Commentary

Vietnam: Bringing Facebook back

February 3, 2011 The Mubarak government this week pulled the plug on Egypt’s internet connections to the outside world in a desperate effort to stop

Vietnam as Tunisia in waiting

Successful rebellions are inherently unpredictable. The middle-class revolt that recently toppled the Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali regime in Tunisia can only be explained in retrospect;

Thank you letter from Viet Tan Chairman

December 10, 2010 Ladies and gentlemen, Since 2007, the Vietnamese communist authorities have increasingly suppressed the peaceful voices of democracy activists and patriotic citizens. The

A Journey to Vietnam

October 11, 2010 The trip Geneva-Zurich: twelve hours on board the enormous A380 Airbus almost gives the impression of not being in the air. And