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Former RFA blogger in failing health in Vietnam jail

Former RFA blogger in failing health in Vietnam jail

Nguyen Truong Thuy suffers from several ailments, but prison officials are refusing requests of outside treatment.

Biden unveils US Indo-Pacific economic plan after summits in Japan, South Korea

Biden unveils US Indo-Pacific economic plan after summits in Japan, South Korea

More countries join the president's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity.

Vietnam ethnic minority activist jailed for 4 years for reporting abuse allegations

Vietnam ethnic minority activist jailed for 4 years for reporting abuse allegations

Y Wo Nie was sentenced under a law critics say gives authorities too much power to crack down on dissent.

Philippines deploys buoys as ‘sovereign markers’ in South China Sea

Philippines deploys buoys as ‘sovereign markers’ in South China Sea

Philippine Coast Guard also sets up command observation posts on three isles in disputed waters.

US, China urged to talk to each other amid fears for regional trade, security

Southeast Asian leaders voiced concern about rivalry at conference in Tokyo.

Vietnamese attorneys face abuse from police when defending their clients

Vietnamese attorneys face abuse from police when defending their clients

Some officers resent lawyers for making investigations more difficult.

Vietnamese political prisoner Ho Duc Hoa, who was released nine years into a 13-year sentence for “conducting activities to overthrow the people’s government" and put on a plane to the United States on May 11, 2022.

Interview: ‘We always fought against things which were unreasonable’ in prison

2022-05-26

'My mind has been full of the images of the inmates who I know in person," says political prisoner Ho Duc Hoa.

USS Connecticut (SSN 22) departs Naval Base Kistap-Bremerton for deployment.

US Navy: 'Unit-level errors and omissions' led to grounding of nuclear-powered sub

2022-05-24

Three top commanders of the USS Connecticut were sacked after the accident in the South China Sea.

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Vietnam unveils world’s longest glass-bottom bridge

Vietnam unveils world’s longest glass-bottom bridge

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Hanoi's heavy hand

Hanoi's heavy hand
Report tracks China’s assertiveness at sea over the decades

Report tracks China’s assertiveness at sea over the decades

Enduring China pressure on South China Sea claimants poses dilemma for U.S. as stabilizing force.

Prisoner of conscience Le Anh Hung is shown in an undated photo.

Vietnamese blogger sent back to jail after three years in mental hospital

Political prisoners at another facility are meanwhile confined to their cells for refusing to work.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a bilateral meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 13, 2022.

Vietnamese delegation’s loose lips caught on video during US-ASEAN summit

A Chinese coast guard ship (L) shadowing a Philippine coast guard vessel (R) while conducting a maritime patrol in Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, in photo taken on March 2, 2022 and released by Philippine Coast Guard on March 27.

China, ASEAN to hold South China Sea code of conduct talks this month

US President Joe Biden participates in the US-ASEAN Special Summit at the US State Department in Washington, DC, May 13, 2022.

Biden touts 'free and open' Indo-Pacific in summit with ASEAN rulers

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Father of Essex truck victim: I’d send my children from Vietnam again

Father of Essex truck victim: I’d send my children from Vietnam again

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Vietnam: The fishermen and the sea

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