Could Father Trương Bửu Diệp’s Beatification Signal a New Era for Vatican-Việt Nam Relations?
On July 2, 2026, tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered at the Trung tâm Hành hương Tắc Sậy (Tắc Sậy ...
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Could Father Trương Bửu Diệp’s Beatification Signal a New Era for Vatican-Việt Nam Relations?
On July 2, 2026, tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered at the Trung tâm Hành hương Tắc Sậy (Tắc Sậy...
Việt Nam Press Chief Condemns ‘Extreme Denunciations’ as Phan Trung Can Releases ‘Don’t Threaten’ Poem
The Press Authority Director condemns a wave of "online trials,” prompting a defiant poetic response. The Latest: Without naming anyone...
Hồ Chí Minh Book Controversy Widens after Arrest of FPT Co-founder Nguyễn Thành Nam under Article 117
Key Events Hồ Chí Minh Book Controversy Spreads from Courts to Campus and TV; Institutions Quietly Remove ‘Liberal Arts’ after...
Việt Nam’s 50 Million Đồng Fake News Fine: Police Still Decide the ‘Truth’
The Vietnamese public has long been familiar with the standard 7.5 million đồng fine for social media posts, shares, or...
VinUni Quietly Renames Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences Amid ‘Liberal Education’ Backlash in Việt Nam
Amidst ideological backlash and public scrutiny over the concept of “liberal education,” one of Việt Nam’s premier private universities is...
FPT Executive Đinh Tiến Dũng Withdraws from ‘Anh Trai Vượt Ngàn Chông Gai’ Amidst Book Controversy
The 'Chuyện với Thanh' controversy claims another public figure as relentless online denunciations force an FPT executive off the air. ...
Ministry of Public Security Proposes Deferring Criminal Liability for Economic Crimes
This would be an entirely new legal mechanism in Việt Nam’s Penal Code. The Latest: On June 26, the Ministry...
State Media Outlets, Government Agencies, and Fulbright University Vietnam Delete ‘Liberal Arts’ Following Denunciations
Publicly posted, quietly deleted. The Latest: In recent days, several state media outlets and official agency pages published posts using...
The Myth and the Heretic: How Việt Nam’s Censorship and Recent Book Ban Suffocate Supporters
It takes an astounding level of insecurity for a government to view a conversational history book as a threat to...
The Quiet Struggle of Vietnamese Berry Pickers in Norway
The story of Nam, a Vietnamese seasonal berry picker in Norway, paints a bitter picture of a reality that unfortunately...
VTV Counters ‘Distorted Narratives’ From Independent Media, Calling Them ‘Dark Propaganda’
Việt Nam's state broadcaster, VTV4, has criticized independent media, accusing them of deploying "gray propaganda" and psychological manipulation to undermine...
From Tibet To Việt Nam, Perseverance Is Key To Resisting Transnational Repression
The road ahead is not easy, but we cannot lose hope. We must keep our hopes so we can have...
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