Some Blocked From Attending Australia Memorial in Vietnam-AP, August 19, 2016 VUNG TAU, Vietnam — Under pressure from Australia, Vietnam lifted a sudden ban on veterans who had travelled to the country to mark the 50th anniversary of Australia’s most costly battle of the Vietnam War, but officials prevented hundreds from paying their respects at a monument to Australian casualties, Australia’s prime […]
Ending Enforced Disappearance in the ASEAN: The Search for Peace, Truth, and Justice- Ending Enforced Disappearance in the ASEAN: The Search for Peace, Truth, and Justice A JOINT STATEMENT FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE ACSC/APF 2016, DILI, TIMOR-LESTE THE BACKGROUND Since its inception, the annual ACSC/APF (ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples’ Forum) has been held in the same country that holds the ASEAN chairpersonship. The […]
4,000 Christians Beaten by Police in Vietnam for Protesting Environmental Disaster-The Christian Post, August 19, 2016 Four thousand Catholics from the town of Ky Anh in Vietnam were beaten by police after they led an anti-pollution protest against the government, following the contamination of 70 tons of fish from waste dumped into the sea. Asia News reports that the Christians were protesting against a fish-related […]
Vietnam Begins to Probe into Killing of Three Provincial Senior Officials-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 18, 2016 Vietnam’s authorities have launched a probe into the criminal case in which three senior party officials of the northernmost province of Yen Bai were shot by gun, state media has reported. On Aug 18, Pham Duy Cuong, secretary of the provincial communist party’s Committee, and Ngo Ngoc Tuan, […]
U.S. Report on Vietnam’s Religious Freedom Not Accurate: State Media-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 19, 2016 A recent report by the U.S. Department of State on the freedom of religion and belief in Vietnam is not objective and one-sided, state media in the communist-ruled nation. Defending the draft Law on Belief and Religion, which is to replace the Ordinance on Belief and Religion, state-run […]
Vietnam Traffic Police Seek Power to Open Fire on Fleeing Vehicles-by Vu Quoc Ngu, August 17, 2016 The Traffic Police Department under Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has asked the country’s legislative body National Assembly to revise its firearms ordinance so that traffic officers will be given the power to open fire in dangerous circumstances, state media has reported. The revision to the NA’s ordinance […]
Tinh thần phản kháng của người Việt Nam đang gia tăng-Ngày càng có nhiều người Việt Nam lên tiếng về những vẫn đề kinh tế, chính trị và xã hội The Diplomat, ngày 12 tháng 8 năm 2016 (bản dịch của Vũ Quốc Ngữ) Vụ bê bối Formosa tại Việt Nam gần đây đã được báo chí quốc tế đăng tải nhiều, cung cấp cho […]
Vietnam Imprisoned Pastor on 11th Day of Hunger Strike to Protest Prison Inhumane Treatment-By Vu Quoc Ngu*, August 18, 2016 Protestant pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh, who is serving his 11-year imprisonment in An Phuc Prison in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong, and three other colleagues are conducting their hunger strike for the 11th consecutive day to protest inhumane treatment of the prison’s authorities. Mr. Chinh, 50, and […]
Vice President of Vietnam Independent Journalists Summoned for Petition against Police Torture-By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 17, 2016 Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have summoned blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy, vice president of unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) to a police agency to work on a petition against police torture. According to a letter signed by police officer Ngo Quang Du from the […]
Thirst for Mekong dams imperil fisheries-AAP- August 16, 2016 Dismissing its neighbours’ pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia’s poorest people. The site of the Don Sahong dam, less than two kilometres from the Lao-Cambodian border, is in an area famous for spectacular waterfalls and deep pools that […]
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