The situation of Vietnamese authorities criminalizing citizens’ freedom of speech is becoming increasingly serious, despite Article 25 of the 2013 Constitution, which stipulates: “Citizens have the right to freedom of speech, press, access information, form associations, and demonstrate according to…
From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Ted Osius served as US ambassador to Hanoi Ambassador Ted Osius said that the Vietnamese leadership should not be afraid of opposing voices and that free speech is good for development. During his time as…
Young Dang Quang hurriedly joined the crowd of people in Saigon, after the last working day of 2020 to get home to welcome the New Year’s Eve 2021. Sharing with RFA without wasting time when we contact, Dang Quang said…
A series of articles in many languages, from many news agencies around the world, simultaneously reported and analyzed the detention of dissident journalist Pham Doan Trang, who was charged with “conducting anti-state propaganda.” With this allegation, Ms. Pham Doan Trang…
Protesters outside a court in Hanoi trying activists of the Brotherhood for Democracy on April 5, 2018 “Freedom of speech” and “speech freely“ Thien Van’s author, titled “Ensuring freedom of speech, not promoting free speech,” published on Vietnamnet.vn, July 31,…
The article “Voters expect the General Secretary to stay in office again – paving the way for Mr. Trong to stay?” was posted on Radio Free Asia (RFA)’s Facebook page on June 30, but it was blocked by the giant…
The People’s Court of Lam Dong province on Tuesday sentenced a local Facebooker to eight years in prison for posting anti-state messages on his Facebook account, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security said. Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong, 29, was convicted of…
In the context of the increasingly complicated Covid-19 pandemic, especially in Western countries, Facebook has been continuously reflected on obstructing freedom of speech in a confusing way, especially regarding the content of Covid-19 outbreak. The Verge, a well-known technology news…
When efforts to hide the pandemic were unsuccessful, China had to mobilize the whole Party and its people to stop the spread of Wuhan pneumonia. However, the fight against the disease does not prevent the Chinese machinery for supressing freedom…
