Month: September 2009

Vietnam teeters towards a currency crisis

Asia Times Online September 21, 2009 The Vietnamese currency, the dong, could face a significant devaluation given worsening macroeconomic conditions…

Eight Vietnam dissidents to be tried next week: relatives

HANOI, Sept 18, 2009 (AFP) - Eight Vietnamese dissidents, who allegedly hung banners on bridges and called for political pluralism,…

Australian MP demands an immediate release of all political prisoners in Vietnam

14th September 2009 Mr Nguyen Minh Triet c/o Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 6 Timbarra Cresent O’MALLEY ACT…

Rep. Loretta Sanchez Calls for Meaningful Internet Freedom in Vietnam

September 15, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) today criticized the Government of Vietnam for forcing imprisoned Vietnamese…

Father Ly Faces Acute Illness in Communist Prison

August 28, 2009 On Aug. 24, 2009, Father Nguyen Van Ly’s sister, accompanied by her son, made a visit to…

Show Trial Set for Six Vietnamese Democracy Activists

September 16, 2009 A group of Vietnamese activists will be brought to trial on September 24, 2009 in Haiphong according…

New Vietnam law shuts down independent think tank

September 15, 2009 Hanoi - Vietnam’s only independent domestic economic think tank has closed because of a new regulation limiting…

Chinese shadow over Vietnamese repression

Asia Times Online September 12, 2009 A crackdown on anti-China sentiment in Vietnam signals factional politicking inside the ruling Communist…

Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (pen name Mother Mushroom)

Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 30 years old, was arrested at midnight on September 2, 2009 in her home in Nha…

A crackdown on online patriotism

Sep 10th 2009 | HANOI IN A country as fiercely patriotic as Vietnam, you would expect the government to cheer…