Despite the country's legislative changes towards queer and trans rights in recent years, professionals of minority gender and sexuality in Vietnam’s public sector are still facing discrimination, hurting the very institutions that are pushing them out.
Nguyen Hoai Nam
[https://cpj.org/2022/04/vietnamese-journalist-nguyen-hoai-nam-sentenced-to-3-5-years-in-prison/]
and Phan Bui Bao Thy
[https://cpj.org/2022/04/vietnamese-journalist-phan-bui-bao-thy-sentenced-to-re-education-over-social-media-posts/
On April 7, 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a press statement
[https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-laureates-support-jailed-vietnamese-journalist-pham-doan-trang]
condemning the
