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Kit Humphrey

Kit Humphrey

@HumphreyWrites
SCMP Contributor
Kit (formerly Chris) Humphrey is based in Hanoi as the Vietnam Bureau Chief for Deutsche Presse-Agentur. As a freelance journalist, he also writes for South China Morning Post and other publications, covering human rights, culture, geopolitics, and the environment.
Kit (formerly Chris) Humphrey is based in Hanoi as the Vietnam Bureau Chief for Deutsche Presse-Agentur. As a freelance journalist, he also writes for South China Morning Post and other publications, covering human rights, culture, geopolitics, and the environment.

Vietnam’s Congress ends with focus on growth, graft and US-China ties

A resurgence of coronavirus in the country served to dampen proceedings, after Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected for an ‘unprecedented’ third term.

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The harsh jail terms given to three journalists this week, including prominent activist Pham Chi Dung, are just the latest in a string of sentences handed out to critics.

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Retired baker Chau Van Kham has been sentenced to 12 years for ‘terrorist activities against the state’ in a trial that human rights campaigners say is part of a wave of repression.

First prosecution since closure of a legal loophole that enabled men to sexually abuse young boys without it being considered a sex crime raises hopes the country has turned a corner on child abuse.

What began as a viewing party for RuPaul’s Drag Race is fast becoming a mainstay of the Vietnamese capital’s LGBT scene. But it has not been an easy transition

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