Record Fine Feared Too Small to Cover Dead Fish Damage in Vietnam-VOA, August 15, 2016 HO CHI MINH CITY — Observers and activists in Vietnam say a record pollution fine against a foreign-owned steel mill neither compensates all victims nor sends a stern enough warning to the country’s other export manufacturers. Taiwanese-funded Formosa Ha Tinh was accused of letting toxic waste pollute the ocean in April, […]
Vietnam’s Growing Protest Culture-The Diplomat, August 12, 2016 The Formosa scandal in Vietnam has recently made international headlines and offered the international community a rare glimpse into the fringe, but steadily growing, culture of protest and activism in the authoritarian state. The ecological catastrophe, which saw millions of fish die in central Vietnam due to improper waste disposal […]
Hoa Hao Follower Released From Prison in Vietnam After Sentence Ends-RFA, Aug 14, 2015 Vietnamese authorities released a Hoa Hao Buddhist follower from prison this week after he served a two-and-a-half year sentence for disrupting public order in a case that saw two other activists also jailed. Nguyen Van Minh, a member of a branch of the religious group that operates outside government control, was […]
Vietnam’s Solution To Fish Death Scandal Leaves Many Locals Unsatisfied-Forbes, August 11, 2016 This stinky chapter in Vietnam’s current affairs log was supposed to be over. After 80 tons of dead fish washed up on central coast beaches in April, citizens protested that the government moved too slowly in finding the cause. After weeks of sporadic demonstrations, some of them squelched, and another month […]
Police Attack Protesters in Vietnam’s Khanh Hoa Province-RFA, August 12, 2016 Police in Vietnam’s Khanh Hoa province on Friday beat demonstrators who had gathered to protest a waste-management plant that local villagers fear is polluting the area, according to sources. “They sent about 200 policemen from the province to crack down on us,” one of the protesters told RFA’s Vietnamese Service. “We […]
Four Vietnamese Bloggers Assaulted While Covering News on Environmental Dispute-By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 14, 2016 On August 13, four Vietnamese bloggers in the central province of Khanh Hoa were brutally attacked by a group of numerous unknown individuals while covering news on an environmental dispute in Ninh Hoa town. The victims are Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (aka Me Nam of Mushroom Mother), Bien […]
Hàng trăm người dân đụng độ với công an để phản đối doanh nghiệp gây ô nhiễm-SBTN | 12.8.2016 Hàng trăm người dân thôn Ninh Ích, xã Ninh An (thị xã Ninh Hòa, tỉnh Khánh Hòa) đã đổ ra đường ngăn chặn lực lượng có trách nhiệm “giải cứu” chiếc xe chở chất thải rắn đã bị họ “giam” suốt hơn 5 tháng qua. Chính quyền CSVN thị xã Ninh Hòa […]
‘Đừng đem giải pháp chắp vá cho nhà nghìn tỷ’-BBC | 13.8.2016 Một kiến trúc sư người Đà Nẵng bình luận với BBC về vụ trung tâm hành chính 2.000 tỷ đồng đang gây tranh cãi. Báo Việt Nam cho hay, ‘khí tươi’ sẽ được bơm vào trung tâm hành chính Đà Nẵng vì những công chức làm việc tại đây phản ánh tòa […]
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