Today marks the fourth anniversary of Pham Doan Trang’s sentencing. On Dec. 12, as the anniversary approaches, an international
In his 2024 memoir, “Vietnam: entre le meilleur et le pire – 50 ans de fidélité aux combats de ma jeunesse”
Editor's Note: The recent floods in Việt Nam struck hardest in what was once Phú Yên Province, which
Today is International Human Rights Day. However, in the bustling coffee shops of District 1 in Hồ Chí Minh City,
Writer’s Note: This piece does not claim that state media reported incorrect numbers of flood-related deaths, nor is there
Bangkok often gloats on the global stage, hosting the massive United Nations regional headquarters and aggressively campaigning for a seat
Developments in the National Assembly and legislative activities over the past year have revealed a growing pattern of “lightning-speed” lawmaking.
A lawsuit over speech in which a defendant, even if wrong, is not sent to prison: that is a hallmark
For many years, the legal system has been developed through what might be called “patchwork fixes”—mending one spot here,
A nation can hardly grow and move forward if it spends every day brooding over and resenting the past like
The public consumption of the "mug shot"—the official photo taken by police after an arrest—has spurred
From Oct. 28–30, 2025, Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm travelled to the UK to ink the UK-Việt Nam
As floods ravage northern and central Việt Nam, people across the country are mobilizing to help, from cooking rice and
When a Vietnamese journalist working for the BBC finds themself trapped in their homeland, the image of press freedom in
Within 10 months after U.S. President Donald Trump took office, his administration has challenged countless norms of the U.
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