What You Need to Know About Vietnam’s Human Rights Record-BY FRANK JANNUZI Amnesty International USA July 25, 2013 at 12:13 PM President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam visited the United States this week to meet with President Obama. At lunch Wednesday with Secretary of State John Kerry, he expressed his desire that Hanoi and Washington deepen their economic and security ties.
Remarks by President Obama and President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam after Bilateral Meeting-(Video with Vietnamese interpretation – Video có phần dịch Tiếng Việt) The White House | 25 July 2013 | PRESIDENT OBAMA: It is my pleasure to welcome President Truong Tan Sang to the White House and to the Oval Office for his first bilateral meeting with me. This represents the steady progression and strengthening of […]
Obama must urge free press during meeting with Vietnam-Committee to Protect Journalists July 24, 2013 His Excellency Barack Obama President of the United States of America White House Via facsimile: +1 202-456-2461 Dear President Obama: We are writing to express our concern about the deteriorating press and Internet freedom situation in Vietnam ahead of your Thursday meeting with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.
CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR RELEASE OF 35 BLOGGERS JAILED IN VIETNAM-RSF | 24 July 2013 | Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang, who is to meet with US President Barack Obama tomorrow, heads a country that is second only to China in the number of bloggers and netizens it is currently detaining – 35. Serving long sentences of up to 13 years in prison on trumped-up charges, […]
Harmonious encounter: U.S.-Vietnam differences likely to be downplayed in presidential visit-Simon Roughneen The Edge Review 19 July 2013 When Vietnam hosted the East Asia Summit in 2010, the keynote press conference was a joint appearance by then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem. In a small side room of the cavernous Hanoi National Convention Centre,
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