On August 15, 2020, on the VTV website, there was a short video titled “Street vendors struggling to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic to make a living, in which street vendors were called “parasites.” This reportage was immediately met with angry…
One former commander and a former deputy commander of the 4th Corps with the rank of lieutenant-general of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) have just been warned by the Central Inspection Committee for violations in land management and use. Six…
On the afternoon of Aug 14, the Higher People’s Court in Hanoi rejected the appeal of former prisoner of conscience and reporter of the Radio Free Asia (RFA) Truong Duy Nhat and upheld the ten-year imprisonment given by the People…
Vietnam health officials recently said that the development of the COVID-19 vaccine locally-made has initially had positive results. Speaking at the COVID-19 vaccine workshop, organized by the Ministry of Health on the morning of July 22 in Hanoi, Acting Health…
Quoting Mr. Nguyen Duc Sam, chairman of the People’s Committee of Phong Binh commune, Gio Linh district, Quang Tri province, Vietnam’s media on August 14 reported that district officials promptly quarantined 2 F1 people of the disease transmitted by the…
At the session titled “Human rights institutions, and sanctions“, Ms. Desi Hanara, coordinator of the ASEAN Parliament for Human Rights (APHR), made a presentation about efforts to send letters to the Vietnamese Prime Minister requesting the release of the prisoner…
The problem to decipher here is what is behind VTV1’s decision to show the movie about the war of China’s invasion on February 17, 1979, at the golden hour of VTV1? Is this the “pivot” of the Communist Party of…
Tourism is the economic sector most severely affected by the global pandemic. Especially in Vietnam, when the local tourism businesses showed signs of recovery in nearly 3 months since the end of social lockdown, they are now in a state…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 11 signed a decision to suspend the works of Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung, chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi. The development followed rumors that said Mr. Chung would be disciplined by…
A researcher and two people with behind-the-scenes political information in Vietnam recently revealed to VOA who are likely to hold top leadership positions after the 13th National Congress of the ruling party scheduled for early January 2021. The names that…
