Prisoners held on political charges in communist Vietnam are being denied amnesty and work-release privileges now granted to other inmates, RFA has learned. Prisoners of conscience are ineligible for amnesty and can’t work outside their detention facilities. Vietnamese President Nguyen…
Recently, the city of Da Nang held a draw to select officials to verify declared assets, a measure that had been carried out in Hanoi about a week earlier and was criticized by the public. Specifically, the Inspectorate of Da…
The head of the Communist Party of Vietnam, on the occasion of National Day, continued to identify that the party was consistent with Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh’s thought… but not dogmatic… General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong just mentioned this while…
Vietnam on August 31 announced the President’s decision to grant amnesty on the occasion of September 2, the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, this year. The state-controlled media quoted Mr. Pham Thanh Ha – Vice Chairman of…
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam recently once again emphasized the direction “All power must be strictly controlled by mechanisms” and affirmed that corruption has never been dealt with so strongly and strictly as…
Videos of the ceremony of “taking the offering bowl” on the occasion of Vu Lan’s filial piety festival, held at Ba Vang Pagoda, caused a “storm” on social networks in the past few days. People reacted to the event, and…
Minister of Public Security To Lam said he “accepted responsibility” for the fact that new passports were not recognized by other countries in the past time during a question-and-answer session of National Assembly deputies on the morning of August 10.…
The appeal hearing of well-known journalist Pham Doan Trang, who has been awarded many international human rights awards, is scheduled for Aug 25. One of her lawyers said that the sentence reduction depends on whether the defendant pleads guilty or…
Plan No. 205 of Hanoi is not the first to raise the issue of resignation, this policy has been issued by the Politburo of Vietnam since October 2, 2009, with Regulation 260, then replaced by Regulation No. 41-QD/TW on the…
Social networks proved to be effective when more and more cases in which Vietnam’s authoritarian regime has to speak out after information spread on social networks. However, social networks also have limitations when the team of government-supported commentators is also…
