September 2009

Nguyen Van Tuc

Birth date: 1964 Activity: Farmer, poet Date of arrest: September 10, 2008 Sentence: Sentenced to 4 years imprisonment followed by 3 years house arrest on

Viet Nam should release peaceful critics

PUBLIC STATEMENT 24 September 2009 Today, at least seven peaceful critics of government policies are awaiting trial in Viet Nam. They face charges for posting

Hanoi Postpones An Inconvenient Trial

September 22, 2009 According to family sources, six Vietnamese democracy activists will not be tried as scheduled on September 24, 2009 in the northern city

An Inconvenient Man

by Greg Rushford posted on September 21, 2009 Vietnam attracted an impressive $8 billion in foreign direct investments last year, according to a report that

Vietnamese Prime Minister’s Decision 97

A new decree, called Decision 97, from the prime minister came into effect on September 15, 2009 limiting scientific and technical research to 317 specifically