Democracy Summit: America invites Taiwan, not Vietnam; China is angry

US President Biden’s administration has invited Taiwan to join the “Summit for Democracy” next month, according to a list of participating countries released on Tuesday. This move angered China. The Beijing government has long considered the democratic island of Taiwan…
Pfizer, Merck give production license of anti-COVID-19 pills to Vietnam

Two US pharmaceutical groups, Pfizer and MSD, have agreed to give production licenses of COVID-19 tablets to Vietnamese companies, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Health. The Drug Administration Department of the Ministry of Health said in a statement that pharmaceutical…
Vietnam Human Rights Network honors 5 human rights and land activists

The California-based organization Vietnam Human Rights Network on November 20 announced the voting results to award the Vietnam Human Rights Prize 2021, according to which five people who are being imprisoned by the Vietnamese government will be honored. There are…