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Vietnam To Police Blogs With Random Checks

December 10, 2008 BANGKOK—Vietnamese authorities plan to police the content of dissident blogs through random checks and self-policing by the country’s blogging community, a senior

Letter to Vietnamese PM on Human Rights Day

December 10, 2008 His Excellency Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung c/o Embassy of Vietnam 1233 20th Street, NW #400 Washington, DC 20036 Dear Prime Minister

Vietnam halts election project

November 15, 2008 HANOI – COMMUNIST Vietnam’s legislature on Saturday put the brakes on a trial plan to allow direct local elections next year, in

The Church in Vietnam Isn’t Afraid

October 28, 2008 Because it sees the Catholic Church as a place of the freedom desired by all, the Regime in Vietnam is oppressing it.

Democracy in Vietnam Takes Step Back

17 November 2008 Vietnamese watched the U.S. elections on November 4 with fascination and enthusiasm. But their attitudes toward introducing more democracy in Vietnam are

A ticking time bomb in Vietnam

November 13, 2008 FLOOD control in Vietnam needs urgent attention. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG Last week, the party secretary of Hanoi city, Mr Pham Quang Nghi, apologised

Vietnam Communists fire critical journalists

October 29, 2008 Hanoi – Vietnamese Communist Party authorities are to fire two editors at a national newspaper that published articles critical of thegovernment’s policy,