Treatment of ailing independent journalist in prison ‘a disgrace to Vietnam’
Independent journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan, who is serving 11 years for “conducting propaganda against the state,” has told his family that he is facing...
Category : Vietnam
Lawyers fear Vietnam’s new licensing rule could have chilling effect
Lawyers across Vietnam are voicing concern over a new government decree regulating the issuance and revocation of law practice licenses, with many taking to social...
Party chief To Lam’s son promoted to top ranks within Vietnam’s police force
To Long, believed to be the only son of Vietnam’s top leader To Lam, has been promoted to a senior position at the Ministry of...
Tax enforcement drive in Vietnam leads to mass closures of shops, small businesses
Images of deserted markets and shuttered shops are circulating across Vietnamese social media – not the result of a pandemic, but as the visible impact...
US resettlement freeze leaves Vietnamese refugee fearing deportation from Thailand
Vietnamese asylum seeker An and his family had one foot in the door to resettlement in the United States — until President Donald Trump issued...
VietJet Air asks government to go after its online critics
Read about this topic in Vietnamese. VietJet Air, Vietnam’s biggest private commercial airline, has asked the mayor of Hanoi to take action against people spreading...
Vietnam communist party budget is the elephant in the room as To Lam cuts costs
Read about this topic in Vietnamese. Since becoming general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam has drawn international attention with his aggressive...
Vietnam to block messaging app Telegram over ‘anti-state’ contents
Updated May 23, 2025, 6:00 p.m. ET Vietnam’s government has instructed telecommunications companies to block the Telegram messaging app after the Ministry of Public Security...
215 Vietnamese still stuck in squalid border camp after leaving Myanmar scam center
Read reporting on this topic in Vietnamese here. Many weeks after they were rescued from scam centers inside Myanmar, more than 200 Vietnamese workers are...
Thailand, Vietnam raise relations to the highest level
BANGKOK – Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to raise political and economic relations to the highest level, a comprehensive strategic partnership, the two countries’ prime...
