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Editors
Vietnamese Authorities Arrest Four Land Rights ...

Vietnamese authorities arrested four land rights activists after finishing their investigation on the Đồng Tâm police raid in January 2020.

Vietnamese Authorities Arrest Four Land Rights Activists
On the Record
Editors
Editor Reflections: What we lost in the Will ...

Before I did any work for Will’s story, I got the impression that his involvement in these protests were merely coincidental. That he was just some Vietnamese American who just so happened to stumble his way into the protests. I wanted to know what his motivations were.

Editor Reflections: What we lost in the Will Nguyễn news cycle
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A Wife’s Letter, on the Eve of Her Husband’s ...

Human rights activist Nguyễn Văn Oai is on trial again, after having previously served four years in prison on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. Oai became a father while in prison awaiting trial. His wife Hồ Thị Linh Châu posted a letter to him on her Facebook page, just before he was originally due to appear in court. 

A Wife’s Letter, on the Eve of Her Husband’s Trial
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Jenny Lý
Pilgrimage to Huế: Of Spirits, Rituals, and ...

[VIDEO] Travel back to the annual Ðiện Hòn Chén Festival in Huế, Việt Nam -- this time, to witness the practice and rituals of ancestor worshipping.

Pilgrimage to Huế: Of Spirits, Rituals, and Trances
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Kathy Trieu
Lụa and Loan, Two Asylum Seekers Rejected by ...

Reporter Kathy Triệu is back with another modern refugee story -- one that chronicles the journey of two strong-willed Vietnamese mothers, Trần Thị Lụa and Trần Thị Thanh Loan. They recount fhow several attempts to flee Việt Nam for Australia led them instead to a detention center in Indonesia.

Lụa and Loan, Two Asylum Seekers Rejected by Australia

Photography

Nick Út on How Photography Shaped Narratives of the Việt Nam War

Nick Út on How Photography Shaped Narratives of the Việt Nam War

How much can words - and photos - be twisted through interpretation, propaganda, and history? In 1972, Nick Út, a photographer for the Associated Press, took a picture that changed the course of his life, as well as the life of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, the young girl in that photo. Now, 45 years after the iconic photo was captured, and 42 years after the end of the war, Nick Út has retired from his career as an AP photojournalist. In Episode 71, he goes On the Record with Loa's Quyên Ngô about the lessons he's learned as a war photographer, and not just as the man behind a photo.