Nearly 60 lawyers in Vietnam have now applied to represent a lawyer charged with tax evasion after he agreed to defend a dissident blogger and RFA contributor who was abducted in Thailand in January and brought back to Vietnam by …
Category: Legal Judical
Opposition Leaders in Limbo as Obstacles to Planned Cambodia Return Mount
The plans of Cambodian opposition party leader Sam Rainsy and another top party official remained in limbo Thursday after the two were blocked from traveling to locations in neighboring countries they hoped to use as springboards for a return home …
Vietnamese Activist Loses Bid for Asylum, is Sent Home by US
A Vietnamese environmental activist was sent back to Vietnam by the United States this week, ending his quest for political asylum, a U.S. lawmaker said in a press statement on Tuesday.
Ha Van Thanh, born in 1982, was deported on …
Vietnamese Rights Group: Government Campaign to Limit the Scale of Funerals Unfairly Targets Hmong Minority
Authorities in Vietnam have initiated a campaign that would limit the length and scale of traditional funerals, but ethnic minority rights advocates say that the plan unfairly targets the country’s Hmong minority, known for holding wakes that last several days …
Thailand unveils measures to slash emissions from vehicles
BANGKOK, In a bid to control a major source of fine particulate matter PM2.5, Thailand’s Department of Land Transport (DLT) has announced a raft of measures to reduce emissions from vehicles, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
The level of PM2.5 …
Thailand unveils measures to slash emissions from vehicles
BANGKOK, In a bid to control a major source of fine particulate matter PM2.5, Thailand’s Department of Land Transport (DLT) has announced a raft of measures to reduce emissions from vehicles, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
The level of PM2.5 …