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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,

EU should review Vietnam ties due to rights abuses: MEPs

23 October 2008, 00:45 CET http://www.eubusiness.com:80/news-eu/1224700321.35 (STRASBOURG) – The European Union must reassess its cooperation with Vietnam and insist that Hanoi end its “systematic violation

International PEN’s Resolution on Viet Nam

Resolution on Viet Nam submitted by the Suisse Romand Centre and seconded by the Swiss Italien and Reto-romansh Centre. The Assembly of Delegates of International

Viet Nam: Sentenced journalist should be released

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 16 October 2008 AI Index No: ASA 41/006/2008 Viet Nam: Sentenced journalist should be released Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Viet Chien was