Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from July 30-August 7. The U.S. Commerce Department announced last Friday it will continue to classify Vietnam as a non-market economy country. In their decision, the Commerce Department credited Project88’s revelations about Directive 24 with helping reach that decision. The Commerce Department […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from July 23-29. Project88 has confirmed that energy policy expert Ngo Thi To Nhien was convicted in late June and likely sentenced to 42 months in prison. Influential blogger Nguyen Chi Tuyen (Anh Chi) will be tried on August 15. And […]
Exactly one month before European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is due to touch down in Hanoi for climate talks, the Hanoi People’s Court sentenced energy policy think tank director Ngo Thi To Nhien to prison, three sources told Project88. Two of these sources said that Nhien was sentenced to 42 months prison time. […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from July 14-22. The big news of the week, of course, is the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 19. His state funeral, which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend, will be held on July 25 and […]
Vietnam’s former police minister, To Lam, who in May became the country’s President, is now the acting caretaker of Vietnam’s most powerful office, the Office of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The U.S., which entered into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam last September and is set to decide on a […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of July 4-13. Montagnard activist Y Quynh Bdap faces an immigration hearing on July 15. He was arrested in Bangkok on June 11 in response to a request by the foreign affairs office of the Thai public […]
In the year 2000, the U.S. Congress enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) to combat trafficking in persons. The TVPA requires the Secretary of State to make an annual report to congress on efforts by every foreign government to address the problem. Two decades after the TVPA was enacted, Vietnamese government officials were found […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of June 25-July 4. A group of U.S. Senators called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to raise human rights issues with Vietnam. The letter specifically mentions Directive 24 and raises the cases of climate defenders Dang Dinh […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of June 17-24. On June 24, 2024, the United States released its annual report on the efforts by foreign governments to address trafficking in persons. In the report, Vietnam was upgraded to Tier 2 status, indicating that the […]
On the morning of June 18, 2024, the 7th sitting of Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly discussed the draft amended Trade Union Law. The Law is an amended version of the 2012 Trade Union Law and legislates the role of Vietnam’s only legal trade union confederation, the Party-led Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL). This draft […]