U.S. Department of State: Report on Religious Freedom in Vietnam for 2015-Remarks by Antony J. Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State Press Briefing Room, Washington DC, August 10, 2016 The Vietnamese Committee for Religious Affairs released a draft of the “Law on Religion and Belief” for public comment in April 2015. Despite representations by Vietnamese officials that the new law would begin to bring the country into […]
Vietnamese People Increasingly Indifferent to Corruption: UNDP-by KTT, August 12, 2016 The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has said that the rate of Vietnam’s people denouncing corruption fell more than five times to 2.3% in 2015 from 12.5% in 2011, state media reported, citing the agency’s latest report. The corruption tolerance level among citizens tends to increase amid rampant and persistent […]
80-year-old Vietnamese Cleared from Wrong Murder Charge after 43 Years-By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 12, 2016 Vietnam’s judicial agencies have apologized to an 80-year-old citizen in the northern province of Bac Ninh after clearing him from a wrongful murder case after 43 years, state media has reported. At a public meeting in a local government building in Cho commune, Yen Phong district on August […]
Bộ công an CSVN đính chính thông tin “bắt cóc lấy nội tạng” ở Lào Cai-SBTN | 11.8.2016 Bộ công an CSVN đã nhanh chóng bác bỏ thông tin “bắt cóc lấy nội tạng” đã được công an huyện Si Ma Cai, vùng giáp biên với Trung Cộng gửi đến công an các xã, các trường học trên địa bàn huyện trước đó. Bộ công an nói rằng thông tin […]
Saigon-based Activist Detained, Beaten due to Wearing T-shirt with Human Rights Logo-By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 11, 2016 On August 8, Nguyen Lam Hoang Bao, an activist in Ho Chi Minh City, was detained and brutally beaten by local police for wearing a T-shirt with a human rights logo, the victim said. In late evening of Monday, Bao, 23, was held by traffic policemen when he […]
Vietnamese, Taiwanese Environmentalists Hold Anti-Formosa Demonstration in Taipei- by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 11, 2016 On August 10, around 100 environmentalists from Vietnam and Taiwan held a demonstration outside the headquarters of Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group in Taipei, calling the conglomerate to leave Vietnam after causing an environmental disaster which has affected hundreds of people in Vietnam’s central coastal region, foreign media […]
ASEAN ‘failing to put people first’-The Jakarta Post, August 10 2016 Commemorating its 49th anniversary on Monday, ASEAN has yet to see a strong singular identity among its some 625 million citizens, with experts saying the grouping needs to work on involving people and engaging civil society groups in a more substantial way. “[ASEAN] needs to move away from activities […]
Activists demand Formosa Plastics Group shut steel unit in Vietnam-Reuters, August 10, 2016 About 100 activists protested in front of Formosa Plastics Group’s headquarters in Taipei on Wednesday demanding it shut its steel project in Vietnam and urged Hanoi to prosecute the Taiwanese firm for environmental damage. “Formosa: out of Vietnam”, “We want the truth”, chatted the protesters, most of whom were Vietnamese. The […]
Anti-pollution protesters demand Taiwan’s Formosa quit Vietnam-AFP, August 10, 2016 Angry Vietnamese protesters rallied in Taiwan Wednesday calling for local conglomerate Formosa to leave their country after an environmental disaster affected hundreds of thousands of people. The demonstration outside Formosa’s headquarters, in Taiwan’s capital Taipei, included relatives with families in the area at the centre of the scandal, which saw tonnes […]
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