Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Hanoi - A human rights group on Tuesday urged Vietnam to follow Myanmar's example and release its political prisoners.

HANOI — Vietnamese authorities have released a French-Vietnamese dissident after he spent 17 months in jail after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the government.

Vietnam has sent a female activist to a notorious drug rehabilitation centre for two years without facing trial as an apparent punishment for taking part in anti-China protests, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

A court in Vietnam has given at least one Buddhist activist a prison sentence for distributing anti-government material, state media says.

HANOI — At least 10 Vietnamese protestors were detained in Hanoi on Sunday when security agents forcibly broke up a rally in support of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's recent call for a law on demonstrations.

Vietnam on Thursday jailed two Falungong practitioners for beaming radio broadcasts into China, their lawyer said, where the movement is banned and labelled an "evil cult".

Nguyen Thu Tram and Nguyen Ngoc Quang threatened with imprisonment after collaborating with the Guardian on a story about harassment of pro-democracy activists

A group gathered Tuesday at the Chinese Consulate to protest China's influence on it's neighbouring countries, in this case the detainment and scheduled trial of two Falun Gong human rights advocates in Vietnam. The two were to face trial this week for broadcasting news signals into China regarding the persecution of their fellow practitioners.

NEW YORK — Vietnam's foreign minister pointed Tuesday to Britain's response to August riots as he defended the human rights record of his government, which he said guaranteed fundamental freedoms.

HANOI — An international human rights group says a Vietnamese political prisoner has died in prison.

HANOI — An international human rights group urged Vietnam to shut down drug rehabilitation centers that it said subject inmates to abuse and forced labor. It also called Wednesday on international donors to check the programs they fund inside the centers for possible ties to human rights violations.

Two Vietnamese democracy activists were among more than 10,000 prisoners granted amnesty by Hanoi to mark the communist country's National Day, officials said on Monday.

A US-based opposition group labelled "terrorist" by Vietnam on Monday blamed the communist government for a cyber attack that it said had crippled its website.

HANOI — The U.S., France and a human rights group have strongly criticized the conviction of a French-Vietnamese math professor who was sentenced to three years in a Vietnamese prison for belonging to a banned pro-democracy group and publishing an anti-Communist blog.

HANOI - A dissident Vietnamese priest with a brain tumour went on a one-week hunger strike after authorities returned him to prison last month, his family said on Friday.