GENERAL

  • Jailed Vietnamese writer honored with international award - An international pressure group representing writers, artists and journalists is presenting its top award to Vietnamese author, journalist and dissident Pham Doan Trang. PEN America said Thursday Trang would receive the 2024 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on May 16 at a ceremony in New York. The annual award is given to writers jailed for their […]
  • Khmer Krom group petitions for Vietnam to be removed from UN body - A group representing Vietnam’s Khmer Krom indigenous people has sent a petition to the United Nations Secretary General requesting the suspension of Vietnam’s membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, and calling for the release of imprisoned activists. The Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, or KKF, posted an open letter on the website change.org on April 4 […]
  • City bar association cancels membership of Vietnamese activist lawyers - The Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association has removed the names of lawyers Dang Dinh Manh and Nguyen Van Mieng from its list of members, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper. The two had not paid membership fees for many years, the paper said in its Wednesday edition, adding that the decision […]
  • Coalition urges Apple to call out Vietnam’s persecution of climate activists - Tech giant Apple Inc. has a duty to call out Vietnam’s targeting of climate activists in line with its own policies after making the southeast Asian nation its primary manufacturing hub outside of China, a group of 61 environmental and human rights organizations said in an open letter on Thursday. Apple must publicly condemn Hanoi’s […]
  • Pham Doan Trang, imprisoned Vietnamese writer and dissident, to receive PEN America’s Freedom to Write Award at NYC Gala May 16 - PEN America announced today that Vietnamese author, journalist and dissident Pham Doan Trang will receive the 2024 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on May 16 at the organization’s annual literary gala. The PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award is given each year to a jailed writer of conscience. Last year’s conferral of the award to imprisoned Iranian human rights activist […]
  • PEN America công bố giải thưởng tự do viết cho Nhà báo Phạm Đoan Trang - Tổ chức phi chính phủ PEN America tại Mỹ hôm 11/4 thông báo sẽ trao giải thưởng về tự do viết năm 2024 cho nhà báo Phạm Đoan Trang – người đang phải thụ án tù chín năm tại Việt Nam với cáo buộc tội “Tuyên truyền chống Nhà nước”. Giải thưởng Tự do Viết […]
  • Coalition urges Apple to call out Vietnam’s persecution of climate activists - Tech giant Apple Inc. has a duty to call out Vietnam’s targeting of climate activists in line with its own policies after making the southeast Asian nation its primary manufacturing hub outside of China, a group of 61 environmental and human rights organizations said in an open letter on Thursday. Apple must publicly condemn Hanoi’s […]
  • Apple bị thúc ép phải phản đối Việt Nam bắt giữ các nhà hoạt động môi trường - Hơn 60 tổ chức nhân quyền quốc tế thúc giục công ty Apple phải có hành động đối với việc Chính phủ Việt Nam đàn áp một cách có hệ thống đối với giới hoạt động chống biến đổi khí hậu và bảo vệ môi trường, cho rằng họ nên cân nhắc vì Việt Nam […]
  • Apple Urged to Address Climate Justice Concerns in Vietnam by 61 Organizations Worldwide - April 11, 2024Dear Apple Leadership Team and Board of Directors,We are writing with an urgent request regarding climate justice in Vietnam, which directlyimpacts Apple and your manufacturing operations in the country. Since Vietnam is now Apple’smost important production hub outside of China and you have committed to human rights and“equity and justice in climate solutions,” […]
  • Khả năng Bộ Công an Việt Nam mua vũ khí của Mỹ và những lo ngại - Trong một bài báo đăng trên tờ Diplomat gần, tác giả Vũ Xuân Khang cho rằng Hoa Kỳ nên xuất khẩu vũ khí và thiết bị an ninh cho Bộ Công an (BCA) Việt Nam, tuy nhiên, một số học giả và nhà quan sát khuyến nghị Washington chỉ nên xuất khẩu một cách có chọn lọc […]