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  • Dân chủ cho dân hay cho ai nghe Đảng? - RFA, 18-12-2017 Trong phát biểu đọc tại Diễn đàn phát triển Việt Nam 2017 tổ chức tại Hà Nội hôm 13/12 vừa qua, Thủ tướng Việt Nam ông Nguyễn Xuân Phúc có đưa ra 5 giải pháp để tăng năng suất cho Việt Nam. Trong 5 giải pháp được nói đến, có một điểm đáng […]
  • Quyết định Một Không Hai, Luật của Đảng hay Nhà nước pháp quyền? - RFA, 18-12-2017 Trong bài phát biểu bế mạc Diễn đàn phát triển Việt Nam 2017, vào ngày 13 tháng 12, Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc có đưa ra nhiều điểm nhằm làm cho Việt Nam không bị tụt hậu. Trong những điểm đó có việc cải cách thể chế pháp luật tại Việt Nam. Mâu […]
  • Private Residence of Catholic Priest Attacked with Dirty Mess, Other Activists under House Arrest Few Days ahead of Christmas Day - By Defend the Defenders, December 20, 2017 The private residence of Catholic priest Phan Van Loi in Vietnam’s central city of Hue has been attacked with dirty mess while many other activists in different localities have been placed under house arrest few days ahead of Christmas Day. Outspoken priest Loi told Defend the Defenders that […]
  • Viet Nam must protect right to food amid rapid industrialization – UN human rights expert - GENEVA (19 December 2017) – Viet Nam’s impressive achievements with respect to social and economic rights by making dramatic reductions in poverty and food insecurity must be balanced against growing concerns of adverse environmental impacts affecting people’s livelihoods, Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food has said.   These emerging challenges need […]
  • Nguyen Van Duc Do Claims He Is Wrongly Charged with Subversion - By Defend the Defenders, December 19, 2017 Ho Chi Minh City-based resident Nguyen Van Duc Do has claimed that he is wrongly arrested and charged with “Carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of Vietnam’s 1999 Penal Code. Do, who was arrested on November 6 last year when he visited […]
  • Trưởng Công an xã và Chủ tịch UBND xã Hưng Tây (Nghệ An) cùng hội cờ đỏ tham gia đánh giáo dân - Nguyễn Thiện Nhân – Việt Nam Thời báo, ngày 19/12/2017 Sáng 17/12/2017, hàng trăm công an dẫn theo hàng chục thành viên hội cờ đỏ ngăn cản giáo dân xây nhà thờ họ thuộc Giáo xứ Kẻ Gai, xã Hưng Tây (Hưng Nguyên, Nghệ An), những thành viên cờ đỏ và công an xã Hưng […]
  • Vietnamese ‘Red Flags’ Thugs Attack Catholic Parishioners in Nghe An - Government supporters assault Catholic parishioners in Vietnam’s Nghe An province, Dec. 17, 2017. Screen grab from video RFA, December 18, 2017 State-linked thugs wearing national flags attacked a group of Vietnamese Catholics digging a ditch on land claimed both by their church and by local authorities on Sunday, beating parishioners in full view of police […]
  • Vietnam: Government Demands Removal Of Nativity Scene - UCA News, December 18, 2017 Catholics in northern Vietnam have been ordered by local officials to dismantle a “nativity” scene in their parish made up of objects representing the birth of Jesus. Dong Kieu Church, at the center of the row, is located in Dien My Commune of Nghe An Province. A local witness said […]
  • Vietnamese Dissident in Failing Health in Prison - Vietnamese dissident Tran Anh Kim is shown in court in a screen grab, May 26, 2017. RFA, December 18, 2017 Democracy advocate and former Vietnamese army officer Tran Anh Kim is in failing health in prison, with his jailers refusing medical treatment for his condition pending the approval of higher authorities, according to his wife. […]
  • President of Unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association Attacked, Escaping Death in Traffic Accident - Defend the Defenders, December 18, 2017 Dr. Pham Chi Dung, president of the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) has escaped death in a traffic accident intentionally caused by plainclothes agents. The incident occurred at around 7 PM of Sunday (December 17) when Mr. Dung travelled on his motorbike near his private residence in […]