One of Vietnam's best-known environmental activists, Nguy Thi Khanh, has been jailed on charges of tax evasion. She is seen here in a February 6, 2020, photo [Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP] Three years ago, ...

On June 17, a Hanoi court sentenced Nguy Thi Khanh, arguably Vietnam’s best-known environmental advocate, to two years in jail for tax evasion. Vietnam’s foreign ministry has refuted claims that Khanh ...

Khanh was incarcerated for allegedly not paying tax on her winnings from the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize in the summer of 2022, a charge human rights and climate groups have condemned. She was ...

The US said it was "deeply concerned" by the sentencing of prominent Vietnamese environmentalist and activist Nguy Thi Khanh, calling on the government to release her. The climate activist and founder ...

Vietnamese climate activist Nguy Thi Khanh was quietly released from prison this month, five months earlier than scheduled. No reasoning has been given for Khanh’s release, which has not been formally ...

The Vietnamese government's commitment to action on climate change is in the spotlight after a leading environmental activist was sentenced this month to two years in ...

She is founder of Green ID, Vietnam’s best-known environmental NGO and has convinced the government to reduce its coal targets. As a child, Nguy Thi Khanh used to lie in the grass in her Vietnamese ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your ...

Phan Hien and Thu Huong bring home a historic WDSF medal, marking a first for Vietnam in this international category. Khanh Thi, Phan Hien, and Dang Thu Huong were overcome with emotion upon returning ...

The prosecution of Vietnam’s most prominent environmental activist, as well as others, has cast doubt on the country’s commitment to cut coal. By Sui-Lee Wee When the Vietnamese government decided in ...