May 8, 2015
Vietnam Must Improve Rights Record For Closer Economic Ties: US Lawmaker
RFA | May 07, 2015 Hanoi must improve its human rights record if it expects to build closer economic ties with Washington, a U.S. lawmaker visiting Vietnam said Thursday, ahead of an annual round of talks between the two nations. Democratic Congressman Alan Lowenthal of California, who represents the largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam, said […]
September 25, 2015
Religion in Vietnam Higher powers – A proposed law on religion will not help the faithful
by Nhan Quyen • Thich Khong Tanh, Thich Quang Do
Economist | Sep 26, 2015 BULLDOZERS are idling outside the Lien Tri Pagoda, a complex of yellow buildings near the Saigon River. Officials plan to destroy it and fill this sparsely populated district of Ho Chi Minh City with skyscrapers. One property firm calls the area the “Pudong of Saigon”, referring to a glittering riverside […]