Helen Clark

Helen Clark is a Vietnam-based journalist. She has written for IRIN News, IPS News, Southeast Asia Globe, CNNGo and dpa, among others.

Facebook in Vietnam: Why the block doesn’t work

Vietnam’s answer to China’s Great Firewall is more of a smoldering bamboo fence.

Analysis: Few surprises at the Party Congress, and likely none ahead.

Safety will be of the utmost importance, but Vietnam has no plans to cancel reactors set for 2020.

For Vietnam, it’s a sign that, yes, the times they are a-changin.’

August 1, 2016Conflict

Tensions are always percolating in disputed waters, but this time Vietnam’s protests have been allowed to go on.