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Vietnamese delegates share thoughts on advocacy trip, UPR

Delegates from Vietnam have completed a hectic trip that took them to Washington DC, New York, Geneva, and Australia, advocating for human rights to international delegations attending the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam’s records. Vietnamrightnow.com caught up with these delegates representing a segment of Vietnam’s independent civil society and heard their thoughts.

Plainsclothes police pelt activist’s home, break roof

Plainsclothes police pelted an activist’s home in central Quang Nam province on Feb. 11 with large rocks of up to 15 cm-wide (6 in.), breaking the roof.

Parents of prisoners of conscience testify before U.S. Congress

At a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 16, a group of parents of Vietnamese prisoners of conscience speak out against human rights abuses and calling for the freedom of not just their children but all people held simply for peacefully exercising their rights.

VOICE, Vietnam Path Movement and other NGOs provide UN with information for UPR of Vietnam

Invited by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other INGOs, a delegation advocating for human rights in Vietnam will visit the United States, Europe, and Australia starting from 12 January 2014.

Hanoi activists launch viral campaign

Submitted by doantrang on Wed, 02/25/2015 - 18:07

By Michael L. Gray/ The SecDev Foundation

For the first time ever in Vietnam, political activists are using viral social media marketing techniques to express dissent online. A brazen campaign has seen dozens of people in Vietnam post selfie photos to their personal Facebook pages holding signs reading “I don’t like the Communist Party of Vietnam.” A Facebook fan page for the campaign was set up on 7 January 2015 and drew thousands of likes and shares.
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Big boom in emergency department encounters during Tet

Submitted by doantrang on Mon, 02/23/2015 - 16:55

The Ministry of Health on Monday reported that there was an estimated 195,000 emergency department visits in Vietnamese hospitals from 15th to 22nd February when the country celebrates its traditional new year (Tet). The most common reasons for ED visits were traffic accidents (35,000 cases) and fighting (5,000).

Food poisoning accounts for 1500 ED visits. Ranking fourth in the list of reasons for ED visit was firecrackers, though they have been banned in Vietnam since 1994 following a firecracker ban in Beijing’s urban districts one year earlier.
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As Vietnam celebrates its new year, 246 people killed in traffic accidents

Submitted by doantrang on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 16:00

427 traffic accidents took place within the first six days of the Vietnamese new year celebration (Tet), killing 246 people and injuring 415 others, the National Traffic Safety Committee said on Sunday.

On the second day of the first month of the Vietnamese calendar alone, there were 65 road traffic accidents nationwide, killing 35 people and injuring 89 others, the NTSC added. The next day, the number climbed to 87 accidents with 47 people killed and 89 injured.
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Customer arrested after a deal with beverage company

Submitted by doantrang on Sat, 02/21/2015 - 08:44

When Vo Van Minh gained the consent of Tan Hiep Phat Co. Ltd., a leading beverage company in Vietnam, to pay him 23,000 USD in exchange for his silence over a soft drink bottle with a dead fly inside, he did not expect that the company would secretly report their deal to the police. Minh was arrested shortly after and charged with “extortion of property” under Article 135 of the Penal Code.
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Anti-corruption chief editor removed for “abusing rights”

Submitted by doantrang on Mon, 02/16/2015 - 04:56

The most vocal newspaper in corruption fighting, Nguoi Cao Tuoi, has been given a record fine of 32,000 USD while its chief editor has been removed from his post after a controversial inspection of the newspaper by inspectors from the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC).

The MIC on February 9 said in a press briefing that it had revoked the license for the online version of the Nguoi Cao Tuoi [Người Cao Tuổi] (The Elderly) and transferred the case to the Ministry of Public Security for further investigation.
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ARRESTS DASH HOPES THAT CRACKDOWN ON BLOGGERS WILL END

Submitted by data1 on Sun, 02/01/2015 - 00:24

(CPJ) - What one hand gives, the other takes in Vietnam. Last October’s early release of jailed blogger Nguyen Van Hai (Nguyễn Văn Hải), more commonly known as Dieu Cay, has proven to be an anomaly as authorities have subsequently ramped up their repression of other independent bloggers.
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Hanoi activists launch viral campaign

Big boom in emergency department encounters during Tet

As Vietnam celebrates its new year, 246 people killed in traffic accidents

Customer arrested after a deal with beverage company

Anti-corruption chief editor removed for “abusing rights”

ARRESTS DASH HOPES THAT CRACKDOWN ON BLOGGERS WILL END

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