Month: December 2009

Facebookers blame Vietnam for blocking site

By Giang Nguyen, CNN December 30, 2009 (CNN) — An American friend studying in Vietnam was the first to tell…

French & German television Arte report about dissident Tran Anh Kim’s sentence

Arte Info - 28.12.2009 - Répression contre les dissidents vietnamiens from Viet Tan Media on Vimeo. Jürgen Biehle : In…

Vietnam Sentences Dissident to Prison

December 28, 2009 BANGKOK — In the first of a series of trials of dissidents in Vietnam, a court on…

Letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung regarding the arrest and jailing of writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy

December 23, 2009 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung c/o Embassy of Vietnam 1233 20tb Street NW #400 Washington, DC 20036…

Vietnam is no longer friends with Facebook

December 21, 2009 Hanoi - Vietnam is a social networking paradise, a giant village of 86 million people where everyone…

U.S. Defense Ties With Vietnam Deepen, But Critics of Hanoi Worry

December 16, 2009 By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor (CNSNews.com) – A low-key visit to Washington by Vietnam’s defense minister Tuesday…

Vietnam – Human Rights Defender Ms Pham Thanh Nghien in prison for over one year after attempting to stage a peaceful protest

December 11, 2009 Human rights defender Ms Pham Thanh Nghien has been held in prison since she was arrested on…

Viet Nam: Time to release ill Catholic priest and prisoner of conscience

PUBLIC STATEMENT 11 December 2009 AI Index: ASA 41/010/2009 Amnesty International is dismayed to learn that the authorities in Viet…

Letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon from Chris Charlton, MP, regarding Vietnamese prisoners

December 2, 2009 Lawrence Cannon Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa,ON K1AOA6 Dear Minister, Last week, I had…

Vietnam mining project sparks protests

December 11, 2009 A massive mining project in central Vietnam has created one of the biggest civil protest movements the…

The Nationals’ Branch begins campaign for democracy in Vietnam

The Queanbeyan-Jerrabomberra branch of the NSW Nationals has supported a resolution expressing concern about human rights violations in the Socialist…

Vietnam’s restrictions threaten progress: donors

December 3, 2009 HANOI — Vietnam’s restrictions on journalists, the Internet, and associations threaten the country’s progress, Western donors told…