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Taboo on politics fuels conspiracy theories | Vietnam Right Now
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Taboo on politics fuels conspiracy theories. July 28, 2015. General Thanh appears in public after weeks of speculation. Photo courtesy VTV. And so it seems, rumours of the general’s death were much exaggerated. After weeks of frantic speculation and outlandish theories on social media, the Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh, has appeared in public. In full uniform and flanked by other top military officials, he was shown on state television on Monday night attending a ceremony to thank wounded soldiers.
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Documents | Vietnam Right Now
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Documents by Vietnamrightnow.com’s NGO Partners: VOICE, Vietnam Path Movement. Full text of testimony. By VOICE, Vietnam Path Movement, Vietnamrightnow.com, before the Human Rights committee of the Senate of Canada. Documents from the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam, 2014. By Freedom House, VOICE, Redemptorist Church, Dan Lam Bao, and Vietnam Path Movement. Freedom Now’s submission. Article 19’s submission. Documents from the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam, 2009. Report of the Working Group.
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SEAPA on media freedom in Vietnam: Neither side gives way | Vietnam Right Now
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SEAPA on media freedom in Vietnam: Neither side gives way. June 24, 2015. The Southeast Asian Press Alliance has just released their annual report on media freedom in regional countries, in which the section of Vietnam is still marked with arrests, assaults, site attacks, even cyber wars on Facebook. A number of prominent prisoners of conscience in Vietnam were released in 2014, prompting observers to speculate about the reason behind these concessions. Among those released was prisoner of century Ng...
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Hundreds of police attack activist at home | Vietnam Right Now
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Hundreds of police attack activist at home. February 10, 2014. VOA) – Hundreds of police and plainsclothes officials raided the home of a Vietnamese human rights lawyer and arrested him in the southern province of Dong Thap on Feb. 9, just days before his planned wedding. Witnesses say Nguyen Bac Truyen. Nguyễn Bắc Truyển), a former prisoner of conscience whose last prisoner term only ended in 2010, was surrounded, handcuffed, blindfolded and dragged away from the house of his fiancée, Bui Thi Kim Phuong.
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Opinions | Vietnam Right Now
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Vietnam’s diplomatic drive pays dividends. September 5, 2016. Vietnam’s energetic pursuit of diverse foreign relationships to offset the threat from China has received a further boost with the visit of the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi. India’s extension of a $500 million loan for defence purchases consolidates Delhi’s…. Lutheran activist remains defiant. August 25, 2016. US wobble on TPP unsettles Vietnam. August 22, 2016. Australia hits nerve with battle anniversary plan. August 18, 2016. The si...
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Top “Anti-China” diplomat dies at 88 | Vietnam Right Now
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Top “Anti-China” diplomat dies at 88. July 2, 2015. Tran Quang Co (middle, in glasses and black suit) at a convention in Paris in 1991. Photo courtesy of the MOFA. A former top diplomat, Tran Quang Co, renowned for his revelations about Vietnam’s highly sensitive ties with China, died on June 25 at the age of 88. He was one of the first senior officials to call for the normalisation of relations with the United States and for Vietnam’s entry into ASEAN. The memoir could not find a mainstream publisher in...
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Pressure over party chief’s visit to Washington | Vietnam Right Now
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Pressure over party chief’s visit to Washington. July 3, 2015. Pro-democracy representatives from the Vietnamese community have met White House officials in Washington in advance of the upcoming visit by the Communist party chief, Nguyen Phu Trong. Reports from Washington said the activists called on the National Security Council to increase pressure on Vietnam over its violations of human rights. Analysts have cautioned against expectations of major agreements. The communist leadership remains extremely...
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“I’m going to be punished and have my license revoked,” HR lawyer says | Vietnam Right Now
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8220;I’m going to be punished and have my license revoked,” HR lawyer says. June 22, 2015. Vo An Don has been titled as “defending lawyer for the poor and the victims of police brutality.” Photo courtesy of the Dan Tri. Below is the translation of lawyer Don’s facebook writing:. I’M GOING TO BE PUNISHED AND HAVE MY LICENSE REVOKED. Mr Nguyen Thai Hoc is young and he has just been elected to the position of Head of the Phu Yen Domestic Administration for one year. However, he has audaciously ignored p...
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Teenager prosecuted for opposing land eviction | Vietnam Right Now
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Teenager prosecuted for opposing land eviction. August 8, 2015. The authorities have indicted a fifteen year old boy in connection with a violent confrontation over land evictions at his village near Ho Chi Minh City. The boy, Nguyen Mai Trung Tuan, was charged with resisting persons in the performance of their official duties. 12 members of his extended family were arrested after the clash in April. He was wanted on suspicion of “intentionally inflicting injuries” and was arrested on August 6. There wer...
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Leadership contest thrown open by minister’s illness | Vietnam Right Now
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Leadership contest thrown open by minister’s illness. July 2, 2015. Defence Minister, General Phung Quang Thanh, at a recent meeting with reporters. Photo Courtesy of Truoi Tre. After days of rumours about the health of the Defence Minister, General Phung Quang Thanh, officials have confirmed that he had an emergency operation for a lung tumour in Paris. State media reported that the 66-year-old minister arrived in France about a week before he underwent the operation on June 30. General Thanh is a leadi...
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