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Analysis: Nepal’s protests are being closely watched in Vietnam

RFA Perspectives — Nepal’s streets have exploded in protest. Thousands of young people, angered by a government ban on social…

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Vietnam to ban gas-powered motorbikes in central Hanoi next year

Vietnam will ban fossil-fuel-powered motorcycles and mopeds in the heart of Hanoi starting in July 2026 in an effort to…

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PERSPECTIVE: Why Vietnam’s To Lam moved so quickly to restructure the government

Read about this topic in Vietnamese In less than a year as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam,…

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Chinese ship conducts survey off Vietnam but Hanoi’s state media stays silent

A Chinese survey ship has been repeatedly circling within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea since…

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Treatment of ailing independent journalist in prison ‘a disgrace to Vietnam’

Independent journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan, who is serving 11 years for “conducting propaganda against the state,” has told his…

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Lawyers fear Vietnam’s new licensing rule could have chilling effect

Lawyers across Vietnam are voicing concern over a new government decree regulating the issuance and revocation of law practice licenses,…

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Party chief To Lam’s son promoted to top ranks within Vietnam’s police force

To Long, believed to be the only son of Vietnam’s top leader To Lam, has been promoted to a senior…

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Tax enforcement drive in Vietnam leads to mass closures of shops, small businesses

Images of deserted markets and shuttered shops are circulating across Vietnamese social media – not the result of a pandemic,…

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US resettlement freeze leaves Vietnamese refugee fearing deportation from Thailand

Vietnamese asylum seeker An and his family had one foot in the door to resettlement in the United States —…

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VietJet Air asks government to go after its online critics

Read about this topic in Vietnamese. VietJet Air, Vietnam’s biggest private commercial airline, has asked the mayor of Hanoi to…

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Vietnam communist party budget is the elephant in the room as To Lam cuts costs

Read about this topic in Vietnamese. Since becoming general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam has drawn…

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Vietnam to block messaging app Telegram over ‘anti-state’ contents

Vietnam’s government has instructed telecommunications companies to block the Telegram messaging app after the Ministry of Public Security concluded it…

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215 Vietnamese stuck in squalid border camp after leaving Myanmar scam center

Read reporting on this topic in Vietnamese here. Many weeks after they were rescued from scam centers inside Myanmar, more…

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Thailand, Vietnam raise relations to the highest level

BANGKOK – Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to raise political and economic relations to the highest level, a comprehensive strategic…

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Imprisoned Vietnam activist charged for writing ‘down with communism’

Prominent Vietnamese land rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong is facing a second charge of anti-state propaganda after prison guards found…

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Vietnam enters fray at disputed South China Sea sandbank

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Vietnam protested China and the Philippines over their competing activities at Sandy Cay in the disputed South…

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Global press freedom ebbs to a new low

BANGKOK and WASHINGTON – Press freedom is at its lowest ebb globally in more than two decades, Reporters Without Borders…

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Vietnam leader’s conciliatory tone on 50th war anniversary fuels hope but skepticism

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War this week, the chief of the ruling communist…

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PHOTOS: Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of war’s end with grand parade

Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the end the Vietnam War on Wednesday with jubilation and a grand military parade…

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Leaders of Japan, Vietnam discuss free trade in the face of tariff tensions

BANGKOK – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been talking up the benefits of free trade, in the face of…

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