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Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from Sept. 14-23. After a concerted advocacy campaign by Project88 and others, climate leader Hoang Thi Minh Hong is free. So is democracy activist and entrepreneur Tran Huynh Duy Thuc. Both were released on September 20, synchronized with […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from Sept. 1-13. Journalist Nguyen Vu Binh was sentenced to seven years in prison this week. And next week, another journalist, Phan Van Bach, faces trial; he is in dire health behind bars, currently weighing only 88lbs. Press […]
Greetings from Project88. We bring you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam from August 23-31. Y Quynh Bdap’s extradition hearing continues in Bangkok. A Facebook user is sentenced to six years in prison in Vietnam. Journalist Nguyen Vu Binh and blogger Phan Van Bach are both expected to be tried […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]