One Country, Fewer Provinces: Việt Nam’s Parliament Approves Major Merger
Key Events * Việt Nam’s National Assembly Approves Historic Resolution on Provincial and Municipal Mergers * Việt Nam Abolishes Lump-Sum Tax
Key Events * Tran Dinh Trien, Former Hanoi Bar Leader, Receives Three-Year Sentence Under Article 331 * Police Restructure: Vietnam to Strengthen
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Key Events * Prisoners of Conscience in An Diem Prison Start Hunger Strikes * Vietnam Deports a Belarusian Military Volunteer in Ukraine
Key Events * Police Arrest Eight Villagers Who Oppose Land Seizures for Road Construction * Vietnam Human Rights Network Honors Three Political
Key Events * Quang Binh Man Convicted of ‘Abusing Democratic Freedoms’ for Running Facebook Page Denouncing Corruption * Hanoi Denies Hoang Thi
Key Events * Government Passes New Cyber Decree in Attempt to Further TightenControl over Online Activities * Hai Duong Police Arrest Members
Key Events * Tran Khac Duc, Member of Pro-Democracy Group, Arrested Under Article 117 * International Federation of Journalists Condemns Duong Van
Key Events * Social Media Users from Quang Nam and Thanh Hoa Provinces Arrested under Article 331 * Ho Chi Minh City
Key Events * Lawyers Raise Concerns over Alleged Torture of Buddhist Practitioner Le Thanh Nhat Nguyen * International Organizations Condemn Vietnam’s
Key Events * Vietnam Sentences Blogger Duong Van Thai to 12 Years in Prison Following Abduction from Thailand * Political Prisoner Nguyen
Key Events * Tran Long Phi, a Protester Against the Law on Special Economic Zone, Released Early from Príson * Facebook is
Key Events * Vietnam's National Assembly Elects Army Gen. Luong Cuong as New President * PEN America Calls on Vietnam
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