Politics

In Prolific Day, Vietnam Sentences Six Dissidents to Prison for “Anti-state” Activities

Nguyen Chi Vung (top), Pham Van Diep (middle), Vo Thuong Trung, Doan Viet Hoan, Ngo Xuan Thanh, and Nguyen Dinh Khue (bottom, left to right) ....

The Pleasant Lies Told About the Vietnam War, in Place of Unpleasant Truths

"To search for truth, to absorb information and then decide for oneself – that is true independence. Not the propaganda that the regime mouth-feeds the people...

Is Vietnam Now A Country Without A Solid Leader?

Vietnam: Lawyer Disbarred For Speaking Ill Of Regime and The Communist Party

“I have lost my license to practice law forever, with no apparent recourse available,” Vo An Don, one of Vietnam’s most well-known lawyers in recent years, lamented...

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam: The Country That Rejects Political Pluralism

A colleague recently showed me a picture of a document entitled “Personal History” that her friend had sent over. This person was applying for a new...

Robbery Unwittingly Exposes Potential Corruption In Vietnam

The story first sounded like the twisted plot of a comedy about feudal Vietnam a few centuries back. It went like this: Three bad guys robbed...

Vietnam: When Workers’ Rights Face Resistance From A Socialist Government

Vietnam’s dismal human rights records in 2017 and 2018 could play a role in delaying the ratification of the much anticipated European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement...