Civil and political rights
Access to information
Vietnam attempts at establishing secure network environment
The Government has made concerted efforts to establish secure network environment by issuing a new decree.The Government has recently released Decree No. 147/2024/ND-CP on November 9, 2024, concerning the management, provision, and utilization of internet services and information on the network. This decree introduces several new ...
Translated by Anh Quan
16th Conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information opens in Da Nang
The 16th Conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI-16) themed “Media: From Information to Knowledge for a Resilient and Responsive ASEAN” opened in the central city of Da Nang on September 22. The Conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information is an important forum for ...
Vietnam to host 44th meeting of Asia-Pacific News Agencies
The Vietnam News Agency will host the 44th Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) meeting in Hanoi this week under the theme of “For Professional and Innovative Journalism.”At this meeting from April 18 to 20, the OANA executive board will mainly focus on three contents, ...
US Human Rights Report still includes unobjective assessments on VN's actual situation
Although the US latest report on human right practices acknowledges Viet Nam’s achievements in protecting human rights, it still includes some assessments that are not objective and do not reflect the actual situation in Viet Nam.Keep reading ...
Quang Minh
Law ensures citizens’ right to information access
The Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) co-held a seminar in Hanoi on December 24 to introduce leaflets on the Law on Access to InformationCatherine Phuong, a UNDP representative in Vietnam, ensuring people’s right to information access is one of the ...
Vietnam tells Facebook to remove 'toxic information'
Facebook’s vice president of public policy for the Asia-Pacific, Simon Milner, expressed his company’s readiness to support Vietnam in areas relevant to the digital era. Facebook will discuss with Vietnam issues that many other countries also face, especially cybersecurity, and the two sides agreed to ...
Viet Tuan
Facebook removes 159 anti-government accounts at Vietnam’s request: official
Facebook, the world’s biggest social network and the most popular in Vietnam, has acted upon a request by Vietnamese authorities to remove 159 anti-government accounts, a senior government official has said.Keep reading ...
Vo Hai