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Key Events * Hà Nội Steps up Crackdown: Arrest Warrant Issued for Journalist Đoàn Bảo Châu; * Việt Nam Tightens Grip on
Key Events * Hà Nội Slams U.S. Rights Findings, Warns Against One-Sided Assessments; * UN Panel Deems Việt Nam’s Jailing
Key Events * Politburo Set to Grow as Party Prepares for 14th Congress; * Vietnamese Businesses Brace for 20% U.S. Tariff;
Key Events * Prison Health Crisis Raises Human Rights Concerns in Case of Cấn Thị Thêu; * Political Prisoner Đặng Đăng Phước
Key Events * Prisoner of Conscience Phạm Chí Thành Freed Four Months Early; * Family Seeks Global Help for Dissident Lê Đình
Key Events * Communist Party Strips Top Officials of All Party Roles, Expels Former Minister; * Caught Off Guard: Việt Nam Faces
Key Events * Việt Nam Faces International Scrutiny Over Political Repression at the Review of the International Covenant on Civil and
Key Events * Bumpy Start for Việt Nam’s New Governance Model Amid Tech Failures and Staff Discontent * Unprecedented Trade Pact:
Key Events * Việt Nam Abolishes Death Penalty for Corruption Amid Wave of High-Profile Trials * Chinese Survey Ship Operates Near Việt
Key Events * Việt Nam’s National Assembly Passes Constitutional Amendment in Just 43 Days * New Decree in Việt Nam Hands
Key Events * Việt Nam’s National Assembly Approves Historic Resolution on Provincial and Municipal Mergers * Việt Nam Abolishes Lump-Sum Tax
Key Events * New Party Rules Signal Strategic Shift of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) * Việt Nam Cracks Down
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