Respectfully submitted to: · U.S. Embassy in Hanoi · U.S. Consulate General in Saigon REPRESSION BY COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (8/10/2013 through morning of 8/21/2013) After my meeting with the delegation from the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the afternoon of 8/10/2013, I saw that public security agents were deployed for my arrest…

Posted on 8 August 2013 – 06:39pm HANOI (Aug 8, 2013): Vietnam has arrested a prize-winning investigative journalist who made his name exposing corruption in the communist country on suspicion of taking bribes, state media reported Thursday. Vo Thanh Tung, 31, who works for Ho Chi Minh City’s Law newspaper, was detained Wednesday after allegedly…

By Chris Brummitt Associated Press Posted:   08/06/2013 11:53:31 AM PDT HANOI, Vietnam — The United States joined Silicon Valley Internet giants Google (GOOG) and Facebook on Tuesday in criticizing a new decree in Vietnam that further curbs online free speech and forces foreign companies to keep servers inside the country. The Internet has emerged…

Every time Le Anh Hung starts to write he thinks of his three young children. The 38-year-old has already been imprisoned twice for blogging about human rights and corruption from his home in Hanoi and lives half-expecting another fateful knock at the door. And yet “I’m not scared,” he says, “I know what I choose to do…

Propel Vietnam toward Democracy by Dr. Nguyen Dan Que July 24, 2014   During a White House meeting this week with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, President Obama has a golden opportunity to nudge Vietnam toward democracy.   The United States has repeatedly warned Vietnam that economic development and democracy must go hand in hand.…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 24, 2013   Joint Statement of Human Rights Organizations Regarding the Upcoming Meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang   The upcoming visit to the United States by President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam presents an opportunity for U.S. President Barack Obama to reiterate his Administration’s position that Vietnam’s “backsliding” on human rights is…

Obama Needs to Address Worsening Crackdown on Dissidents JULY 22, 2013   (Washington, DC) – Vietnam’s intensifying crackdown on free expression should be a top agenda item during Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang’s summit with President Barack Obama this week, Human Rights Watch said today. Sang will be in the United States from July 24 to 26 and…

VIETNAM SHOULD AMEND LAW TO DEMONSTRATE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY COMMITMENT   18 July 2013   The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) is responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them.   As a candidate for…

Baroness Catherine Ashton of UphollandVice-President/High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyEuropean External Action Service1046 BrusselsBelgium   CC: Karel De GuchtCommissioner for Trade 1049 BrusselsBelgium   Brussels, 11 July, 2013   Honourable High Representative,   Baroness Catherine Ashton,   We are writing to you to share our concerns about the deteriorating situation of human rights in…