On October 1, 2021, when more than a million workers simultaneously left Saigon and surrounding industrial zones to return to their hometowns, one could see that the government was not prepared for that situation. Hastily issued orders are sometimes contradictory,…
Many members of the National Assembly of Vietnam in recent days have made many comments related to the current judiciary. A typical example is a speech of delegate Truong Trong Nghia of the Ho Chi Minh City parliament delegation during…
In recent days, the international community continues to speak up about the Vietnamese government’s arrest of activist Pham Doan Trang. On Friday, October 9, 2020, Assistant Secretary of the United States for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor posted on Twitter…
On October 7, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security confirmed that it had “arrested” independent journalist Pham Doan Trang in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City on October 6. The short announcement posted on the ministry’s Electronic Information Portal said that…
In the past, my mother used to tell me: “Teaching does not make us rich, but gives us the opportunity to know a lot of people and have equal status with everyone in society.” Yes, thanks to this career, I…
