Key Events * Bumpy Start for Việt Nam’s New Governance Model Amid Tech Failures and Staff Discontent * Unprecedented Trade Pact:
Thúc Kháng wrote this article in Vietnamese, published in Luat Khoa Magazine on June 25, 2025. Đàm Vĩnh Hằng translated
On May 22, The Economist published a bombshell article about Việt Nam’s top leader, General Secretary Tô Lâm, highlighting
On March 23, the Hanoi People’s Court held a trial of independent Vietnamese journalist Le Van Dung, who was
On February 28, the Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People’s Court held an appeal hearing for former journalist Le
Noteworthy religious news in the final month of 2021
The parcel of land, previously a school, is currently on sale for 40 million dong/m2.
February 10, 2022 - Vietnamese human rights defender and internationally acclaimed [https://www.thevietnamese.org/2022/01/pham-doan-trang-one-in-three-2022-martin-ennals-laureates/] independent journalist,
New religions face increasingly draconian controls.
Vietnamese authorities may face the most complicated wave of new religions ever.
Religion Bulletin, August 2021: * [The Government’s Reach] [https://www.luatkhoa.org/2021/09/ton-giao-thang-8-2021-su-sai-phat-tu-tinh-soc-trang-khong-chi-tu-ma-con-phai-dam-bao-an-ninh-trat-tu/#0-b%C3%A0n-tay-ch%C3%ADnh-quy%
OCT 26 2021– Legal Initiatives for Vietnam (LIV) [https://www.liv.ngo/about/], alongside 27 other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) released
In other news: monks volunteer to look after the ill, prisoners of conscience at risk of COVID-19 infection.
Legal Initiatives for Vietnam [https://www.liv.ngo/] (LIV), a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to build a truly democratic
The 88 Project commenced and was joined by 12 other human rights organizations to sign and publish an open letter
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