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  • Viet Nam: Authorities must investigate torture allegations following mass arrests - Amnesty International, June 18, 2018   Viet Nam’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release protesters detained in a wave of arrests at the weekend and launch a prompt, thorough and effective investigation into allegations some of them were tortured, said Amnesty International. “These reports of protestors being tortured are deeply disturbing” – Minar Pimple, Amnesty International’s […]
  • Vietnam’s New Cybersecurity Law Will Have Major Impact on Online Service Providers - Lexology, June 18 2018 Vietnam’s new Law on Cybersecurity was finally adopted by the National Assembly on June 12, 2018, after more than a dozen drafts and wide debate in the business and government sectors. This Cybersecurity Law imposes tremendous obligations on both onshore and, especially, offshore companies providing online services to customers in Vietnam. The […]
  • China’s potential control over economic zones leads to more protests in Vietnam - Vietnamese government vows to punish “extremists” who resort to violence AP & Reuters, June 18, 2018 Vietnamese police have arrested eight more people after protests a week ago over a proposed law on special economic zones that protesters fear would fall into the hands of Chinese investors. The men from the south central province of […]
  • Vietnam Authorities Beat, Arrest Demonstrators Protesting Economic Zone Draft Law -   Charred buses sit at a police station compound in Binh Thuan province following clashes over a government proposal on special economic zones, June 12, 2018. RFA, June 18, 2018 Authorities in Vietnam beat and arrested several demonstrators who took part in a peaceful protest in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday against the government’s […]
  • Vietnam: Fears of China-takeover fuel second week of protests - Mass protests have taken place in Ho Chi Minh City against proposed Special Economic Zones. June 10, 2018. Source: Twitter – @ngaphambbc   Asian Correspondent, June 18, 2018   PROTESTS against proposed special economic zones and foreign investment in Vietnam entered their second week on Sunday as thousands demonstrated peacefully in provinces and cities across […]
  • Tồn vong của chế độ phụ thuộc vào Luật An ninh mạng? - Có học vị phó tiến sĩ ngành khoa học lịch sử, tuy nhiên cách hiểu học thuật về luật của người đứng đầu Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam, dường như có gì đó còn rất ư ‘bình dân học vụ’. Ảnh minh họa. Việt Nam Thời báo, ngày 19/6/2018   Báo chí đưa tin sáng […]
  • Biểu tình tiếp tục ở miền Trung và bắt bớ khắp nơi - Đồn cảnh sát phòng cháy chữa cháy thị trấn Phan Rí Cửa bị đốt cháy sau cuộc biểu tình ngày 11/6/2018. RFA, ngày 18/6/2018 Hằng ngàn người dân tại miền trung Việt Nam vào ngày chủ nhật 17 tháng 6 tiếp tục xuống đường biểu tình ôn hòa phản đối kế hoạch của chính phủ […]
  • Khởi nghiệp Việt Nam khó khăn với luật An ninh mạng - Tóm tắt Khoản 2 Điều 26 dự luật an ninh mạng. RFA, ngày 18/6/2018 Nhiều người trẻ khởi nghiệp thành công do nắm bắt được những tiện ích của công cụ mạng xã hội hay những ứng dụng mới của ngành công nghệ- thông tin. Tuy nhiên, Luật An Ninh Mạng vừa được Quốc hội […]
  • Over 100 People Arrested, Tortured in HCM City on Sunday amid Efforts to Halt Public Protest - Defend the Defenders, June 18, 2018   Security forces in Ho Chi Minh City detained more than 100 local residents in a bid to prevent public demonstrations which aim to protest the bill on Special Economic Zones and the approval of the law on Cyber Security. Nguyen Ngoc Lua, a Catholic follower and pro-democracycampaigner, said […]
  • Thousands hold peaceful protests in Vietnam against foreign investment plans - Reuters, June 17, 2018   Thousands of people in central Vietnam demonstrated peacefully on Sunday against government plans to lease new economic zones to foreign investors, witnesses told Reuters, a few days after protesters in a nearby province clashed with police. Protesters fear the leases may be snapped up by investors from powerful neighbor China, […]