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Critics dismiss Vietnam’s clemency for death row inmates as ‘progress’

Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong recently commuted the sentences of several inmates on death row to life in prison as…

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Vietnam court sentences Khmer Krom man to 3½ years in prison

A court in Vietnam’s Soc Trang province has sentenced an ethnic Khmer Krom man to three-and-a-half years in prison for…

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Hmong activist in Thailand threatened with deportation

An ethnic Hmong preacher and human rights activist released on bail from Bangkok’s Immigration Detention Center said a Vietnamese official…

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Inmate goes on hunger strike to protest prison conditions

A Vietnamese prisoner-of-conscience who is serving a five-year sentence said he was beginning a hunger strike to protest harsh prison…

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Detained blogger sees mother for first time since disappearance from Thailand.

A blogger who last year went missing from Thailand and later resurfaced in Vietnamese police custody was finally allowed to…

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INTERVIEW: Vietnam’s oppression of the protestant H’mong people

Vang Duc Son suffered years of harassment in Vietnam due to his beliefs as a protestant in Dien Bien province.…

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Vietnam gets tough on drunk driving

Vietnam has been getting tougher on drunk driving the past few months, and that’s led to a drop in alcohol…

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More than 200 people sign petition urging Vietnamese activist’s release

More than 200 people have signed a petition calling for a detained Vietnamese activist who was recently diagnosed with stage…

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Human Rights Watch dismisses Vietnam govt criticism

New York-based Human Rights Watch has hit back at the Vietnamese government for accusing the non-governmental organization of fabricating its…

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Vietnam sentences ethnic minority man to 4½ years for religious activities

Vietnam on Friday sentenced religious freedom activist Nay Y Blang to four years and six months in prison for crimes…

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Closer Vietnam-US ties not based on Beijing issues, says conference

There are stark differences in the ways the United States and Vietnam approach their relationships with China, participants at a…

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Vietnamese political prisoner Nguyen Thuy Hanh diagnosed with cancer

A Vietnamese political prisoner who raised money for families of people jailed for their political or religious views has been…

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Vietnamese prisoner under constant surveillance: family member

Vietnamese prisoner Huynh Minh Tam, who is serving an eight-year prison sentence for “anti-state propaganda,” has claimed he has been…

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Vietnam prison disciplines inmate for ‘insulting officers’ dignity’

Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Truong Van Dung has been denied visits or gifts for a month, a fellow inmate claimed,…

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Jailed Vietnamese activist beaten until he ‘coughed blood’

Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Nguyen Nhu Phuong has claimed he was beaten by detention center guards after getting in a…

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10 defendants given life sentences for Dak Lak attacks

After a four-day trial, 10 defendants were sentenced to life in prison on terrorism charges for attacks on two People’s…

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Vietnam denounces China’s occupation of islands in 1974

On the 50th anniversary of the naval battle that resulted in China taking over the entire Paracel archipelago in the…

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Vietnam’s former minister of commerce accused of ‘wrongdoings’ in oil deals

A Politburo member who is the son of a former state president is under investigation by the Vietnam Communist Party’s…

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At Vatican, Pope Francis meets with Vietnamese Communist Party officials

Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Vietnamese Communist Party at the Vatican in a visit that could presage…

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Vietnam’s revised land law won’t stop unfair land grabs: critics

Vietnam’s National Assembly passed a revised land law this week, which its environment ministry said would help the country’s socio-economic…

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