In the years before and after the 1979 Border War, Beijing used money and weapons to incite a number of ethnic minorities living along the border between the two countries, creating instability for the Vietnamese government in the northern border…
In the dense and quite tight schedule of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Vietnam with a three-day visit (April 14-16, 2023), right on Saturday, April 15, according to the official announcement from the US Department of State,…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has just announced the decision to put Vietnam on a Special Watch List (SWL) for serious violations of religious freedom. When placed on this list, Vietnam will be closely monitored by the United States…
On May 12, the US State Department released a 2020 report on Vietnam’s religious freedom, which noted that some unrecognized religious groups continued to be harassed by the government, such as threats harass, conflict, discrimination between religious groups, interfering internal…
On April 21, the US International Religious Freedom Commission (USCIRF) released a 2021 report on Vietnam’s religious freedom, saying the government continues to persecute independent religious groups, systematically violates religious freedom, and used the pro-government Red Flag groups to attack…
The UN has just published a letter that its two Special Rapporteurs sent to the Government of Vietnam on April 30, 2020, regarding acts of intimidation, harassment, and suppression of many people when they intended to or have been attended…
