April 24, 2018| After an approximate three-hour hearing, the Appellate Court of Nghe An Province, Vietnam, affirmed the 14-year sentence for blogger and human rights defender, Hoàng Đức Bình, in relation to the 2017 protests of Catholic fishermen in the areas affected by the Formosa environmental disaster. Hoàng Đức Bình, a member of the Viet Labor […]| The Vietnamese Magazine
(Updated on October 6, 2017) The Vietnam marine life disaster, also known as the Formosa disaster or the fish death disaster, was a water pollution crisis breaking out in Vietnam at least from April 6, 2016. Its most obvious demonstration was the massive fish deaths in the seas of four provinces in central Vietnam: Ha […]| The Vietnamese Magazine
Key Events * Vietnam Centralizes Power with New Party Ministries and Leadership Changes * Ex-Police Colonel Quits Thich Minh Tue’s Spiritual Journey, Citing Disagreements * Human Rights Groups File Complaint Against Vietnam Over Workers’ Rights * Proposed Traffic Penalty Hike in Hanoi Sparks Debate * Vietnam Expands Spratly Island Bases, Raising Concerns Among Neighbors| The Vietnamese Magazine
Key Events * Lawyers Raise Concerns over Alleged Torture of Buddhist Practitioner Le Thanh Nhat Nguyen * International Organizations Condemn Vietnam’s Sentencing of Duong Van Thai * Bui Van Thuan and Trinh Ba Tu Cease Hunger Strikes After Prison Authorities Agree to Improve Living Conditions * Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Urges Beijing to Release| The Vietnamese Magazine
Key Events * Vietnam Sentences Blogger Duong Van Thai to 12 Years in Prison Following Abduction from Thailand * Political Prisoner Nguyen Thi Tam Accuses Prison Guards of Prison Camp No. 5 for Discrimination * U.S. Embassy Honors Religious Freedom Activists * UN Working Group Declares Vietnamese Journalist Pham Chi Dung’s Detention| The Vietnamese Magazine
Key Events * Tran Long Phi, a Protester Against the Law on Special Economic Zone, Released Early from Príson * Facebook is Suspected of Deleting a Popular Group on its Social Media Platform * Democracy Activists Petition for Political Reforms and Honoring of Human Rights * Human Rights Watch Urges Thailand to Reject Extradition| The Vietnamese Magazine
Key Events * Freedom House: Vietnam’s Internet is ‘Not Free’ * Foreign Affairs Spokesperson: Hanoi Will Coordinate with Thai Authorities to Extradite Y Quynh Bdap * Trinh Ba Tu and Bui Van Thuan, Prisoners of Conscience, Continue Hunger Strikes for Nearly Three Consecutive Weeks Freedom House: Vietnam’s Internet is ‘Not Free’| The Vietnamese Magazine
Key events: * Man Charged With ‘Abusing Democratic Freedoms’ for Allegedly Insulting Parliamentary Delegation * Vietnam Announces 2024 Amnesty Decision Without Mentioning Wrongfully Convicted Death Row Inmates * Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Requests the U.S. Recognize Vietnam’s ‘Market Economy’ Status Man Charged With ‘Abusing Democratic Freedoms’ for Allegedly Insulting Parliamentary Delegation The| The Vietnamese Magazine
Key events: * Central Party Committee Appoints To Lam as Communist Party Secretary * Vietnam Fails ‘Market Economy’ Status Assessment, U.S. Department of Commerce Announces * Thai Court Begins First Teleconference Hearing on Y Quynh Bdap’s Extradition * Long An Police Department Arrests a Member of a U.S.-based Organization on| The Vietnamese Magazine
The early days of April 2016 marked the beginning [https://www.thevietnamese.org/2017/11/timeline-the-formosa-environmental-disaster/] of a grave environmental disaster that would result in the deaths of two Vietnamese, long-lasting health issues for others, and the loss of several hundreds of tons of marine life. A waste discharge pipe| The Vietnamese Magazine