Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

HANOI — An international human rights group has honoured six Vietnamese activists for their courage in the face of political persecution in Vietnam.

Activist groups on Monday urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to raise human rights issues with Vietnam officials during her upcoming visit to Hanoi.

HANOI — A dissident Catholic priest jailed four times by communist Vietnam has proclaimed his innocence and accused the country of breaching its international treaty obligations to safeguard human rights.

HANOI — An official says a Vietnamese pro-democracy activist has been released after serving three and a half years in prison for spreading anti-communist information.

HANOI — A Vietnamese court on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of a high-profile group of dissidents jailed for trying to overthrow the communist regime, a court official said.

A prominent Vietnamese writer and dissident Friday appealed against her jail sentence on assault charges she says were trumped up.

Vietnam's government on Thursday rejected testimony by the international rights group Human Rights Watch that linked it to harassment that forced an internet forum for political discussions out of the country.

HANOI — Vietnam released one of its leading democracy activists from prison Monday after the dissident Catholic priest spent three years and suffered two strokes in solitary confinement, his lawyer and sister said.

HANOI — A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the state.

Vietnam is consistent with its policy to promote human rights through dialogue and cooperation, said a Vietnamese diplomat at the 13th UN Human Rights Council (HRC) session in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 2.

A Vietnamese writer and democracy activist has been jailed for three and a half years for attacking two men during a parking dispute in Hanoi.

HANOI – A group of Vietnamese dissidents jailed for up to 16 years for trying to overthrow the communist regime have appealed their sentences, local media reported on Saturday.

Dissident writer Pham Thanh Nghien has been jailed for four years in Vietnam after being found guilty of spreading propaganda against the state.

Vietnam's jailing of four dissidents for trying to topple the communist regime came under fire Thursday Jan 21 from the United States and European Union, while activists said the case made a mockery of justice.

The only Vietnamese-American member of Congress said Wednesday he urged Hanoi's communist government to improve human rights on a quiet, restricted visit back to his nation of birth.