Open Letter for Liberty, Democracy and Territorial Integrity

(Do Hoang Diem) The ruling regime in Vietnam today reaffirmed its anti-democratic and un-patriotic nature with the harsh convictions of writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy and Mr. Do Ba Tan. The entire legal proceedings were staged to persecute these Vietnamese patriots.

Vietnam convicts pro-democracy novelist of assault

(DPA) February 5, 2010 Hanoi - A Hanoi court convicted a pro-democracy writer and her husband of (...)

Australian MP Luke Simpkins Addresses Human Rights in Vietnam

(Luke Simpkins) On 29 January 2010, Vietnamese freelance journalist Pham Thanh Nghien was jailed for three (...)

Trial documents against Tran Khai Thanh Thuy

(Viet Tan) Novelist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was arrested on October 8, 2009 after attending the trials of (...)

Vietnam: Expanding Campaign to Silence Dissent

(Human Rights Watch) - February 4, 2010 (New York) - The Vietnamese government should immediately drop all charges and free the prominent writer and democracy activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, Human Rights Watch said today. She is to be put on trial February 5, 2010, on assault charges after thugs attacked and beat her (...)

Vietnam: Where democracy is deemed subversion

(Viet Tan) - January 20, 2010 Four democracy activists were sentenced to long prison terms in another closed trial in Vietnam. If the Hanoi regime had popular support, it would not fear citizens who discuss and advocate for political reforms. The convictions of Le Cong Dinh, Nguyen Tien Trung, Tran Huynh (...)

Congressional Briefing on Internet Freedom in Vietnam

(Duy Hoang) - While the Vietnamese Communist Party maintains a monopoly on newspapers, TV and radio, millions of Vietnamese have gone online to access independent sources of information. An increasing number of Vietnamese are operating their own blogs, documenting social events through YouTube, and debating (...)

Crony Commies

(Greg Rushford) - January 25, 2010 Until the security police knocked on their doors last year, Le Cong Dinh, Le Thang Long, and Tran Huynh Duy Thuc represented the best-and-brightest of Vietnam’s emerging new professional generation. Dinh, 41, an American-educated lawyer, had moved in elite Vietnamese corporate (...)

Digital Activism : A Tool for Change in Vietnam

Using the internet and social media, activists in Iran, Moldova and around the world are challenging authoritarian regimes and realizing social change. In Vietnam, a blogger movement is sparking public debate and mobilizing civic participation. How can we contribute to achieving social justice (...)