Vietnam Police Investigate Driver Running Bulldozer over Farmer in Hai Duong-By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jul 14, 2015 Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Hai Duong have launched an investigation into the driver who ran his bulldozer over a farmer on July 10 in a land dispute case in Cam Giang district. Speaking to the Thanh Nien newspaper on July 13, Colonel Bui Nhu Luyen, head of Cam Giang […]
8 Developments in US-Vietnam Relations Show Emerging Partnership-The Diplomat | Jul 13, 2015 Various analysts and commentators have erred in their analysis of the recent visit to Washington by the secretary-general of the Vietnam Communist Party (VCP), Nguyen Phu Trong, by placing too much emphasis on the lack of a break through in defense relations. Trong’s visit was not a tipping point […]
Letter from Eight Vietnamese Democracy and Human Rights Organizations-July 11, 2015 The Honorable Ted Osius US Ambassador to Vietnam Dear Ambassador Osius: We would like to thank you for coming to Southern California and meeting with our organizations. We believe that the time has come for political change in Vietnam and the U.S. should stand with the activists on the ground in Vietnam […]
Public Securities cadres violated Tran Thi Nga’s Human Rights of Travel-Trần Thị Nga | 13-07-2015 I am Tran Thi Nga, born 1977, living at Group 8, Hai Ba Trung District, Phu Ly City, Ha Nam Province. On June 23, 2015, I came to the Ha Nam Province Public Securities Office of Entry-Exit Management to renew my passport. A cadre, named Nguyen Thi Hanh, received my […]
Vietnam Security Forces Block Activist from Foreign Meeting of RSF-By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 12, 2015 Vietnam’s security forces in Hanoi on Sunday [July 12] barred a local human rights campaigner from taking an international flight to attend a foreign meeting organized by the Reporters Without Borders or Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF.) Hanoi-based blogger Vu Quoc Ngu, who is well-known with numerous English reports […]
Limits of US-Vietnam Relations Revealed in Communist Party Leader Visit-The Diplomat | Jul 10, 2015 Was Vietnam’s de facto supreme leader Nguyen Phu Trong’s diplomatic tour of Washington, including a White House meeting with President Barack Obama, as monumental as reported? News headlines almost universally heralded Trong’s visit, the first ever by a Communist Party chief to the United States, as a historic milestone […]
Vietnam land protester `critical` after being crushed by bulldozer-zeenews | Jul 10, 2015 Hanoi: A woman was in critical condition after being run over by a bulldozer on Friday during a protest over land compensation in northern Vietnam that turned violent, state media said. Dramatic footage uploaded to YouTube showed the woman`s torso trapped under the bulldozer`s tracks at the protest at an […]
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