The US State Department and the European Union (EU) both voiced a “harsh” sentence and called for the release of three members of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), who were convicted at the trial on January 5. In…
Vietnam’s communist regime has set a target saying after 5 more years, from 2026-2030, talented people will account for at least 2-5% of the leadership positions of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, governments of provinces, and centrally-run cities in Vietnam. It was…
2020 can be seen as a successful year for Vietnam when it effectively controls the Covid-19 pandemic and maintains a positive GDP growth rate (2.4% according to IMF forecasts) in the context of the global economic recession, making many countries…
Just weeks before the opening of the 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party in Vietnam (CPV), the government issued a ranked list of “state secrets” which include the information regarding the party’s personnel and internal affairs, a move…
The Vietnamese government has proposed a “leading cranes” model for the new stage of economic growth, but critics say this is not something new, and the country needs to learn from “steel punches” once as they became an economic burden.…
According to observers and activists, the human rights situation in Vietnam in 2020 continues to decline. Many people believe that there are two main reasons for this trend: one is that the COVID-19 pandemic has made international focus on economic…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked authorities in provinces and cities not to allow people to cut mountainous peach trees to sell for the New Year decoration (peach trees in the Northern Vietnam is used for decoration in the…
The story that hundreds, even thousands of houses built illegally, built wrongly designed are sometimes discovered by the authorities, although the process from applying for permits to completion is considered very strict. Most recently, Tan Thinh Residential Area Project, invested…
During 2020, there are numerous events with great concerns about the world and Vietnam. A number of guests of BBC News Vietnamese at the end of the year shared their views. From Kent, UK, BBC World Service journalist Nguyen Giang…
In 2020, the Vietnamese party and government continue to increase the pressure on companies with social networking platforms such as Facebook and Youtube to strengthen censorship and remove articles and videos labeled as “anti-state.” Many social network users in Vietnam…
