Vietnam’s New Leader is Same Old Rights Violator

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Vietnamese President To Lam at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 27, 2024. © 2024 Luong Thai Linh/AP Photo Vietnam’s new president, To Lam, is one of many world leaders with poor human rights records visiting New York City this week for the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting. He will meet with United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday and is expected to meet with Meta and Google executives.As minister of public security, Lam oversaw a massive crackdown on dissent, with hundreds of journalists and rights defenders arrested and…

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