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Vietnamese Blogger Phạm Minh Hoàng: “I Cannot Be Stripped of My Citizenship”

 Vietnamese Blogger Phạm Minh Hoàng: “I Cannot Be Stripped of My Citizenship”

A Vietnamese educator who has been prevented from teaching, now finds the last part of his identity stripped from him: His Vietnamese citizenship. Professor Phạm Minh Hoàng, a 61-year-old blogger who writes about human rights, social justice, and corruption in Việt Nam, is on the record from Sài Gòn.

Political Prisoner Confronted With Difficult Choice

Political Prisoner Confronted With Difficult Choice

In a jail cell outside of Sài Gòn, a prisoner’s painful tumor is left untreated unless she confesses to her alleged crimes.  That's the case of land rights activist, Trần Thị Thúy, a woman who’s been punished so severely in prison, she can no longer walk straight. Loa’s Mây Trần tells her story.

Four Việt Nam News Stories to Know in June

Four Việt Nam News Stories to Know in June

Loa’s Lương Văn Thiền has compiled a quick recap of four noteworthy news stories. From hearings on Việt Nam’s prisoners of conscience in the Canadian Parliament and the U.S. Congress, to public demonstrations by human rights activists in Hà Nội, it’s all in this week’s “Things to Know.”