January 14, 2011 HANOI — Vietnam will tighten state control of bloggers and other media with new regulations that enhance its already extensive powers to
January 11, 2011. Reporters without Borders calls on the Vietnamese authorities to exercise clemency and free journalists and bloggers who have been jailed for the
January 10, 2011 Vietnam’s Communist Party on Monday ruled out abandoning the one-party state, as it gears up for a key five-yearly congress this week.
January 7, 2011 Illustrating the relationship between rights abuses at home and diplomacy abroad. Vietnam’s government is attracting unwelcome attention after a security officer manhandled
January 6, 2011 HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The U.S. government has strongly protested to Vietnam over the treatment of an American diplomat, the ambassador said
December 25, 2010 HANOI—State-owned shipbuilder Vinashin’s default on a $600 million loan late last week is just the latest crisis challenging Communist-run Vietnam’s ability to
Birth date/Age: September 16, 1983 Activity: Blogger Date of arrest: July 7, 2009 Sentence: Sentenced to 7 years imprisonment followed by 3 years house arrest
Birth date: October 10, 1953 Activity: Farmer, land rights activist Date of arrest: July 20, 2010 Sentence: Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment followed by 3
Birth date: 1981 Activity: Labor organizer Date of arrest: February 24, 2010 Sentence: Sentenced to 9 years imprisonment on October 27, 2010 Charge: Disrupting security
Birth date: 1967 Activity: Businessman Date of arrest: June 4, 2009 Sentence: Sentenced to 5 years imprisonment (later reduced to 3.5 years) followed by 3
Birth date: October 1, 1968 Activity: Attorney Date of arrest: June 13, 2009 Sentence: Sentenced to 5 years imprisonment followed by 3 years house arrest
Birth date: June 17, 1958 Activity: Pastor in the Mennonite Church, land rights activist Date of arrest: August 16, 2010 Sentence: Sentenced to 6 years
