Entries by Ben Swanton

Fearing a color revolution, Hanoi implements new decree that increases restrictions on associations

On December 16, 2024, Project88 released its analysis of Vietnam’s new decree (Decree 126) on associations. Decree 126 came into effect on November 26, 2024. Compared to Decree 45, which it replaced, the new decree makes it more difficult to establish an association and gives the government more power to control and monitor the activities […]

Hanoi imprisons five state and party officials, along with kidnapped blogger alleged to have received information from them

On October 30, Duong Van Thai, a prominent Vietnamese blogger, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for ‘making, possessing, storing, or spreading information, materials, or items for the purpose of opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’. The case against Thai has garnered international attention because he is credibly believed to have […]

Apocalypse soon? A lack of progress and participation in Vietnam’s G7-funded energy transition

Press Release Bangkok, 9am ICT, August 15, 2024   READ THE FULL REPORT   Project88 released a new report, Apocalypse soon? Vietnam’s unjust energy transition, on Vietnam’s energy transition today. Under the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), nine rich governments committed to mobilize $15.5 billion in funding. In return, Vietnam promised it would phase out […]