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Is Vietnam on track to realize its semiconductor dream?

As Vietnam tries to position itself as an essential part of the global semiconductor supply chain, there is no shortage…

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Vietnamese police arrest 4 more Khmer Krom monks in pagoda dispute

Vietnamese police have arrested four more Buddhist monks from the Khmer Krom indigenous group in an ongoing clash over a…

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Detained Vietnamese activist denied access to lawyer

A Vietnamese activist, accused of “propaganda against the State” is being denied access to a lawyer, his family told Radio…

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Two Khmer Krom activists given prison sentences in Vietnam

Two ethnic Khmer Krom activists who were arrested last year on suspicion of distributing books about indigenous peoples’ rights were…

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Vietnam’s president forced to step down due to corruption scandal

Vietnam’s president has resigned after just a year in the job, taking responsibility for a corruption scandal involving regional government…

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Vietnam local govt bans Buddhist pagoda repair

The government in Vietnam’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is blocking the repair of a 35 year-old buddhist pagoda because the…

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Prosecutors demand death  sentence in Vietnam’s biggest fraud trial

Vietnamese prosecutors are calling for the death sentence for the alleged mastermind of the country’s biggest fraud, state-controlled media reported…

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Vietnamese political prisoner ‘starved’ for two weeks

Political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach spent a fortnight without food during the first two weeks of March, his wife told…

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Vietnam poised to disciple provincial leaders for corruption

The Vietnamese government body responsible for combating corruption has proposed penalizing five high-ranking provincial leaders detained for accepting bribes, state…

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Vietnam parliament’s Thursday meeting fuels leadership speculation

Vietnam’s parliament will hold an extraordinary session on Thursday to discuss ‘personnel issues,’ according to a letter sent to legislators…

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Vietnamese police track down Montagnards in Thailand

Police from Vietnam’s Dak Lak province made unexpected visits to two areas in Thailand where a number of ethnic minorities…

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Hanoi asks Beijing to abide by law while drawing baseline in Gulf of Tonkin

Vietnam has requested that China respect international law and bilateral agreements with Hanoi after Beijing drew a new baseline in…

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Vietnam police summon political prisoners’ wives

Vietnam police have been summoning the wives of political prisoners for questioning over the past week, leading one lawyer to…

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Vietnam holds political prisoner in solitary confinement for 18 months

Vietnam’s Nam Ha Prison has been holding political prisoner Nguyen Duc Hung in a solitary cell for 18 months, his…

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International rights group calls on Vietnam to release women political prisoners

The Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) – or Quê Me – marked Friday’s international women’s day with a call…

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Police disrupt popular R-rated movie to check viewers’ ages

Police officers paused a movie and turned on the theater lights to check the ages of cinema-goers at a Ho…

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Vietnamese police detain 3 Protestant house church members in Dak Lak

Vietnamese police have temporarily detained three members of an independent Protestant house church in Dak Lak province in the country’s…

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Vietnam police confirm arrests of two activists

Vietnam’s state-controlled media have finally broken the silence on the arrests of two famous human rights activists after police confirmed…

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Vietnamese woman fined for calling judges ‘idiots’

The wife of a prominent political prisoner said she has been fined more than US$300 for posting his photo on…

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Vietnam labels 2 foreign-based groups ‘terrorist organizations’

Vietnam has accused two foreign-based political groups of being “terrorist organizations” that helped plan an attack in Vietnam’s Central Highlands…

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