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International rights groups say Hanoi needs to improve its record if it wants to remain on the UN body.

Six climate defenders have been arrested in Vietnam since 2021, as the Southeast Asian country signs a multi-billion dollar financing deal to help its green transition

Six climate defenders have been arrested in Vietnam since 2021, as the Southeast Asian country signs a multi-billion dollar financing deal to help its green transition

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Hoan Thi Minh Hong is the fifth environmental activist to be arrested for evading taxes over the past two years.

Thuý, who helped run environmental programs at a nonprofit based in Ho Chi Minh City, had for weeks pondered quitting her job to pursue an advanced degree. The 24-year-old, who like all NGO workers interviewed for this story used a pseudonym due to fear of reprisals, was at a loss as to how to communicate […]

NGOs, governments and the United Nations have criticised ‘tax evasion’ charges leveled against Nguy Thi Khanh.

Nguy Thi Khanh, former head of NGO GreenID, was handed a prison sentence for economic crimes, not her environmental activism, spokesperson for the foreign ministry Le Thi Thu Hang said.

An InfluenceMap report spells out foreign pro-gas lobbying in Vietnam as environmental activists face mounting threats for speaking out against the government

Nguy Thi Khanh, a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, is the latest climate change activist to be jailed on tax-related charges.