Watchdog warns of Vietnam media clampdown
January 14, 2011 HANOI — Vietnam will tighten state control of bloggers and other media with new regulations that enhance…
January 14, 2011
Month: January 2011
Appeal timed to coincide with party congress
January 11, 2011. Reporters without Borders calls on the Vietnamese authorities to exercise clemency and free journalists and bloggers who…
January 11, 2011
Vietnam’s communists vow to keep one-party rule
January 10, 2011 Vietnam’s Communist Party on Monday ruled out abandoning the one-party state, as it gears up for a…
January 10, 2011
Vietnam Plays Rough
January 7, 2011 Illustrating the relationship between rights abuses at home and diplomacy abroad. Vietnam’s government is attracting unwelcome attention…
January 7, 2011
US protests over treatment of diplomat in Vietnam
January 6, 2011 HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The U.S. government has strongly protested to Vietnam over the treatment of an…
January 6, 2011
Behind Firm’s Default: Vietnam’s Growth Mania
December 25, 2010 HANOI—State-owned shipbuilder Vinashin’s default on a $600 million loan late last week is just the latest crisis…
January 4, 2011
Nguyen Tien Trung
Birth date/Age: September 16, 1983 Activity: Blogger Date of arrest: July 7, 2009 Sentence: Sentenced to 7 years imprisonment followed…
January 1, 2011
Nguyen Thanh Tam
Birth date: October 10, 1953 Activity: Farmer, land rights activist Date of arrest: July 20, 2010 Sentence: Sentenced to 2…
January 1, 2011
Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung
Birth date: 1981 Activity: Labor organizer Date of arrest: February 24, 2010 Sentence: Sentenced to 9 years imprisonment on October…
January 1, 2011
Le Thang Long
Birth date: 1967 Activity: Businessman Date of arrest: June 4, 2009 Sentence: Sentenced to 5 years imprisonment (later reduced to…
January 1, 2011
Le Cong Dinh
Birth date: October 1, 1968 Activity: Attorney Date of arrest: June 13, 2009 Sentence: Sentenced to 5 years imprisonment followed…
January 1, 2011
Duong Kim Khai
Birth date: June 17, 1958 Activity: Pastor in the Mennonite Church, land rights activist Date of arrest: August 16, 2010…
January 1, 2011