VRNs (Mạy 25th, 2013) – Ottawa, Canada - On May 31, delegates primarily from the Asia-Pacific states will gather again in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue. The three-day security forum, held annually by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) since 2002, addresses a wide array of regional and non-regional security issues. It should then surprise no [...]
VRNs (May 23, 2013) – Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Socialist Republic of Vietnam Office of the State 1 Bach Thao Hanoi, Vietnam 22 May 2013 Dear Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, We, the undersigned organisations, are seriously concerned over the appeals trial on Thursday, 23 May 2013 of eight human rights activists from the Catholic [...]
VRNs (May 22th, 2013) – National newspapers did not include the names of the judges/prosecutors in the recent trial involving two students Ðinh Nguyên Kha & Nguyễn Phuong Uyên. Perhaps the news reporters feel sorry for these officials while being extra careful in omitting their names. These officials were ordered by the Communist Party of Vietnam [...]
VRNs (May 16th, 2013) – Sài Gòn – 8:30 AM on May 14, 2013, Ms. Tạ Minh Tú, younger sister of Ms. Tạ Phong Tần, has arrived at Camp No. 5, Yên Định district, Thanh Hóa province, to visit Ms. Tần. However, she had to wait for an hour before the camp authority allowed Ms. Tần to [...]
VRNs (May 15th, 2013) - Sài Gòn - According to Danlambao news on May 13, 2013, Hà Nội’s youths gathered at public places such as Mỹ Đình bus station, bus stop in front of Đại Học Quốc Gia (National University), Đại Học Sư Phạm (Teachers College), Đại Học Thương Mại (College of Commerce), and even on buses to distribute copies of the Universal Declaration of Human [...]
VRNs (May 13th, 2013) - Sài Gòn – Blogger Tạ Phong Tần successfully called home in Bạc Liêu and informed them regarding her current conditions: “They transferred me to Thanh Hóa so that I will die soon. They knew that I suffer from chronic sore throat, and could not tolerate the cold climate, but they still transferred [...]
VRNs (May 12th, 2013) – Sài Gòn – Noon May 7, 2013, Father Joseph Đinh Hữu Thoại signed document number: 03-05/2013/VP-CLHB and sent it to the leaderships of HCM city police and the People’s Institute of Procuratorate, to protest and criminally charge the Phú Thạnh Ward police, Tân Phú District, HCM city for violation against the citizens’ life, [...]
VRNs (May 9th, 2013) – Thanh Hóa – The communist state has been trying to be acknowledged/accepted as a member of the UN Human Rights Council. This matter will be discussed at the UN Council and the decision will be voted by UN Council next month, June 2013. Contributing to the cosmetic enhancement, while hiding the stains [...]
VRNs (May 8th, 2013) – Sài Gòn – Mr. T recently visited his wife at camp K5, Xuân Lộc, Đồng Nai. Upon his return, he informed VRNs that: “Ms. Tạ Phong Tần has been transferred to a different camp, she has been sent to the North”. Mr. T’s wife is a person with strong disagreement with the communist [...]
VRNs (May 7th, 2013) – Sài Gòn – Updated news about Vi Hoang’s family at 19:00 (May 6th, 2013) as follows: A security police pressed his smoking cigarette into Vi Hoang’s mother forehead and hit her in the face making her fainted. Chi Thao Nguyen, Vi Hoang’s sister, was hit on the mouth, she broked 3 [...]
VRNs (May 7th, 2013) – Sài Gòn 07:30 AM, I am sitting at Hàn Thuyên street Cafe, it is not too hot today weather wise, however, the area in the vicinity of the public park is getting “hot” with all kind of police/security uniforms including those in civilian outfits plus Bluetooth in their ears holding newspapers walking/taking [...]
VRNs (May 06th, 2013) - the88project - Sunday May 5th, 2013: Young Vietnamese activists organized for the first time Human Rights picnics to share documents on and discuss about human rights. The day before, before May 5th, Trinh Kim Kim and Paolo Thanh Nguyen led a group to discuss the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in front of [...]
VRNs (May 04th, 2013) – Bà Rịa Vung Tàu – Breaking News at 22:00, Mrs. Duong Thị Tân and her son have come home at 15:30, April 28, 2013. Mrs. Tân informed VRNs that it was indeed the police from Division 8 of Public Security Bureau who extracted blogger Điếu Cày-Nguyễn Văn Hải from camp Xuyên Mộc. This [...]
VRNs (May 3rd, 2013) – Hanoi 2011 January: The political report, disclosed at the 11th National Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP), stipulates that “the 1992 Constitution (which was amended in 2001) be promptly researched, amended and supplemented to be in line with new realities.” The over 100-page report, being rhetorical and full of [...]
VRNs (April 27th, 2013) – Ottawa, Canada – Scholars and dissidents deliver a manifesto The struggle for democracy and political reform in Vietnam has a found itself a banner around which to rally. It is called Petition 72, with “72″ referring to the original number of respected scholars and former government officials who drafted the [...]
VRNs (April 19th, 2013) – Ottawa, Canada To: Mr Andrea Rossi Head of Politics, Press and Information section 17th – 18th floor, Pacific Place Office Building, 83B Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi Tel: +844 3941 0099 Fax: +84 4 39461701 Re: European Union–Vietnam Dialogue on Political and Human Rights Dear Andrea Rossi, I am writing [...]
VRNs (April 18th, 2013) – Thừa Thiên Huế – My name is Lê Thị Huờng, born in 1965, current address: 69 An Duong Vuong street, An Đông ward, Huế city. I hereby report to the international public and fellow citizens, domestic and overseas, regarding the illegal condemn, against the constitution, and lawless, conducted by the [...]
VRNs (April 17th, 2013) - Front Line Defenders - On 24 April 2013 at 7.30am, the appeal trial of Messrs Ho Duc Hoa, Thai Van Dung, Paulus Le Son, Nguyen Xuan Anh, Tran Minh Nhat, Nguyen Dinh Cuong, Ho Van Oanh and Nguyen Van Duyet will start in Vinh city, in the province of Nghe An on the north central Vietnamese coast. The human rights defenders are part [...]
VRNs (April 16th, 2013) Saigon – To: The Communist Youth Union of the Ho Chi Minh City Law University, We, 1. Nguyen Trang Nhung, student, Class 4B, Second Degree Certificate, Regular training, HCMC Law University, 2. Bùi Quang Vien, student, Class 3B, Second Degree Certificate, Regular training, HCMC Law University, 3. Pham Le Vuong Cac, student, [...]
VRNs (April 12th, 2013) – Ottawa, Canada – Dear Mr. Jensen, In light of Deputy Assistant Secretary Baer’s trip to Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 12, where he will meet with Vietnamese delegates and discuss the matter of human rights, I have written a letter to the deputy assistant secretary expressing my support. In brief, the letter [...]
