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  • Human rights report for the first 3 months of 2012 – prepared by Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai

    Hanoi, 14 April 2012 In the first 3 months of 2012, the human rights situation in Vietnam continued to worsen rapidly. After the crackdowns and arrests of 2011, the government of Vietnam, in 2012, continues to persecute, harass, detain and prosecute many religious, democracy and human rights activists. To maintain its absolute power, the Vietnamese…

  • Denmark discontinues projects in Vietnam for misuse of funds.

    Last update 04/06/2012 08:00:00 AM                (GMT+7) Denmark stops ODA grant for three projects       VietNamNet Bridge – All four inspected Danish-funded projects committed misuse, with fault completely made by the Vietnamese partners. Denmark has suspended funds to three of them. Christian Friis Bach, Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation announced to stop funding for three projects in…

  • Forced labor used in Vietnam’s drug detention centers

    According to Human Rights Watch’s report titled The Rehab Archipelago, “Vietnam’s system of forced labor centers for people who use drugs has expanded over the last decade. In 2000, there were 56 drug detention centers across Vietnam; by early 2011 that number had risen to 123 centers. Between 2000 and 2010, over 309,000 people across…

  • US Defense Secretary: military aid to Hanoi conditioned on improved human rights

    Excerpts from the Associated Press: Panetta works to repair U.S.-Vietnam ties during historic visit June 4, 2012, 7:37 p.m. EDT McClatchy/Tribune – MCT Information Services … “[Vietnam’s Minister of Defense Phung Quang] Thanh called on the Obama administration to lift a ban on the sale of weapons and other lethal military equipment to Vietnam, implying…

  • AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’s Annual Report for 2012 – Vietnam

    Amnesty International’s Annual Report for 2012, which was released on the same day (May 24) as the State Department’s Country Reports, reaches similar conclusions.  “Harsh repression of dissidents continued” inVietnam, the Amnesty report stated, “with severe restrictions on freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Critics of government policies were targeted, including social and political…

  • Police beat to death a citizen

    Mr. Ngo Thanh Kieu, age 31, a resident of Hoa Dong Village, Tan Hoa District, Phu Yen Province, was the latest victim of rampant abuse of power and unchecked violence in Vietnam’s law enforcement apparatus. At 3 am on May 14, public security officers came to Kieu’s house, put manacles on him and took him…

  • Vietnam: Overturn Activist Bloggers Sentence

    Human Rights Defender Punished for Expressing Her Views (New York, May 30, 2012) – Vietnamese authorities should void the conviction of blogger Ho Thi Bich Khuong, 44, and immediately free her, Human Rights Watch said today. The People’s Court of Nghe An is scheduled on May 30, 2012, to hear her appeal against her five-year…

  • Vietnam-China smuggling surges

    Financial Times May 29, 2012 6:35 pm By Ben Bland in Mong Cai Although it looks to be the easiest way to move goods across the narrow river that separates the Vietnamese city of Mong Cai from China, there is surprisingly little traffic on the official border bridge. Apart from a few Vietnamese tourists returning…

  • Vietnam Health Statistics by WHO

    Statistics Total population 88,069,000 Gross national income per capita (PPP international $) 2,700 Life expectancy at birth m/f (years) 70/74 Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births) 24 Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population) 173/107 Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2009) 213…

  • Weak enforcement hampers Vietnam’s anti-corruption efforts

    Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:34 GMT Source: Content partner // Thomson Reuters Accelus A bank staff stacks Vietnamese dong banknotes at a bank in Hanoi 29/11/2010 REUTERS/Nguyen Huy Kham Vietnam continues to be hampered in its anti-corruption efforts despite its government’s recognition of the gravity of the problem and a national strategy aimed at eradicating…