On April 21, the US International Religious Freedom Commission (USCIRF) released a 2021 report on Vietnam’s religious freedom, saying the government continues to persecute independent religious groups, systematically violates religious freedom, and used the pro-government Red Flag groups to attack…
Vietnam continues to be among the six countries with the least freedom of the press in the world, according to a new assessment released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which states that the communist-ruled country has increased control over social…
Director of the External Relations Department of the Ministry of Public Security – Chief of the Standing Office of the Government Steering Committee on Human Rights, Lieutenant General Nguyen Thanh Son recently affirmed that Vietnam actively cooperates with United Nations…
The phone call over the weekend between Vietnamese newly-appointed Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Chinese State Commissioner cum Foreign Minister Wang Yi was reported by the media of the two countries. The two sides’ narrative of the conversation highlights…
For the leaders of Southeast Asia’s two biggest nations, Indonesia and the Philippines – two fledgling democracies in the grip of populism, each is unhappy in its own way. On the surface, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his Indonesian counterpart…
New Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has just had a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Vuong Nghi, in which the two sides affirmed to maintain comprehensive strategic cooperation as well as held the “straightforward” exchange on maritime issues.…
I would like to call the US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink as informally as Americans “together” when they have known each other for a long time. Hope “Dan” does not object. The Ambassador did not tell many stories, in…
Last week, Vietnam deployed destroyer 016 Quang Trung and anti-submarine helicopters to an area near the Truong Sa (Spratlys) in the East Sea (South China Sea) for conducting live drills, according to VnExpress on April 7. Vietnam’s drills in the…
On April 15, 2021, the Australian News website had an article “Will Vietnam decide the fate of the South China Sea?” by author Jamie Seidel. The East Sea is the name that Vietnam uses to refer to the sea area…
Companies providing human resource solutions all expressed optimism about the labor situation in Vietnam. On April 14, the job recruitment service company Michael Page Vietnam announced a report on Human Resource Trends in 2021, saying that Vietnam’s labor market is…
