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  • Vietnam Police Minister to Visit U.S. Despite Increasing Political Crackdown - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 09, 2015 Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang will visit the U.S. soon although the communist government has intensified political crackdown against local dissent and outspoken bloggers, according to Reuters. However, Reuters has not specified the timetable for the visit of General Quang, who oversees a police […]
  • Vietnam consults on issues to be discussed by IPU committee - Vietnamnet | Mar 08, 2015 A seminar was held on March 6 to seek consultation on issues to be tabled for discussion by the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights’ (SCDHR) at the 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132), to be held in Hanoi between March 28 and April 1. Recommendations from government […]
  • Vietnam attends UN debate on human rights, climate change - Vietnamplus | Mar 07, 2015 Vietnam always places her people in the cornerstone of every policy related to climate change, especially the national climate change response strategy, a Vietnamese representative addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s session on climate change and human rights in Geneva, Switzerland on March 6. Vietnam is coping with numerous […]
  • Apartment of Well-known Activist Attacked after House Arrest Expires - By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 07, 2015 (Defend the Defenders) The private apartment of Nguyen Van Dai, an well-known human rights activist in Hanoi, was attacked on Mar 6, on the same day his four-year house arrest expired, according to his facebook account. Lawyer Dai, who was served his four-year imprisonment between 2007 and […]
  • Vietnam consults on human rights, democracy issues ahead of IPU-132 -   Tuoitrenews | Mar 07, 2015 The Content Subcommittee of the 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union that will take place in Vietnam from  March 28 and April 1 held a seminar in Hanoi on Friday to seek consultation on issues to be discussed by the IPU’s Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights (SCDHR). […]
  • Statement of Vietnam: Dr. Pham Quoc Tru, Ambassador at the Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on Human Rights - Therefore, we regret that the High Commissioner, possibly based on unreliable and unverifiable information, has made negative comments in his presentation at the Council today on some questions related to Vietnam. While there is room for further improvement, our pledges and achievements on human rights have been recognised and encouraged by the international community. Nevertheless, […]
  • Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Annual report 2015 - OHCHR | Mar 03, 2015 Opening Statement, Item 2, High Commissioner’s Annual Report Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, It is an honour to present to you the work of my Office over the course of 2014. The Annual Report that has been made available gives an overview of OHCHR’s efforts to translate human rights […]
  • Cambodia: End refoulement of Montagnard asylum seekers - Amnesty International | Mar 04, 2015, Index number: ASA 23/1126/2015 Following Cambodia’s recent forced return of at least 45 indigenous minority Montagnards to Viet Nam, Amnesty International calls on the Cambodian authorities to immediately refrain from further violations of the principle of non-refoulement. The organization calls also on the government of Viet Nam to refrain […]
  • Vietnam supports increased UNHRC cooperation - VOV | Mar 04, 2015 Vietnam supports dialogue and cooperation between countries to promote the principles of international law and unanimity and restrict confrontation and imposition at the United Nations Human Rights Council  (UNHRC). Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong Vietnam delegation head made the statement at the 28th UNHRC session in Geneva. Cuong highlighted the […]
  • Power shifts in Vietnam’s political system - By Le Hong Hiep, ISEAS Eastasiaforum | Mar 05, 2015 In recent years the power of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has increased dramatically. If this trend continues, it may bear important implications for Vietnam’s political outlook. The Central Committee’s increasing power became evident in October 2012, when the Committee […]