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Adam Boutzan provides Viet Tan a backhanded compliment by linking us to a purported Vietnamese government intelligence report about US peaceful evolution plots. (8/06/2012)
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For popular Western internet companies with large user bases in Vietnam, new online regulations could seriously test business practices and corporate consciences. Driven by worries of an Arab spring, the communist government in Hanoi is planning to introduce rules in June requiring Google, (...) (25/04/2012)
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Crony capitalism went on trial in Vietnam last week. However, the proceedings did little to quell public skepticism or address the underlying causes of a spectacular economic and political failure. (5/04/2012)
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February 3, 2011
The Mubarak government this week pulled the plug on Egypt’s internet connections to the outside world in a desperate effort to stop popular opposition from boiling over. While the role of social media in catalyzing civic resistance is widely debated, most would agree that (...) (4/02/2011)
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October 22, 2010
This article was originally posted on Global Voices Advocacy.
Two and a half years ago, in April 2008, police in Vietnam arrested Nguyen Van Hai and detained him secretly for several weeks. Mr. Hai, now 58-years old, blogged under the nickname Dieu Cay which means “the peasant’s (...) (22/10/2010)
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The Wall Street Journal
July 20, 2010,
By Duy Hoang
Hillary Clinton can use her visit to Hanoi this week to press for freedom.
When U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Hanoi on July 22 for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Regional Forum, she will step into a dynamic (...) (21/07/2010)
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Digital Activism in Vietnam
By Duy Hoang, spokesman of Viet Tan
Geneva Summit on Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy
March 8-9, 2010
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It is a pleasure to attend the Geneva Summit with so many dedicated human rights and democracy activists from around the world. I would like to share with (...) (9/03/2010)
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Wall Street Journal
February 11, 2010
Economic unease is only part of a deeper crisis of legitimacy facing Vietnam’s Communist Party.
The Vietnamese Communist Party is again in a pickle. Its economic management is on trial in the court of public opinion—and losing, as evidenced by a steadily (...) (12/02/2010)
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While the Vietnamese Communist Party maintains a monopoly on newspapers, TV and radio, millions of Vietnamese have gone online to access independent sources of information. An increasing number of Vietnamese are operating their own blogs, documenting social events through YouTube, and debating (...) (16/10/2009)
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Asia Times Online
September 21, 2009
The Vietnamese currency, the dong, could face a significant devaluation given worsening macroeconomic conditions and deteriorating financial fundamentals. Vietnam has traditionally run large fiscal and trade deficits financed by foreign inflows, but there (...) (21/09/2009)