On March 6, police arrested and jailed human-rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan on criminal charges that they had propagandized against the state.

• 随著获得世贸组织正式会员资格，以及得到进入美国市场的通路后，越南开始不认帐，不愿再与美国针对民主进程展开实质协商。