. Chữ ahimsa diễn tả một quy tắc đạo đức cổ xưa của Ấn Độ giáo, Jain giáo và Phật giáo. Chữ “a” có nghĩa phủ định nằm trước “himsa”, vốn có nghĩa là “làm hại”, tạo thành một chữ thường được […]
RSF: World press freedom index 2014-RSF | May 3, 2014 Biggest rises and falls in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom of information and its protagonists. The ranking of some countries has also been affected by a tendency to interpret national security needs in an overly broad […]
Joint statement of civil society organizations in vietnam, May 4, 2014-GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM PLEASE RESPECT THE FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION After the FVPOC (Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience) press release about the two interrogation sessions with the HCM City security authorities on April 24, 2014, the authorities continue to interrogate Pham Ba Hai about the Association (FVPOC) on the afternoon of April 29, 2014. The government side included […]
Vietnam and European Union successfully conclude their ninth Joint Commission-EU | March 26, 2014 JOINT PRESS RELEASE Vietnam and European Union successfully conclude their ninth Joint Commission Hanoi, 26 March 2014 – The 9th EU-Vietnam Joint Commission was held in Hanoi on 26 March 2014, co-chaired by Mr Nguyen The Phuong, Vice-Minister for Planning and Investment, and by Mr David O’Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer, […]
Đấu tranh vì lương tâm: Phương pháp của Gandhi (1)-Pro&Contra | 25/02/2014 Joan V. Bondurant Phan Trinh dịch Giới thiệu của người dịch Tuy âm thầm nhưng có thật, tuy quy mô nhỏ nhưng tác dụng sâu, xã hội dân sự tại Việt Nam trong thời gian qua có thể nói đang thực sự chuyển mình. Chuyển từ “0” thành “1”. Chuyển từ không […]
Revocation of Degree Four Years Later Leads to Protest by Vietnamese Academics-CCS | May 2, 2014 Professor Nguyen Van Minh President, Hanoi National University of Education 136 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay District Ha Noi, Vietnam May 2, 2014 Dear President Van Minh: We write now in concern for Ms. Do Thi Thoan (pen name Nha Thuyen) who was awarded a Masters Degree from your university […]
Freedom of the Press 2013-Freedome House | May 1, 2014 Middle East Volatility amid Global Decline Ongoing political turmoil produced uneven conditions for press freedom in the Middle East in 2012, with Tunisia and Libya largely retaining their gains from 2011 even as Egypt slid backward into the Not Free category. The region as a whole experienced a net […]
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