Society
Chasing the British Dream: A Vietnamese Journey of Hope and Hardship
Ngọc Hà wrote this article in Vietnamese, published in Luat Khoa Magazine on March 10, 2025. At a city university
Cybersecurity
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Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience Hold Hunger Strike to Protest Confiscation of Personal Items
Key Events * Prisoners of Conscience in An Diem Prison Start Hunger Strikes * Vietnam Deports a Belarusian Military Volunteer in Ukraine
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New Cybersecurity Decree Imposes More Stringent Control Over Online Activities
Key Events * Government Passes New Cyber Decree in Attempt to Further TightenControl over Online Activities * Hai Duong Police Arrest Members
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Vietnam Court Jails Internet User Who Called for Fundamental Changes to Communist Governance
Key Events: * Court Jails Internet User Due to Promotion of Fundamental Changes to Vietnam’s Political System * General Secretary To
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Democracy Activist Phan Van Bach Sentenced to 5 Years
Key events: * Hanoi Court Sentences Democracy Activist Phan Van Bach to 5 Years in Prison on ‘Anti-State’ Charges * Court Rejects
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Police Question High School Student Over His Private Social Media Post Critical of the Communist Party
Key Events: * Police Question High School Student Due to Social Media Post Critical of the Communist Party * Several Groups Urge
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Project88 Highlights the Lack of Transparency and Public Participation in Vietnam’s Climate Change Policy
Key Events: * Project88 Report: Vietnam Fails on Fulfilling Just Energy Transition * Public Security Minister Boasts About Government Investment in Cybersecurity
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President To Lam Is the Official General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party
Key events: * Central Party Committee Appoints To Lam as Communist Party Secretary * Vietnam Fails ‘Market Economy’ Status Assessment, U.S.
Politics
Online Dissent Navigating China's Great Firewall
Today, we conclude the series “Zone of Dissent: Spaces for Criticism in China from the 1980s to Now,” focusing on
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Vietnam Uses Cybersecurity Decrees to Repress Online Criticisms of Late Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong
Key criticizing: * Vietnam Represses Criticisms of Late Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong Before State Funeral * U.S., Japan, and Korea
Human Rights
Restricted Cyberspace: Vietnam Uses Cybersecurity Laws to Muzzle Online Speech
The Ministry of Communications and Information declared [1] in 2022 that the number of the country's internet users
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U.S. Companies Seek Security Equipment Deal With Vietnam’s State Police
U.S. Business Mission Seeks Security Equipment Deal With Vietnam’s Police Reuters reported that a dozen U.S. firms
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Vietnam Labels Two Foreign-Based Montagnard Dissident Groups ‘Terrorist Organizations’
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Names Two Overseas Montagnards Dissident Groups as ‘Terrorist Organizations’ Vietnam's national police