Vietnam Today

Activist Released for Health Condition

But the Vietnamese pro-democracy activist has to be available whenever authorities want to question him. March 1, 2011 Vietnamese authorities have released a prominent political

Protest fever reaches Vietnam

Calls for political reform have not been confined to the Arab world. Al Jazeera has obtained rare footage of a demonstration in Vietnam – a

Vietnam: New Decree Punishes Press

February 23, 2011 Reporters Required to Publish News Sources (New York) – The Vietnamese government’s new media decree, which fines journalists for vague infractions and

Viet Nam Activist Prison Sentence Condemned

January 26, 2011 Amnesty International has condemned the eight-year prison sentence handed down to a Vietnamese pro-democracy activist and former Communist Party official for posting

Watchdog warns of Vietnam media clampdown

January 14, 2011 HANOI — Vietnam will tighten state control of bloggers and other media with new regulations that enhance its already extensive powers to