China will face severe consequences and major disadvantage if unilaterally and illegally announces an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East Sea (South China Sea), according to Tran Cong Truc, a former head of the Vietnamese Government Border Committee.…
Mr. Luong Huu Phuoc (55 years old, a resident in Dong Xoai city, Binh Phuoc province) died in the yard of the province’s People’s Court’s headquarters on the morning of May 29 after the court upheld his prison sentence in…
On May 27, the US Ambassador to Hanoi hosted an online discussion with special speaker Bonnie Glaser, Asia Senior Advisor and China Power Project Manager at the Center for Strategic and International Studues (CSIS) in Washington DC. The topic of…
Press release, May 26, 2020 In recent years, Vietnam’s communist regime has intensified persecution against the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), a civil professional organization of independent writers working for freedom of press in Vietnam.Since the Association was…
Vietnamese political observers have shared with the BBC their thoughts on whether to keep the “special case” over age 65 to remain in the 13th Politburo. Normally, in Vietnamese politics, those Politburo members who are over 65 years of age,…
The COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in early 2020 will be in the world’s history not only as an epidemiological crisis leading to the global economic recession but it will also blow up US-China diplomatic tensions which have already deteriorated…
After the arrest of poet Tran Duc Thach on April 23, within a few days Vietnam’s communist regime continued to arrest writer Pham Thanh on May 21 and today May 23 detained Vice president of the Independent Journalists Association of…
Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) in the 14th tenure is conducting its 9th month-lasting session which started on May 20 and expected to end on June 18. This is the first time the NA’s session is being held…
While Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) received a new petition on Ho Duy Hai’s case, a legislator has also proposed General Secretary cum President Nguyen Phu Trong to pay attention to the case. At the same time, the…
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has just finished its 12th plenum to discuss personnel issues for the next election, many issues surrounding the criteria for personnel selection are set. “I think those who recognize the…
