Month: May 2009

Australian MP Calls for Internet Freedom in Viet Nam

Wednesday, 27 May 2009 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROOF ADJOURNMENT Vietnam SPEECH Mr SIMPKINS (Cowan) (7.40 pm) On previous occasions I…

Yahoo’s Delicate Dance in Vietnam

May 28, 2009 The portal is expanding in the Asian country but is taking pains to avoid being drawn into…

Peaceful Evolution Angst

May 24, 2009 HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM — The Vietnamese Communist Party, like its fraternal party in China, has…

A Review and Recommendations on US-Vietnam Policy

Congressman Ed Royce’s Asian Pacific Community Advisory Council Community Forum “A Review & Recommendations on US-Vietnam Policy” May 23, 2009…

Nguyen Van Be’s statement re: arbitrary detention in Vietnam

Open Letter 22 May 2009 To the media, To my Vietnamese compatriots, I—Nguyen Van Be—resident of Sydney, Australia, am writing…

Royce Effort on Vietnamese Human Rights Passes Key Committee

May 20, 2009 State Department Authorization Contains Royce Amendment on Religious Freedom Rep. Ed Royce and Rep. Joseph "Anh" Cao…

Vietnam deports Australian for dissent

May 19, 2009 A Vietnamese-born Australian citizen expelled from Vietnam after being accused of terrorism was in fact arrested for…

Hanoi authorities expel Australian Viet Tan member for photographing farmer protest

May 19, 2009 Nguyen Van Be, an Australian citizen and member of Viet Tan, was expelled from Vietnam on May…

Vietnam shuts down Web site in dispute with China

May 18, 2009 HANOI, Vietnam (AP): Vietnam has shut down a Web site it ran jointly with China, officials said…

Cosunam and Viet Tan co-host press conference ahead of UN review of Vietnam’s human rights record

May 5, 2009 Ahead of Vietnam’s date of review of its human rights record on May 8, 2009, leaders of…

10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger

April 30, 2009 CPJ names the worst online oppressors. Booming online cultures in many Asian and Middle Eastern nations have…

Nowhere safe for Vietnamese bloggers

May 4, 2009 A major leap forward for freedom of expression in Vietnam has been the rise of blogs. But…