Book Review
Trịnh Công Sơn's Anti-war Music Through the Eyes of Hoàng Phủ Ngọc Tường
Trịnh Công Sơn and the Music of Exile and Peace In his final collection of essays, the Hue-born writer Hoàng
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Religion
Religion Bulletin – January 2020
The Report on Religious Freedom in Vietnam is published on the first Monday of each month. If you would like
Death Penalty
Ho Duy Hai’s Case Reaffirmed, Sentenced to Death Again
On May 8, 2020, around 15:30 Hanoi’s time, the 17 members-committee of the Supreme People’s Court of
Death Penalty
Ho Duy Hai’s Cassation Trial
On May 6, 2020, a cassation trial started for Ho Duy Hai – a death-row inmate in Vietnam. His mother has
free press
Vietnam: Putting Up with Facebook
This article was originally published in SEAPA.org on June 3, 2019. As Facebook recently announced that it would agree
News
Vietnam Reports Zero COVID-19 Deaths – Drawing Praise and Scrutiny
With the government’s new decree against “fake news,” the official COVID-19 numbers are being questioned Photo credits: Screenshot from
Religion
Report on Freedom of Religion in Vietnam – December 2019
• Focus: 1. Police impede festivities for Pure Hoa Hao Buddhism founder Huynh Phu So’s birthday in An Giang province
Religion
Report on Freedom of Religion in Vietnam – November 2019
• Focus: 1. The government’s Committee For Religious Affairs certifies the Vietnamese Church of Latter-Day Saints. 2. Hoa Hao Buddhist
Religion
Report on Freedom of Religion in Vietnam – October 2019
• Focus: 1. Tay Nguyen highlands – the government continues to uphold oppressive policies against religious groups that refuse state control. 2.
Religion
Report on Freedom of Religion in Vietnam – September 2019
•Focus: 1. A Protestant in the Tay Nguyen highlands was sentenced to seven years in prison for undermining national unity
Opinion-Section
With Economic Development Comes Greater Government Oppression: Why the EU Must Reconsider Its Free Trade Deal with Vietnam
On the same day in 2020 that Vietnam chaired its first Security Council meeting in New York, just a few
Land Rights
Tensions Mount in Aftermath of Attack on Dong Tam Village
As details and testimonies slowly emerge from Dong Tam after a surprise government raid [/2020/01/long-simmering-land-dispute/] early the morning
Land Rights
Long-simmering Land Dispute in Hanoi Suburb Explodes in Violence, Killing 4
Amid sounds of explosions, screams, and gunfire, the villagers of Dong Tam, a rural commune 35 km southwest of Hanoi,