Vietnam using national security laws to stifle dissent-Demdigest | Nov 20, 2015 Vietnam is using vague national security laws to stifle dissent and arrest critics. The United States and other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should press Vietnam to drop proposed legislation that would add even more rights-abusing penalties to its already draconian criminal code, says Human Rights Watch: During 2014 […]
TPP Signatories Must Press Vietnam to Drop Proposed ‘Draconian’ Laws: Rights Group-RFA | Nov 20, 2015 The United States and other signatories to a major free trade agreement between Pacific Rim countries should pressure Vietnam to drop proposed laws that would allow the authorities to expand a crackdown on critics of the one party communist government, a rights group said Friday. Vietnam is using vague national […]
Vietnam promises ‘favorable conditions’ for Internet firms like Google, Facebook-Talkvietnam | Nov 21, 2015 The government has launched its own Facebook fanpage, but called on the public to be careful with negative social impacts from using the network. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on social media users in Vietnam to be more “responsible,” pledging government support to boost Internet access across the […]
Law on supervisory activities of NA, People’s Councils approved-Vnanet | Nov 21, 2015 The law on supervisory activities of the National Assembly and People’s Councils and the amended law on accounting were approved by the National Assembly (NA) on November 20. At the plenary session that was part of the parliament’s ongoing 10th sitting, deputies also scrutinised the pilot implementation of the bailiff institution […]
US Ambassador’s Letter to Chairman Royce and Rep Lowenthal re Bien Hoa Cemetery-US AMBASSADOR | Oct 27, 2015 Dear Chairman Royce and Representative Lowenthal: I recently paid a visit to the historic Bien Hoa cemetery, now known officially as Binh An People’s Cemetery, to gauge conditions at this important site and pay my respects to the thousands of ARVN soldiers buried there. (Please see photo, below.) I […]
Vietnamese PM’s viewpoint on Internet-Vietnamnet | Nov 20, 2015 The following is the translation of PM Nguyen Tan Dung’s article on untarnished Internet environment which was written to mark the first day Vietnam accessed the global Internet. The Internet is a great invention of mankind. Thanks to its inception, the world has made a gigantic stride, gaining exceptional achievements […]
Vietnam PM Urges ‘Pure and Clean’ Internet-VOA | Nov 19, 2015 Vietnam’s prime minister posted a letter online on Thursday urging the public to use the Internet responsibly and build a civilized web environment, in rare comments promoting cyberspace in a country renowned for crushing dissent. In a letter more than 1,100 words long posted on the government’s website and its new Facebook […]
Monk of Banned Buddhist Church Reaffirms Commitment to Democracy in Vietnam-RFA | Nov 19, 2015 The head of a banned Buddhist church in Vietnam on Thursday expressed gratitude to the international community for advocating for his release from house arrest and reaffirmed his commitment to democracy activism in the one party communist nation. Thich Quang Do, the 87-year-old leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of […]
Christians Beaten by Police as Part of New Crackdown in Vietnam-Breitbart | Nov 19, 2015 In the past ten days, two Christian activists have been detained by Vietnamese police and repeatedly beaten, as an example of what human rights groups are calling a systematic targeting of Christians for harassment by public officials. As Vietnam prepares to enact new legislation that would seriously curb religious freedom, […]
Vietnam: Widespread ‘National Security’ Arrests – Despite Trade Pact Pledges, Draconian New Laws Proposed-HRW | Nov 19, 2015 (New York) – Vietnam is using vague national security laws to stifle dissent and arrest critics, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States and other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should press Vietnam to drop proposed legislation that would add even more rights-abusing penalties to its already draconian […]
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