Build a
free press
for
Viet Nam
What we do
Luật Khoa Magazine, a Vietnamese-language independent magazine focusing on law and politics.
The Vietnamese Magazine, an English-language independent magazine focusing on Vietnam’s legal and political affairs.
Luật Khoa YouTube Channel, a new but rapidly growing project with over 120,000 subscribers and 26 million views, and counting.
Training for Journalists: Empowering the next generation of Vietnamese journalists with the skills, ethics, and courage to tell the stories that matter.
Research
We invest in understanding Vietnam in the areas of press freedom, Internet freedom, and criminal justice.
Library and Data
We run physical and virtual libraries, as well as documenting Vietnam’s legislative activities.
Propaganda corner
We’re all about fair journalism. But here’s where we shamelessly show off.
Short Film: A livable Viet Nam – Một Việt Nam đáng sống
LIV’s Co-Founder, Trịnh Hữu Long, Interviewed By New Bloom About Building a Pro-Democracy Media for Vietnam in Exile
Four years after Phạm Đoan Trang was sentenced, LIV and a coalition of NGOs renew call for her release
LIV Facilitated Lecture on the State–Media Nexus in the 21st Century
LIV Co-Organized Lecture at NCCU on the Transformation of the Party System in the Czech Republic
LIV Co-Organized Event in Taipei on Media Freedom in Central Europe
Public Statements
Four years after Phạm Đoan Trang was sentenced, LIV and a coalition of NGOs renew call for her release
LIV’s Co-Founder Phạm Đoan Trang is awarded the 2025 Tucholsky Prize
LIV Joins International Coalition of Human Rights Groups Calling for Phạm Đoan Trang’s Release on the 5th Anniversary of Her Arrest
LIV joins global call for protecting journalists in Gaza
LIV joins a coalition of 72 NGOs urging UK Prime Minister to secure Jimmy Lai’s release on medical parole
LIV’s Luat Khoa Magazine joins RSF, CPJ and over 130 media outlets calling for opening The Gaza Strip to foreign journalists and protecting Palestinian reporters
LIV Joins International Coalition Calling For Release of Pham Doan Trang Spending Her 47th birthday Behind Bars
Calling for Immediate Release of Chinese Journalist Zhang Zhan
EVENTS
Seminar: Internet Freedom in Viet Nam, Myanmar and China | Wed, 28 May 2025, NCCU
No. 64, Section 2, Zhinan Rd, Wenshan District
Taipei City,
116
Taiwan
May28Thu, May 28, 202612:00 pm
Human Rights Impact Assessment of Facebook’s operations in Viet Nam
Jun11Thu, Jun 11, 20264:00 pm
A story we want to tell
It was a gloomy winter in Hà Nội, 2012. Amid growing censorship and self-censorship in state-run media, two journalists dared to dream of something different: their own independent newspaper. But reality hit hard, and the project stalled. Still, the dream lived on. Two years later, it found new life…
Who we work with. Proudly.
We are a nonprofit public interest media organization
committed to making independent, high-quality journalism a cornerstone of Vietnam’s future.
Every day, we invest in nurturing a new generation of fearless, ethical, and thoughtful journalists.
Join us!
We offer various job and internship opportunities.
Media Mentions
