Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Feb 25, 2019

Vietnam relishes role as peacemaker with Kim-Trump summit as it seeks to balance ties

While the leaders of North Korea and the United States debate banishing nuclear bombs from the Korean peninsula, the host of their summit this week, Vietnam, is relishing its role as a promoter of peace. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong ...

Asia Pacific / Politics Apr 10, 2018

Vietnam activists question Facebook on suppressing dissent

Vietnamese human rights activists and independent media groups have written to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Inc.'s chief executive, questioning whether the social media platform was helping suppress dissent in the communist country. The letter, released on Tuesday by U.S.-based human rights group Viet Tan and signed ...