7+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1567+ words) Hà Nội’s proposed triumphal arch and Grab drivers’ calls for a boycott expose a troubling contrast in Việt Nam’s public priorities: ambitious plans to reshape the capital receive official attention, while workers demanding clearer pay arrangements appear to lack a…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1605+ words) Myanmar’s military-backed president, Min Aung Hlaing, arrived in Hanoi on Sept. 4 for a three-day visit to rebuild regional ties and attract investment. The trip, at the invitation of Vietnamese President and Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm, was his third…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1601+ words) Việt Nam has introduced three decrees that sharply expand the government’s authority over online speech, personal data, and internet access. Issued Aug. 19, Decrees 328, 329, and 330 give police broader powers to label information false, impose substantial fines, and remove content while offering…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1624+ words) Việt Nam’s national broadcaster presented its Aug. 17 report as a definitive account of the car crash that killed 18-year-old Đỗ Ngọc Phương Thùy on May 30, 2025. Instead, the broadcast — and VTV’s unexplained editing of it afterward — intensified public doubts about the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1760+ words) On Aug. 3, the Hanoi People’s Court tried 58-year-old Đoàn Bảo Châu in absentia, sentencing him to seven years in prison and five years of probation. His conviction falls under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code for “making, storing, disseminating, or propagandizing…...