Vietnam human rights

The coin, issued by the Royal Australian Mint last month, shows the flag of the now-defunct South Vietnamese government.

The kidnapping, which coincided with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Vietnam last week, highlights the gaps in interests and perceptions between Washington and Hanoi.

Nguyen Lan Thang's imprisonment is the latest sign of a severe tightening of the political space by the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam.

That such a rights-abusing state could win election to the body speaks to structural problems in the current international human rights regime.

It will soon introduce restrictions on which social media accounts can post news-related content.

Bui Tuan Lam made a video that went viral last year, making fun of a minister who was caught on camera eating a gold-encrusted steak.

The country's Health Ministry has instructed doctors to stop treating homosexuality as a disease, and to cease discrimination in medical care.

The fundraising event touched on a number of issues of great sensitivity to Hanoi.

Hanoi's strategic importance to the U.S. and its allies has allowed the Communist Party greater leeway in silencing its critics.

Today's conviction and imprisonment of human rights defender Pham Doan Trang is part of a concerted crackdown on dissent.

Harris said she spoke with Vietnamese leaders in particular about the release of political dissidents.