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Please address Vietnam’s human rights abuses, prisoners’ families beg Biden

Please address Vietnam’s human rights abuses, prisoners’ families beg Biden

The country has jailed more than 150 political prisoners and restricts freedoms.

Vietnam tries to force ethnic minority church members to recant faith

Vietnam tries to force ethnic minority church members to recant faith

Vietnam has reversed progress on religious freedom, US group says

Biden’s Hanoi trip buttressed by trade

Biden’s Hanoi trip buttressed by trade

The upgrade of ties between the US and Vietnam is as much about the economy as it is about China and security.

Political prisoner stages hunger strike to protect Vietnam’s constitution

Political prisoner stages hunger strike to protect Vietnam’s constitution

Le Trong Hung says corrupt officials have gone unpunished.

US, Vietnam raise relations to highest level

The deal is about stability, not containing China, Biden says.

In a first, Vietnam admits government accountability in Dak Lak attacks

In a first, Vietnam admits government accountability in Dak Lak attacks

Land disputes and a growing wealth gap are partly to blame, official says.

Crew members of a China Coast Guard ship are seen from the BRP Cabra, a Philippine Coast Guard ship, during an encounter in South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) waters near Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Sept. 8, 2023.

Close call as Chinese ships again harass Philippine ships in Manila’s EEZ

2023-09-10

A BenarNews reporter traveled with a select group during a Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal.

Vietnam's President Nguyen Phu Trong, greets the media after being re-elected as the Communist Party's general secretary for a third term in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 1, 2021.

Vietnam wants it all in balancing its ties with the US and China

2023-09-09

Hanoi has worked to keep Beijing on side as Biden visit elevates U.S.-Vietnam relations.

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Vietnam police make arrests after attacks on two police stations

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Plenty of blame to go around in Vietnam's COVID repatriation flight bribery scandal

Plenty of blame to go around in Vietnam's COVID repatriation flight bribery scandal

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Roadmap to roiled relations

Roadmap to roiled relations
Vietnamese political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach ‘assaulted by jailers’

Vietnamese political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach ‘assaulted by jailers’

He earlier told his wife prisoners had entered his cell and threatened him.

Bui Van Hai, 28, was accused by Vietnamese police of stealing two dogs.

Family blames police brutality for death of 28-year-old Vietnamese man

Police say he died in hospital after having difficulty breathing.

Vietnamese security personnel arrest protestors in Hanoi, June 10, 2018.

Vietnamese diaspora urges Biden to prioritize human rights before visit

Lawyer and environment activist Dang Dinh Bach has been threatened in prison, according to his wife

Political prisoners in Vietnam’s Prison No. 6 face threats from inmates

The Vietnamese fishing boat QNg 90495T is seen in port after it was attacked with a water cannon by Chinese Coast Guard vessel CCG 4201 near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, Aug. 29, 2023.

Chinese Coast Guard water cannon attack on Vietnamese fishing boat leaves 2 injured

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Father of Essex truck victim: I’d send my children from Vietnam again

Father of Essex truck victim: I’d send my children from Vietnam again

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