US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012 – Vietnam-EXECUTIVE SUMMARYShare The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an authoritarian state ruled by a single party, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and President Truong Tan Sang. The most recent National Assembly elections, held in May 2011, were neither free nor fair. Security […]
Vietnam, US Far Apart on Human Rights-By CHRIS BRUMMITT and MATTHEW PENNINGTON – Associated Press. HANOI, Vietnam April 19, 2013 (AP) Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies. The women blocked the road leading to the dissident’s house, preventing a U.S. Embassy […]
La liberté d’expression au Vietnam, sous la loupe du Parlement européen-Publié le 14 avril 2013 par jean-paulmarthoz Jeudi prochain lors de sa session plénière mensuelle à Strasbourg, le Parlement européen va aborder en urgence la situation des droits de l’Homme au Vietnam et, en particulier, la liberté d’expression. Une résolution y sera discutée à l’initiative, en effet, de six groupes politiques, de la gauche social-démocrate à la […]
ADDENDUM: Responses of Viet Nam to Recommendations – 2009-Viet Nam welcomes the interest taken by many countries and international organizations in its Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Viet Nam takes note of the constructive comments and recommendations made at the 5th Session of the Human Rights Council Working Group on 8th May 2009 which considered Viet Nam’s report. Having studied and thoroughly considered these […]
European Parliament resolution on Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (2013/2599(RSP))-The European Parliament, – having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Vietnam signed on 27 June 2012 and to the EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue held twice a year between the EU and the government of Vietnam, – having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Vietnam acceded […]
U.S. Embassy Hanoi Statement on 17th U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue-April 17, 2013 – Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Dan Baer, along with an interagency delegation that included a White House representative, participated April 12 in the 17th bilateral human rights dialogue with Vietnam. The dialogue covered a number of areas, including freedom of expression, religious freedom, prisoners of […]
How (Not) to Become a U.S. Ambassador-posted by Greg Rushford – on April 15, 2013 There are two paths that aspiring American ambassadors traditionally take to persuade the president of the United States to nominate them for that honor. First, there is the classic, merit-based path where senior U.S. foreign service officers with distinguished diplomatic backgrounds are quietly-and-carefully vetted in the higher […]
Vietnam: Update – Upcoming appeal trial of eight detained human rights defenders-Posted 2013/4/15 – On 24 April 2013 at 7.30am, the appeal trial of Messrs Ho Duc Hoa, Thai Van Dung, Paulus Le Son, Nguyen Xuan Anh, Tran Minh Nhat, Nguyen Dinh Cuong, Ho Van Oanh and Nguyen Van Duyet will start in Vinh city, in the province of Nghe An on the north central Vietnamese coast. The human rights defenders are part of a larger […]
European Parliament has chance to take on Vietnam-By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator April 15, 2013 12:28 PM ET – On Thursday, April 18, the European Parliament will discuss Vietnam’s human rights in a plenary session. At the top of the agenda will be freedom of expression. Over the weekend, CPJ’s Brussels-based Senior Adviser Jean-Paul Marthoz blogged about the issues the parliament must confront in Le […]
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