Vietnamese Religious Activist Hua Phi under Critical Health Condition after Being Interrogated by Police-Defend the Defenders, February 4, 2018 Sub-dignitary Hua Phi, Chair of Representative Committee of the Popular Bloc of Cao Dai Church and a member of the unsanctioned Inter-Faith Council of Vietnam, has fallen in a critical health condition after being interrogated by authorities in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Defend the Defenders has […]
Vietnam Authorities Strive to Delay Permission for Lawyers to Prepare Defense for Key Members of BFD-Defend the Defenders, February 4, 2018 Vietnam’s authorities are striving to delay granting permission for lawyers to prepare defense for six key members of the unsanctioned Brotherhood for Democracy (BFD) who were prosecuted for subversion, a wife of one of detainee told Defend the Defenders. Mrs. Vu Minh Khanh, the wife of prominent human rights […]
Hàng nghìn máy tính xách tay, Ipad bị đánh cắp ở Mỹ để chuyển về Việt Nam-Các nhà chức trách nói rằng một băng nhóm tội phạm đã thực hiện nhiều vụ mở trộm xe oto, laptop và Ipad để chuyển về Việt Nam. Tám trong số 9 nghi can liên quan đến băng nhóm trộm cắp máy tính, những kẻ được cho là thủ phạm của hàng trăm vụ dột […]
Four years in prison for Vietnamese blogger-Reporters Without Borders, Press release, February 2, 2018 After Vietnamese blogger Ho Van Hai’s four-year jail sentence at the end of secret trial yesterday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the international community to step up its pressure on Vietnam to end its repeated violations of the freedom to inform. Charged with “anti-state propaganda” under […]
Chuyện về Đại học Stanford- Một giai thoại nhỏ, một bài học lớn-Từ Thức Văn phòng giám đốc đại học Harvard, một ngày cuối thế kỷ 19. Một cặp vợ chồng rụt rè xin gặp ông giám đốc. Cô thư ký nhìn vẻ quê mùa của hai người khách, chiếc quần sờn gấu của ông và bộ quần áo bình dân của bà, trả lời : ông giám […]
American teacher in trouble for ‘insulting’ Vietnam national hero-Daniel Hauer, an American English teacher in Vietnam, is in hot water for making offensive comments about one of the country’s most revered figures. (YouTube) AP, February 2, 2018 HANOI, Vietnam – An American teacher in Vietnam is in trouble for making offensive comments about one of the country’s most revered figures. Daniel Hauer, an […]
A Joke On Facebook Puts American Expatriate At Odds With Vietnam-A photo taken in 2013 shows women in traditional dress holding framed portraits of the late Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap as they line up to pay final respects to him at his residence in Hanoi. Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images NPR, February 1, 2018 A U.S. expatriate living in Vietnam has run afoul of its communist […]
Vietnam jails blogger for anti-state propaganda-AP, February 1, 2018 HANOI, Vietnam — A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a doctor to four years in prison for writing and posting dozens of articles on social media that the court said tarnished the image of the country’s leaders and instigated people to boycott local elections, state media reported Friday. Ho Van […]
Vietnam Hands Blogger Ho Van Hai Four-Year Jail Term For ‘Anti-State Propaganda’-Ho Van Hai is arrested by police in Ho Chi Minh City, Nov. 2, 2016. Photo courtesy of tuoitre.vn RFA, February 02, 2018 A court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced prominent blogger Ho Van Hai to four years in prison for anti-government propaganda, according to state media reports, ending more than a year in detention […]
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