(Viet Tan) September 1, 2010
Viet Tan applauds the leadership of Representatives Loretta Sanchez, Zoe Lofgren, Ed Royce and Judy Chu for sponsoring H. Res 1515 and encourages all U.S. Members of Congress to lend their support for three prominent women democracy activists in Vietnam.
H. Res 1515 calls on the government of Vietnam to uphold and respect basic human rights by releasing three women (...)
Viettan.org under hacker attacked
Dear readers, On September 1, 2010, we experienced a hacker attack. During this time, as we (...)
(The Economist) How the threats to the internet’s openness can be averted September 2, 2010 WHEN George W. (...)
Vietnam Removes Another Vinashin Chief
(The Wall Street Journal) September 1, 2010 Vietnam’s government has removed the recently appointed top manager of (...)
(Phan Kien Quoc) -
A conference hosted by Front Line Defenders (FLD), the Dublin Platform is a gathering of human rights defenders to share experiences and come up with new and more effective strategies to continue their work without the risk of harrassment, intimidation or arrest. FLD works to promote (...)
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August 17, 2010
According to family sources, Pham Minh Hoang, a lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic Institute, was arrested by Vietnamese security police on August 13, 2010.
In a statement by his wife, Pham Minh Hoang is described as an academic interested in developing Vietnam’s (...)
(Duy Hoang) -
The Wall Street Journal
July 20, 2010,
By Duy Hoang
Hillary Clinton can use her visit to Hanoi this week to press for freedom.
When U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Hanoi on July 22 for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Regional Forum, she will step into a dynamic (...)
(Roger Mitton) -
August 23, 2010
LET’s take the really bad news first, because not only did it stink, but the Western governments that would normally lambast this kind of thing held their noses and moved on.
Last Tuesday, at the 65th anniversary of Vietnam’s public security forces, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan (...)
(The Economist) -
Yesterday in Hanoi Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state, chided her hosts on failing to keep the internet open and free. Vietnam has blocked Facebook since November of 2009. (In that year, the site had grown from 40 thousand users in Vietnam to 1m.) Around the same time, someone (...)