Eight Members of Congress including Vietnam Caucus chairs Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) wrote a letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
This article was originally published on Loa, a news website and podcast on Vietnamese news by Viet Tan. An edited version is published below as part of a
Richard Finney | January 21, 2020 Authorities in Vietnam froze the bank account of an activist last week after she collected donations for the family
In a shocking series of events, on January 9, Vietnamese authorities mobilised 3000 riot police to raid Hoanh Hamlet, Dong Tam Commune, and kill 84-year-old community leader Le Dinh Kinh. This ruthless and disproportionate use of violence before the Lunar New Year is yet another tactic Vietnamese authorities have used to suppress land rights demands by the people of Dong Tam.
The recent violent land dispute spotlights serious issues that remain to be addressed. Thousands of Vietnamese security police stormed a village on the outskirts of
In coming weeks, the European Parliament is expected to take a binding decision on whether to approve, postpone or reject the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and
Erin Handley | November 25, 2019 The Vietnamese community in Australia rallied at Parliament House on Monday, demanding the Government take a stronger stance on
In a brief trial earlier today, Vietnamese authorities sentenced Tran Van Quyen, Nguyen Van Vien, and Australian national Chau Van Kham to 10 to 12 years in prison on baseless charges of “terrorism”. Today’s arbitrary verdict confirms that legal proceedings in Vietnam are a sham.
Viet Tan condemns the trial to be held on November 11 by Vietnamese authorities against Australian citizen Chau Van Kham, and Nguyen Van Vien and Tran Van Quyen from Vietnam. The Vietnamese authorities have again demonstrated their arbitrary application of the legal system to crackdown on peaceful expression.
Angelique Lu and Erin Handley | November 4, 2019 The lawyer for a Sydney retiree set to face trial in Vietnam for alleged “terrorist activities”
Brussels, November 4, 2019 Dear Members of the European Parliament, We, the undersigned Vietnamese and international civil society organisations, are writing to urge you to
A group of human rights activists and organisations from Southeast Asia are calling to stop the attacks on democracy and media activists, as well as other individuals-at-risk,
