February 13, 2013 HANOI: From growing numbers of people with depression to families bankrupted by stock market investments, many are suffering in Vietnam’s slow-burn economic
February 11, 2013 by Simon Roughneen PENANG — “Reactionary group leader sentenced to life in jail” ran the headlines in Vietnam’s government-linked press earlier this
February 8, 2013 The freeing of Nguyen Quoc Quan after nine months in a Vietnamese jail did not attract a great deal of attention in
February 6, 2013 A prominent Vietnamese blogger’s critical note to the authorities finds its way out of prison. In a petition that has been smuggled
February 6, 2013 The democracy activist had served three years of his five-year sentence for subversion. Vietnam on Wednesday freed a U.S.-trained human rights lawyer
02/02/2013 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2 Hoang Van Thu Hanoi, Vietnam. Dear Prime Minister, I am writing this letter to
An activist’s release shows pressure from Washington works. January 31, 2013 Hanoi rarely delivers good news on human rights, which makes the release this week
Quan Quoc Nguyen stepped into the arms of family and others at LAX after being held for nine months. By Roxana Kopetman January 30, 2013
February 1, 2013 By Stephen Magagnini (smagagnini@sacbee.com) Nguyen Quoc Quan is happy to taste freedom after nine months in a Vietnamese prison. But the pro-democracy
January 30, 2013 An American democracy activist accused of trying to overthrow the Vietnamese government returned home to Southern California on Wednesday night, more than
January 23, 2013 By Simon Rougheen Fourteen Catholic writers and political-reform activists were sentenced to prison terms of three to 13 years. The Jan. 13
January 26, 2013 A scandal-ridden party lashes out at dissent and tries to tackle corruption EARLIER this month Vietnam’s courts handed out long jail sentences
