On 27 November 2013, Vietnam’s National Assembly approved Law 13/2013/QH13, amending the Land Law adopted earlier that year. Effective 1 January 2014, it…
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Vietnam’s Cyber Safety Week 2016 ran from 7 to 13 November under the theme “Actively responding to new challenges and opportunities in cyberspace.” Organised…
In Vietnam’s modern political history, some uprisings disappear from public memory faster than others. The events associated with the 2011 Highland unrest…
Twelve Catholic priests from Hanoi were detained in 2012. Contemporary reports linked the episode to prayer and petition activity connected with a possible…
Vietnam’s Law on National Security, adopted in November 2015 and commonly called the 2015 Security Act, took effect on 1 January 2016. It replaced the 2004…
Vietnam’s media environment in 2010 was divided between state-managed journalism, a limited licensed private press and a lively online commentary sphere.…
The episode remembered as the 2014 return of the exiles was not a conventional homecoming. On 23 September 2014, Nguyễn Văn Đại, Đặng Thế Hùng and Trần Văn Lâm…
The 2013 cyber law drafting process unfolded while Vietnam was becoming one of the region’s most internet-dependent societies. Online news, blogs, forums and…
The online petition over the East Sea emerged in 2011 after a confrontation at sea turned into a test of state authority. Vietnamese fishing crews and Chinese…
In November 2016, Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched a renewed drive against what officials called “social evils.” The 2016 Social…