Vietnam Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/vietnam/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:20:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Vietnam Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/vietnam/ 32 32 59910430 2014 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2015/03/2014-annual-report/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:52:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4040 During 2014, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 30 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the ministries or local authorities with […]

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]]> 4040 Revocation of Degree Four Years Later Leads to Protest by Vietnamese Academics https://concernedscientists.org/2014/05/revocation-of-degree-four-years-later-leads-to-protest-by-vietnamese-academics/ Sat, 03 May 2014 01:24:09 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3342 Hanoi National University of Education awarded Do Thi Thoan a Masters Degree in 2010, after it received the highest possible evaluation. In 2014, another committee revoked the degree without explanation to Ms. Thoan. Her research adviser was fired. Suspecting politics, almost 300 Vietnamese academics, in Vietnam and abroad, protested the lack of due process in […]

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]]> 3342 CCS Welcomes the Release of Vietnamese Professor, Pham Minh Hoang https://concernedscientists.org/2012/01/ccs-welcomes-the-release-of-vietnamese-professor-pham-minh-hoang/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:06 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=1287 We welcome the release from prison of Vietnamese professor of mathematics, Pham Minh Hoang on January 13, 2012. CCS was among the many human rights groups and academic associations advocating for Professor Hoang’s release. Pham Minh Hoang, a professor of mathematics and blogger in Vietnam, was arrested on August 13, 2010 and was later convicted […]

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]]> 1287 AFP: Vietnam cuts jail term of French-Vietnamese blogger https://concernedscientists.org/2011/11/afp-vietnam-cuts-jail-term-of-french-vietnamese-blogger/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:47:02 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=1169 (AFP) HANOI — A Vietnamese court on Tuesday halved the jail sentence of a French-Vietnamese blogger whose release has been sought by Paris and the European Union, his lawyer said. Pham Minh Hoang, who has dual nationality, will be freed on January 13 after serving a 17-month sentence for attempted subversion but will still have […]

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]]> 1169 Follow-up on the Arrest and Trial of Math Professor Pham Minh Hoang https://concernedscientists.org/2011/08/follow-up-on-the-arrest-and-trial-of-math-professor-pham-minh-hoang/ Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:11:09 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=903 CCS wrote a follow-up letter to Prime Minister Nguen Tan Dung of Viet Nam joining other human rights organizations in urging the government to release Professor Pham Minh Hoang. Read the letter: Our Previous Activity Vietnamese Mathematician Pham Minh Hoang Arrested Vietnamese mathematician arrested August 2, 2011 Nguyen Tan Dung Prime Minister Office of the […]

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]]> 903 Vietnamese Mathematician Pham Minh Hoang Arrested https://concernedscientists.org/2011/03/vietnamese-mathematician-pham-minh-hoang-arrested/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:22:20 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=399 Vietnamese mathematician Pham Minh Hoang was arrested and accused of sedition after publishing blogs criticizing the environmental impact of bauxite extraction. The Committee of Concerned Scientists wrote a letter to the government of Vietnam, protesting his arrest on charges of sedition. Read the text of the letter: February 2,  2011 Truong Vinh Trong Deputy Prime […]

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]]> 399 Vietnamese mathematician arrested https://concernedscientists.org/2010/09/vietnamese-mathematician-arrested/ Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:32:41 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=447 Professor Pham Minh Hoang, lecturer in mathematics at Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic Institute, was arrested on August 13, 2010 on charges of participating in a banned opposition political group, the Viet Tan. According to media reports, the arrest followed the interrogation two days earlier of Professor Hoang and his wife at a police station […]

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