By early July 2021, Tokyo donated 2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam made in Japan: the first 1 million doses were delivered on June 16 and the next 1 million doses were delivered in two batches, on July…
Defend the Defenders, Press Release, July 7, 2021 According to Defend the Defenders’ statistics, as of July 7, 2021, Vietnam’s communist regime is holding at least 258 prisoners of conscience in prisons or similar forms of detention. The number does…
The US Department of State continues to place Vietnam on the list of countries that are needed to be monitored for human trafficking, ie level two (tier 2) in its annual report on human trafficking in the world. The report…
Vietnamese Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Long has just said that in July 2021, Vietnam will receive about 8 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Mr. Long said that in the vaccine supply roadmap, Vietnam has signed contract…
The US government has re-committed to a comprehensive partnership with Vietnam and wants to strengthen cooperation with the government of the Southeast Asian country in many areas, including maritime security, according to the White House. A new statement released by…
On June 25, people in Chuong village, Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province had just finished sowing seeds for the second crop in their fields when the local government sent a force to block the ditch and fill the path…
A soldier died suddenly on June 28 while on military service, the family suspected he had been beaten to death. From June 29, on the social network Facebook, many photos and videos of soldier Tran Duc Do (19 years old),…
Responding to the case of a 19-year-old soldier who allegedly hanged himself to death while on duty, the Propaganda Department of Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense on the afternoon of June 30 affirmed that „soldier Tran Duc Do was found to…
The US State Department has released its latest annual Fiscal Transparency Report, which says there has yet to be „significant progress“ in transparency about government revenue and debt obligations of the state-owned enterprises in Vietnam. The latest report released on…
Vietnam’s General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on June 29 that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first 6 months of the year increased by 5.64%, higher than the 1.82% growth rate of the first 6 months of 2020,…
