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Imprisoned Vietnam priest in worsening health: sister

AFP - Tuesday, February 9

HANOI (AFP) - - An imprisoned Vietnamese Catholic priest, whose release has been sought by US legislators, is in worsening health, his sister said Tuesday. More »

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Lunar New Year tradition blossoms in Vietnam
AFP - Tuesday, February 9
HANOI (AFP) - - The naked, spiky-looking tree is not just Le Ham's pride and joy.
Eight Vietnamese reported drowned
AFP - Monday, February 8
HANOI (AFP) - - A group of students whose overcrowded boat capsized were among eight Vietnamese people who drowned in separate weekend water accidents, an official and state media said on Monday.
Vietnam dissident jailed 42 months, calls charge fabricated
AFP - Saturday, February 6
HANOI (AFP) - - An internationally-recognised writer and prominent dissident told a court on Friday that an assault charge against her was fabricated, but the judge jailed her for three-and-a-half years.
Vietnam convicts dissident writer of assault
AP - Saturday, February 6
HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese court convicted a journalist and democracy activist of assault and sentenced her to three-and-a-half years in prison Friday in a one-day trial that rights groups said was meant to silence government critics.
Vietnam tries dissident writer on assault charges
AP - Friday, February 5
HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese journalist and democracy activist went on trial for alleged assault Friday as authorities continued a crackdown on dissent in which 16 people have been sent to prison in just over three months.
Vietnam revolutionaries bitter on anniversary
AFP - Friday, February 5
HANOI (AFP) - - Liberation fighters and former Communist Party officials in Vietnam have bitterly denounced what they say is a corrupt system whose leaders are sullying the country's hard-won independence.
US sees 'spike' in Vietnam human rights issues
AFP - Thursday, February 4
HANOI (AFP) - - There has been a spike in human rights issues in Vietnam but dialogue, not harsher measures, is the way to respond, the United States ambassador said Wednesday.
Vietnam in struggle against 'hostile forces': party boss
AFP - Wednesday, February 3
HANOI (AFP) - - Vietnam will prevent "hostile forces" from exploiting democracy and human rights to sabotage the country's revolution, the Communist Party leader said Tuesday.
Vietnam condemns 4 to death for trafficking heroin
AP - Monday, February 1
HANOI, Vietnam - A court in northern Vietnam has sentenced four men to death for trafficking heroin.
Vietnamese dissidents 'appeal jail terms'
AFP - Sunday, January 31
HANOI (AFP) - - A group of Vietnamese dissidents jailed for up to 16 years for trying to overthrow the communist regime have appealed their sentences, local media reported on Saturday.
Cambodian opposition leader's trial 'a farce': rights group
AFP - Saturday, January 30
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - - A human rights group accused Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Friday of trying to reverse political pluralism after the nation's main opposition leader was sentenced to jail this week.
Vietnam jails writer for 4 years for 'propaganda'
AFP - Saturday, January 30
HANOI (AFP) - - A Vietnamese court handed a four-year jail term to a writer on Friday for anti-state "propaganda", a court official said, the latest in a string of jailings of democracy activists by the communist state.
Vietnam sentences democracy activist to 4 years
AP - Saturday, January 30
HANOI, Vietnam - An author and democracy activist who criticized Vietnam's communist government was sentenced Friday to four years in prison on charges of spreading propaganda against the state, her lawyer said.
Vietnam War-era shell explodes at school
AP - Thursday, January 28
HANOI, Vietnam - Officials say a Vietnam War-era artillery shell has exploded in a school yard, shattering windows and terrifying hundreds of students.
Zen master: Vietnam must grant religious freedom
AP - Tuesday, January 26
HANOI, Vietnam - One of the world's most famous Zen masters made a plea Monday for religious freedom in his homeland, saying Vietnam's communist leaders have lost touch with their revolutionary ideals and Buddhist traditions.
Influential Buddhist pleads for religious freedom in Vietnam
AFP - Monday, January 25
HANOI (AFP) - - One of the world's most influential Buddhist monks made a plea for religious freedom in Vietnam Monday after his followers were forced from two temples.
Global lawyers' group says barred from Vietnam trial
AFP - Saturday, January 23
HANOI (AFP) - - Observers from a global association of lawyers were barred last week from a controversial Vietnamese trial at which four dissidents were jailed, the group said Saturday.
Dogs fatally maul woman in Vietnam: report
AFP - Saturday, January 23
HANOI (AFP) - - A Vietnamese woman was mauled to death by at least five guard dogs at a coffee farm in the country's Central Highlands, state-linked media reported Saturday.
Vietnam flouts rights commitments: watchdog
AFP - Saturday, January 23
HANOI (AFP) - - Vietnam is flouting its human rights commitments to its Southeast Asian neighbours, Human Rights Watch said Friday, after the controversial jailing of four democracy activists.