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HANOI (AFP) — The Vatican has asked Vietnamese Catholics to end mass prayer vigils for the return of seized church land, with the communist government

Friday, February 1, 2008 HANOI — A court in communist Vietnam freed a writer and pro-democracy activist from prison Thursday, partially on medical grounds due

Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the release from prison of journalist and dissident Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, after nine months and eight days in prison.

2007 was characterized by the harshest crackdown on peaceful dissent in 20 years. The government, emboldened by international recognition after joining the World Trade Organization

January 27, 2008 More than three thousands Catholics gathered in the garden of the apostolic delegation’s office to hold a prayer protest at 5pm on

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced today that he has reintroduced legislation which aims to promote free expression and a

Peace and Freedom January 13, 2008 In the endless, general discussions of international diplomacy, sometimes, it seems, absolutely nothing is accomplished. For that reason, we

January 11, 2008 President Nguyen Minh Triet Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State 1 Bach Thao Hanoi, Vietnam Via facsimile: +84 4 823-1872

December 20, 2007 Hanoi – For two weekends in a row, hundreds of young people have marched and chanted in the streets of Hanoi and

HANOI (AFP) — Anti-China protesters Sunday rallied in Vietnam over disputed islands but were kept away by police from Bejing’s diplomatic missions after a protest

December 15, 2007 They urged the Vietnamese government to stand up for their people Chua Ngo burns a flag and an image of Ho Chi