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VCHR joins tribute to Olivier Dupuis, champion of human rights, democracy and religious freedom

ROME, 19 September 2026 (VCHR): The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) joined members of the Italian Parliament, former MEPs, friends and democracy activists from all over the world in Rome today to honour the memory of Olivier Dupuis, former Secretary-general of the Italian Transnational Radical Party (TRP), Member of …
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The United States designates Vietnam as a “country of particular concern” for grave violations of religious freedom

U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell announced at a Press Conference in Washington D.C. today that Vietnam is on a list of 8 countries designated as “countries of particular concern” (CPCs), i.e. countries whose governments have engaged in or tolerated “particularly severe violations of religious freedom”. The list was …

Today@ABS-CBN : Vietnam restricts Cambodian, Burmese activists
By ESTRELLA TORRES – TODAY Reporter

HANOI – As 800 activists discuss wide-ranging issues on economic and human rights at the five-day Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) in the People’s Forum here, countries like Cambodia and Burma have apparently put pressure on Vietnamese authorities to restrain critical groups from airing their sentiments to gain international …

The Nation : Getting Hanoi to loosen up

Ban on media covering forum is a step back from Vietnam’s place on the global stage Vietnam has made impressive headway since the country opened up in the mid-1980s with its doi moi policy, or renovation process. It has joined Asean and other major economic groupings both in …

dpa : ASEM Peoples Forum kicks off in Vietnams capital

HANOI, Sept 6, 2004 (dpa) – The fifth ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) People’s Forum got underway in the Vietnamese capital Monday with over 800 delegates from Europe and Southeast Asia expected to attend. The forum was officially opened by Vietnams Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, who said he was …

dpa : Journalists told no room at ASEM Peoples Forum in Vietnam

HANOI, Sept 6, 2004 (dpa) – Journalists will not be allowed to attend workshops at an Asia-Europe (ASEM) Peoples Forum set to begin in Hanoi, due to unexpected delegate demand, an organizer said Monday. The number of people registered has gone beyond expectations, said Ho Anh Dung from …

AP : Journalists banned from attending ASEM People’s Forum in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam, 6 Sept (AP) – Communist Vietnam has banned journalists from covering the fifth Asia-Europe People’s Forum in Hanoi, with organizers saying Monday that there was not enough room to accommodate them. The announcement drew the ire of journalists who had traveled from various Southeast Asian countries …