Writer Pham Thanh, the owner of blog Ba Dam Xoe, was taken from a detention center to a mental hospital. The dissident writer’s family members told VOA the move caused further confusion and anxiety for the family when the authorities…
Public opinion has many conflicting opinions about the 10th National Congress of Vietnamese Writer that has just taken place, but few people notice the important thing is information from the Party’s official speakers such as the People, the People’s Army,…
Mr. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Vietnam’s leading democracy activist serving a 16-year prison term, has been on hunger strike since November 24 to protest the Supreme Court’s failure to respond to his remaining request to waive his penalty, and he…
An event-related to Vietnam’s education that has been discussed by both mainstream media and social media netizens over the past week involves Dong Do University in Hanoi – one of the earliest established non-public universities in Vietnam. According to the…
In the context of the interest group planning to force Thu Thiem’s land petitioners to stay in Saigon, in Hanoi, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a vigorous meeting speaking out “against group interests.” What did Nguyen Xuan Phuc want? Wanting…
The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is scheduled to take place in January 2021. About 1,600 delegates nationwide will elect the new Party Central Committee of 180 members. In addition to the difficulty in electing…
“While the preparation for the party’s National Congress is being carried out in an urgent, serious and meticulous manner with the highest sense of responsibility, there is also an increasing frequency of information, distorting and defamatory statements of this great…
Recently, Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) attracted the attention of public opinion when its member speaking publicly at the parliament advised the Minister of Public Security that the number of police officers was too large. “Sorry Minister, the…
The state-controlled media reported that Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong wants to “complete on schedule” to investigate, prosecute and adjudicate a series of major corruption cases. Although Mr. Trong’s furnace is still working, according to…
When humanity still had a metaphysical ideal “From the time of the Fairy, the sadness is small Human beings just remember the story of heaven.“ These are two verses of Huy Can in the Prologue of Bui Van Nam Son…
