The recent strike of hundreds of Grab drivers reveals new conflicts in the relationship over this no-new economic model. On December 7, hundreds of Grab drivers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City called on each other to shut down…
On December 7, hundreds of drivers of GrabBike technology vehicles simultaneously turned off the app and gathered to protest against the 10% VAT increase regulation which was effective from December 5, 2020. A GrabBike driver, who did not want to…
Opinions about the experiences of Vietnam-origin entrepreneurs and the Vietnamese government can be drawn from Trinh Vinh Binh’s case. “This is a cross-century lawsuit, its implications are not only that Vietnam has lost, but many legal aspects and many different…
Officers, civil servants, and public employees who are being treated for a serious illness, cognitive loss, or who are receiving treatment for serious illness at the hospital … will not be disciplined for their wrongdoings. That is the content of…
Today’s netizens are talking about rumors that Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh will replace Nguyen Duc Chung as the chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee. Meanwhile, newspapers simultaneously reported about Nguyen Duc Chung applying for bail to…
Protesters outside a court in Hanoi trying activists of the Brotherhood for Democracy on April 5, 2018 “Freedom of speech” and “speech freely“ Thien Van’s author, titled “Ensuring freedom of speech, not promoting free speech,” published on Vietnamnet.vn, July 31,…
The latest annual US report on global financial transparency states that Vietnam has not made progress in disclosing government revenues or information on the exploitation of natural resources. The State Department’s report released on June 15 shows that Vietnam is…
The Covid-19 pandemic quickly increased the number of hungry people in big cities while the government’s bailout policy was not fast enough and wide enough to cover it. That was the time when the role of civil society was promoted.…
Vietnam has been hailed of having effective anti-pandemic campaign thanks to determination and high concentration of the government and its ability to mobilize the entire society to join in fighting the pandemic. Meanwhile, a political observer attributed that success to…
Setting aside Vietnamese fishermen being repeatedly chased, sunk and devastated by China, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said thanks his Chinese counterpart for bilateral cooperation against Covid-19. On the evening of April 2, authorities in Quang Ngai informed the…
