Human Rights Watch Asia details arrests of democracy activists, especially blogger Dieu Cay who was sentenced to more than two years in prison for tax evasion coinciding with his anti-China protests. HRW Asia correlates these arrests with the visit of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte   more »

Arrests and detentions of pro-democracy activists Pham Van Troi, Ngo Quynh, Poet Van Duc Thach, Nguyen Van Hai (blogger Dieu Cay), writer Nguyen Xuan Nghia are cited by the People's Democratic Party with a call for action to the Vietnamese government. The date September 14 is likely to be a time of protest in Vietnam by prodemocracy activists.    more »