Does Civic Society in Vietnam Have a Chance?
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 18, 2015, 19:00 – 21:00
Human rights advocate Trinh Huu Long, legal advisor to the non-profit VOICE (Vietnamese Overseas Initiative for Conscience Empowerment), which was founded in 2005 and supports the building of civic society in Vietnam and provides assistance to Vietnamese refugees around the world, will discuss the issue of human rights in the country.
Trinh Hoi, lawyer and executive director of VOICE (http://vietnamvoice.org/), will discuss the development of civic society in Vietnam, its significance and ways that Vietnamese communities living abroad can support it.
The event is co-organised by the Van Lang civic society, which promotes and advocates for civic society principles and monitors adherence to human rights in Vietnam.
Interpretation from English to Czech provided.