Birth date: 1981
Activity: Labor organizer
Date of arrest: February 24, 2010
Sentence: Sentenced to 9 years imprisonment on October 27, 2010
Charge: Disrupting security and order against the people’s administration (Article 89)
Current location: Unknown
Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung is a member of the pro-democracy Bloc 8406 and an activist for worker and farmer rights. He was arrested after distributing leaflets calling for a strike by 10,000 workers at the My Phong shoe factory in Tra Vinh province.
Y Quynh Bdap, who had United Nations refugee status in Thailand, was picked up by local police on Tuesday, the day after he had met with Canadian Embassy officials as he pursued asylum there, according to the Peace Rights Foundation, a Thai organization that had been in contact with him.
On the eve of Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Viet Tan and nine international organizations held a conference to shed light on the human rights situation in Vietnam.
In Geneva on May 2-3, 2024, a delegation of civil society groups—including members from Viet Tan, Committee Swiss Vietnam (COSUNAM), Freedom House and Hmong Human Rights Coalition—met with officials of the United Nations to advocate for human rights in Vietnam.
The head of Vietnam’s Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue — who was believed to be a leading contender for Vietnam’s top office — has resigned amid a corruption investigation into a real estate firm. Some activists say a power struggle within the Communist Party is the underlying cause of Hue’s downfall.
