Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) has just finished its extraordinary session on January 11. It is called “extraordinary” because the rubber-stamped parliament meets twice a year, spring and autumn, around May and October. The content of this meeting…
The State of Vietnam has just officially announced the results of the 15th National Assembly election with 499 candidates declared elected in localities and provinces across the country. On this occasion, on Friday, June 11, 2021, a number of Vietnamese…
The National Assembly and the government in Vietnam are still “indebted” to the people and have much to do now, two civil society and human rights activists told the BBC on Sunday. In Vietnam, the elections for the National Assembly…
May 23, 2021, is the day that Vietnam’s authoritarian regime propagates and calls as “All people go to the polls” day. Accordingly, voters across the country will go to the polls to choose those who is “virtuous and talented” for…
A legal expert told RFA that recent arrests and interrogations of the self-nominated candidates for Vietnam’s National Assembly are raising concerns among those who want to have their voices in the country’s parliament or the People’s Councils in provinces and…
On March 30, Saigon-based civil society organization Le Hieu Dang Club sent an open letter to the 14th National Assembly with the proposal of judicial reform and land ownership policy. Why is it necessary to have these reforms? A letter…
On March 9, the Ninh Binh province police arrested Tran Quoc Khanh, saying that this Facebooker broadcast Livestream with content “distorting information against the State and causing public confusion.” Mr. Khanh was arrested after he declared himself candidacy of the…
Recently, Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) attracted the attention of public opinion when its member speaking publicly at the parliament advised the Minister of Public Security that the number of police officers was too large. “Sorry Minister, the…
