Defend the Defenders, Press Release, April 3, 2022 For immediate release According to Defend the Defenders’ statistics, as of March 31, 2022, Vietnam’s communist regime is holding at least 253 prisoners of conscience in prisons or other forms of detention.…
Ukraine’s current position between the West and Russia is reminiscent of the position of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, in the US-China strategic war. Connecting the tension system between the two largest powers in the world today, starting from the Cold…
US’s Forbes magazine has just announced the list of the world’s richest billionaires in 2022, of which Vietnam has 7 billionaires, the highest number so far despite the pandemic and war affecting the world in the past year. Billionaire Pham…
The US Secretary of State’s senior adviser recently visited Vietnam from March 31 to April 1 in an effort to reaffirm the US commitment to US partners in the Indo-Pacific region. The US State Department’s website on March 28 announced…
Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh and Nguyen Thanh Long, both members of the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, have just been found by the party’s Central Commission for Inspection to have committed “violations” related to the case…
US Customs and Border Protection need to pay close attention to cotton products imported from Vietnam. The reason is that these products allegedly help China evade US sanctions under the Uighur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The Vietnam Democratic Union released…
On March 31, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by phone with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, discussing many topics, including strengthening bilateral partnerships and economic relations as well as the war situation in…
Vietnam – An important customer to buy weapons from Russia The war in Ukraine has changed the world. With the encirclement, sanctions, and isolation of Russia with an unprecedented level of the US and the West, many countries are also…
At a meeting with US Ambassador Marc Knapper on the afternoon of March 30, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed that “the United States is one of Vietnam’s most important partners” but expressed his desire for Washington to respect…
Vietnam, Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy, reaffirmed it will achieve its GDP target of 6.5 percent growth in 2022, although growth in the first quarter was slower than expected due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bloomberg network on…
