Year in review: Top video news moments of 2024
South China Sea, Xinjiang and the US-Mexico border are some of the scenes of the top RFA video stories in 2024
EXPLAINED: Why Vietnam wants to join the Human Rights Council – again
Hanoi has twice had a place on the United Nations panel in spite of its poor human rights record.
Vietnam’s barefoot monk expected to cross from Laos into Thailand
Thich Minh Tue has been on a walking pilgrimage from Vietnam to India since late November.
Freed Vietnamese climate campaigner requests asylum after arriving in US
Hoang Thi Minh Hong was released in September, part-way through a 4-year sentence.
Wanted Vietnamese artist says police beat him
Le Quoc Anh said authorities have also been harassing his parents.
Prominent Vietnamese writer in hiding says police are harassing his family
Doan Bao Chau faces prosecution for Facebook posts and interviews with foreign media critical of the government.
Vietnamese monk leaves Laos, enters Thailand
Thich Minh Tue, who was an internet hero earlier this year, is on a pilgrimage to India.
Photos: Asia rings in the new year
Across Asia, communities welcomed 2025 with spectacular fireworks shows, special events and cheering crowds.
US-based Vietnamese activist says police harassed her family
Former prisoner Pham Thanh Nghien accepted a rights award on behalf of a jailed friend.
US-based Vietnamese activist says police harassed her family
Former prisoner Pham Thanh Nghien accepted a rights award on behalf of a jailed friend.
The year in photos: Defining moments from Asia’s stories in 2024
RFA’s visual editors present some of the year’s most impactful news images.
