Vietnam is negotiating with Israel to buy the Barak 8 air defense system for half a billion dollars and will send a high-level delegation from the Ministry of Defense to Israel next month to negotiate this purchase contract. Israel’s Haaretz…
The Hanoi government issued a decree forcing technology firms to store user data in Vietnam as well as set up offices in this country. This is the latest measure of the Vietnamese government to tighten regulations on cyber security. Reuters…
On August 17, the Higher People’s Court in Hanoi upheld the first-instance judgments against two land rights activists and human rights advocates Trinh Ba Phuong and Nguyen Thi Tam while both had a stoic attitude and were ready to accept…
Nearly 200 people engaged in clam farming in Hai An and Kien Thuy districts (Hai Phong), on the morning of August 11 gathered in front of the People’s Committee of Hai An district, to protest against the local government’s decision…
The US Embassy in Vietnam announced that from August 15, Vietnamese citizens with new passports applying for a visa to enter the US must follow the instructions. According to the notice, Vietnamese citizens holding a new blue-violet passport need to…
More than a dozen provinces and cities in Vietnam have just announced the establishment of Riot Police Regiments or Battalions in reserve for combat. One of the force’s stated missions is to crack down on people accused of „disturbing public…
The leaders of Ninh Thuan Provincial General Hospital apologized to the family and promised to dismiss the blood alcohol test results of a high school girl who was killed by an Air Force officer’s car. The state-controlled media on August…
Public opinion asked why many Vietnamese people have to suffer because of the „improvement“ of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security in launching a batch of blue-violet passports (left), or is this a „regressive“ step? In the past few days, the…
Public Security Minister To Lam will answer questions before the National Assembly about the new passport model on August 10, according to Vietnamese media. To Lam’s question and answer session will take place in the 14th session of the National…
Social networks proved to be effective when more and more cases in which Vietnam’s authoritarian regime has to speak out after information spread on social networks. However, social networks also have limitations when the team of government-supported commentators is also…
