The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP Minister for Foreign Affairs PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 19 May 2011 Dear Minister
May 21, 2011 HANOI: Seven rights campaigners are due to stand trial in Vietnam accused of attempting to overthrow the communist government, political opposition group
May 19, 2011 By Bridget O’Flaherty While international attention has been focused on China’s crackdown on activists, Vietnam has also been tightening the noose around
May 17, 2011 Allow Access for Independent Journalists, Diplomats, Observers Hmong villagers at a market in Vietnam’s northwest highlands. © 2007 Reuters (New York) –
May 13, 2011 Head of state : Nguyen Minh Triet Head of government : Nguyen Tan Dung Death penalty : retentionist Population : 89 million
URGENT ACTION May 10, 2011 The lawyer and family of popular Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Hoang Hai, also known as Dieu Cay, have not been allowed
Predator of press freedom: Nguyen Phu Trong, Communist Party general secretary, Vietnam May 3, 2011 Nguyen Phu Trong The Vietnamese Communist Party congress that was
May 5, 2011 By Ian Timberlake HANOI — Vietnamese soldiers clashed with ethnic Hmong after thousands staged a rare protest in a remote mountain area
May 2, 2011 HANOI — An underground Vietnamese publisher has been arrested after receiving an overseas award honouring his courage and contribution to freedom of
Bangkok, April 29, 2011—Vietnamese authorities should release democracy activist and online commentator Vi Duc Hoi, who was given a five-year prison term Tuesday for critical
April 26, 2011 Pro-democracy activist Vi Duc Hoi’s eight-year jail sentence has been reduced to five years on appeal but is still extremely harsh, Reporters
April 26, 2011 HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese appeals court on Tuesday reduced the jail sentence given to a former Communist Party official turned democracy
