June 12, 2013 Vietnamese officials pass parliamentary vote of confidence (Credit: ABC) Vietnam’s National Assembly has dealt prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung a blow in
June 10, 2013 Two activists calling for democratic reform in Vietnam on Monday joined a hunger strike by jailed prominent dissident Cu Huy Ha Vu
May 23, 2013 A Vietnamese court on Thursday reduced the jail sentences of four activists convicted on charges of plotting to overthrow the government but
May 16, 2013 HANOI, Vietnam — A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google’s dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms
May 7, 2013 (Transcript from World News Australia Radio) As the Vietnamese government continues a crackdown on dissent, it is facing a new challenge from
By Joshua Lipes April 17, 2013 At least eight of 14 Vietnamese activists jailed in January on charges of plotting to overthrow the government have
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
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
