COVID-19 au Vietnam : sur les 328 cas, 30 sont encore actifs02.06.2020 (Le Petit Journal) - Quatre patients à Hanoi et un à Ho Chi
Minh Ville sont sortis de l’hôpital ce mardi 2 juin, ce qui porte à 30
le nombre de cas de COVID-19 encore actifs au Vietnam.
...Four Arrested and Three Injured as Thousands Strike at Taiwanese-owned Adidas Supplier in Vietnam01.06.2020 (RFA) - At least four people were detained and one other
injured as thousands of workers in Vietnam’s Binh Duong province went on
strike last week
...Beijing’s plans for South China Sea air defence identification zone cover Pratas, Paracel and Spratly islands, PLA source says31.05.2020 Minnie Chan (SCMP) - US military aircraft, including RC-135U
reconnaissance planes (pictured), conducted at least nine sorties and
patrol operations over the South China Sea in April.
...World cannot ignore Chinese aggression in South China Sea - Beijing has been pressuring neighbors and building up fleet strength30.05.2020
James Stavridis (Nikkei Asian Review) - Most recently, China has been using its naval forces to pressure the
littoral nations, especially Vietnam and the Philippines. A month ago,
China sank a Vietnamese fishing vessel,
...Chinese Incursions Into Vietnamese Waters, Security Implications for the Region, and the Potential Role of India29.05.2020 By:
Rajaram Panda (The Jamestown Foundation) - The
outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in the Chinese city
of Wuhan has not deterred the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from
pursuing its long-term strategic vision of asserting its sovereignty in
the South China Sea
...Vietnam’s Widely Praised COVID-19 Response Harms Religious Minorities29.05.2020 By Kelsey Zorzi (RealClearReligion) - With just over three-hundred cases and no deaths reported, Vietnam is on
track to have one of the best pandemic response records in the world,
despite the fact that the country borders China and has a population of
over 97 million.
...In Letter to UN Chief, Indonesia Takes Stand on South China Sea28.05.2020
Ika Inggas and
John Bechtel, Washington (Benar
News) - Indonesia added its weight to recent diplomatic moves by ASEAN
members opposing Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sending a rare
diplomatic note to the head of the United Nations earlier this week.
...26 arrests made in connection with Essex lorry deaths27.05.2020 By
Vincent Kearney (RTÉ) - Twenty six suspected
members of a major smuggling gang have been arrested in Belgium and
France as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 Vietnamese
nationals in a lorry trailer in England last year.
...Camion charnier en Angleterre : 26 arrestations en France et en Belgique27.05.2020 (Liberation) - Les personnes gardées à vue sont soupçonnées
de participer à un vaste trafic d’êtres humains entre la France, la
Belgique et le Royaume-Uni. Mardi, 11 Vietnamiens et deux Marocains ont
été arrêtés en Belgique
...Two journalists detained on anti-state charges in Vietnam26.05.2020 (CPJ) - Bangkok, May 26, 2020 -- Vietnam should immediately
release journalists Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Pham Chi Thanh, and drop all
charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
...Vietnam arrests two leading members of independent journalists group26.05.2020 (RSF) - Nguyen Tuong Thuy, a 68-year-old blogger and IJAVN vice-president, was
arrested on 23 May in Hanoi, where he lives, and was immediately
transported 1,700 km south of the capital to Ho Chi Minh City, where he
continues to be held.
...La police vietnamienne arrête deux membres éminents de l’Association des journalistes indépendants26.05.2020 (RSF) - Les deux arrestations sont intervenues à deux jours
d'intervalle. Reporters sans frontières (RSF) exige la libération
immédiate des deux journalistes interpellés et demande aux partenaires
commerciaux de Hanoi, UE et Etats-Unis en tête, de faire pression pour
que cesse cette nouvelle campagne de répression.
...Declaration of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam on the arrest of Mr. Thuy Tuong Nguyen by authority in Vietnam26.05.2020 (IJAVN) - On May 23, the Investigation Security Agency of Ho
Chi Minh City, announced the prosecution and arrested Mr. Thuy Tuong
Nguyen, Vice President of the Independent Journalists Association of
Vietnam
...Chinesische Staudämme halten einen Großteil des Mekong-Wassers zurück26.05.2020 (STIN) - Mehrere Wissenschaftler befürchten, dass in diesem
Jahr chinesische Staudämme einen Großteil des Mekong-Wassers
zurückhalten werden und das die Dürre im Nordosten Thailands, in Laos,
Kambodscha und Vietnam verschlimmern werden könnte.
...Vietnamese firm ‘destroys’ indigenous land25.05.2020
Khouth Sophak Chakrya (The Phnom Penh Post) - A giant
Vietnamese agribusiness company is destroying indigenous land in
Cambodia’s Ratanakkiri province, said a joint press release from
Equitable Cambodia and Inclusive Development International that was
published on Monday.
...As Jakarta Trims Defense, Beijing Makes Waves in the South China Sea24.05.2020 By
Aristyo Rizka Darmawan (The Maritime Executive) -
The Covid-19 outbreak has hit hard for Southeast Asian economies.
Anticipating more shocks to come, several countries have already moved
to cut defence spending, seeing the military as a budget line that can
be readily reduced.
...
Journalisten-Verbandschef in Vietnam festgenommen
23.05.2020 (DW) - Im kommunistischen Vietnam ist der amtierende
Vorsitzende einer unabhängigen Journalistenvereinigung in Gewahrsam
genommen worden. Nguyen Tuong Thuy wird staatsfeindliche Propaganda
vorgeworfen.
...
Una ONG denuncia el arresto en Vietnam del presidente de una organización de periodistas independientes
23.05.2020 (Europa Press) - La Policía vietnamita ha detenido este
sábado al presidente en funciones de la Asociación de Periodistas
Independientes de Vietnam (IJAVN), una organización no autorizada por el
Gobierno vietnamita, seis meses después del arresto de su presidente,
según ha anunciado un grupo pro Derechos Humanos y confirmado la familia
del detenido.
...
Vietnamese Blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy Arrested For Holding ‘Anti-State’ Documents
23.05.2020 (RFA) - Police in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi arrested RFA
blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy Saturday, accusing him of “making, storing,
and disseminating documents and materials for anti-state purposes,” his
wife told RFA.
...
Vietnam detains independent journalist on 'anti-state' charge
23.05.2020 (The Star) - HANOI: Vietnamese police on Saturday (May 22)
detained the acting president of the unsanctioned Independent
Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) six months after the arrest
of its president, a rights group and his family said.
...
La consommation d’électricité au Vietnam en forte hausse22.05.2020 (LePetitJournal) - Electricity of Vietnam, première
entreprise publique d’électricité du pays, a alerté sur une forte hausse
de la consommation électrique ces derniers jours pouvant causer des
incidents sur le réseau électrique.
...
Some thoughts on Vietnam’s Covid-19 repression - While Vietnam's battle against Covid-19 has been a success, its fight against free speech is questionable
22.05.2020 By
David Hutt (Asia Times) - On Thursday, Pham Chi
Thanh, a Vietnamese writer and blogger, was arrested for “producing,
storing, and disseminating information and documents against the
Vietnamese state.” The following day, Nguyen Anh Tuan, a well-known
pro-democracy activist and writer, was detained in Hanoi.
...
The Disproportionate Effect of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in ASEAN
22.05.2020 By Camille Bismonte (The Diplomat) - Thailand, Singapore, and
Vietnam approached the intertwined issues of COVID-19 and migrant
workers quite differently.
...
La Chine poursuit la hausse de son budget militaire
22.05.2020 (Journal de Quebec) - BEIJING - La Chine a annoncé vendredi
une légère décélération de ses dépenses militaires pour 2020
...
Flucht aus Vietnam: Eine Handvoll Reis
22.05.2020 von
Caroline Neumann, Megina-Gymnasium (FAZ) -
Die Flucht mit ihrem ungeborenen Kind über das Meer war
lebensgefährlich: Gespräch mit einem vietnamesischen Paar, das in der
Eifel eine Heimat gefunden hat.
...
Vietnamese Dissidents Deprived of Fresh Air, Medicine in Prison
22.05.2020 (RFA) - Political prisoners held in northern Vietnam’s Nam Ha
Prison are suffering in temperatures soaring in their cells to over 100
degrees (37 C), the wife of one prisoner said, adding that her husband
has also not been allowed to receive medicine sent to him by his family.
...
Hanoi police arrest the dissident writer and blogger Pham Chi Thanh
22.05.2020 (AsiaNews) - Hanoi - Vietnamese police in Hanoi have
arrested a famous dissident writer and blogger. He is being charged with
having produced and distributed information criticizing the government
in the context of an escalation in the communist authorities’ repression
of critical voices.
...
Why ‘Made in Vietnam’ won’t replace ‘Made in China’
21.05.2020 By
David Hutt (Asia Times) - As US seeks to decouple
from China, it's a reach to think Vietnam will easily become the world's
next factory floor.
...
Vietnam jails ex-deputy defence minister over land scandal
21.05.2020 (CNA) - HANOI: A military court in Vietnam on Thursday (May
21) sentenced a former deputy defence minister accused of allowing three
plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred to
private investors from the navy to four years in prison.
...
Vietnamese tourism hit hard by coronavirus, prompting cut-price rates and potential 'travel bubble'
20.05.2020 (AsiaOne) - In Phu Quoc, a Vietnamese island off the coast of
Cambodia, posters warning tourists of the dangers of Covid-19 have long
since faded in the powerful sunshine, along with the throngs of
international travellers that used to dot its beaches.
...
Vietnam verlängert die Aufenthaltserlaubnis für Ausländer, die aufgrund von COVID-19 gestrandet sind
20.05.2020 (TwitterSmash) - Ausländer, die nach dem 1. März im Rahmen
von Programmen zur Befreiung von der Visumpflicht, E-Visa oder
Touristenvisa nach Vietnam einreisen, erhalten automatisch eine
kostenlose Verlängerung der Aufenthaltserlaubnis bis zum 30. Juni
Dienstag
...Vietnam: Libreros Independientes, Torturados Por La Policía19.05.2020 (Amnistía Internacional) - Desde comienzos de octubre de
2019, la policía ha hostigado e intimidado a decenas de personas
relacionadas con Nhà Xuất Bản Tự Do en lo que parece una campaña
selectiva. El acoso ha tenido lugar en al menos tres grandes ciudades
además de en dieversas provincias.
...
Family Member of Slain Vietnamese Community Leader Petitions Police for Return of Belongings
19.05.2020 (RFA) - A close relative of an elderly community leader
killed by Vietnamese police during a land protest outside Hanoi in
January has petitioned authorities for the return of a car and other
valuables that disappeared from her home after the clash, the woman
said.
...
Dams upstream of the Mekong damage 70 million people
19.05.2020 by
Nguyen Hung (AsiaNews) - Despite the warnings,
plans push ahead for new barriers, to the detriment of people living in
Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The worst off are the millions of
Vietnamese who live in the Mekong delta, the lowest lying area on the
majestic river.
...
As Jakarta trims defence, Beijing makes waves in the South China Sea
19.05.2020 by
Aristyo Rizka Darmawan (The Interpreter) - The
Covid-19 outbreak has hit hard for Southeast Asian economies.
Anticipating more shocks to come, several countries have already moved
to cut defence spending, seeing the military as a budget line that can
be readily reduced.
...
Vietnam’s textile and garment industry hit hard by COVID-19
19.05.2020 Authors:
Jason Q Nguyen and
Quan V Le, Vin
University (East Asia Forum) - With a supply chain that over relies on
only a few key partners, Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is among
the country’s hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
...
Une extension automatique de résidence temporaire pour les étrangers
19.05.2020 (Le Petit Journal) - Les étrangers arrivés au Vietnam entre
le 1er et le 3 mars pourront bénéficier d’une "extension automatique de
résidence temporaire" jusqu’au 30 juin 2020.
...
Vietnams bestätigte Fälle von COVID-19 erreichen 324
18.05.2020 (TwitterSmash) - HANOI, 18. Mai (Xinhua). Das vietnamesische
Gesundheitsministerium bestätigte am späten Montagnachmittag vier neue
Fälle von COVID-19-Infektionen und erhöhte die Gesamtzahl im Land auf
324.
...
Keep Fishing, Vietnam Tells Citizens After China Ban in Disputed Sea
18.05.2020 (VOA) - After China attempted to put limits on the disputed
South China Sea, Vietnam responded with a message to its fishermen: just
keep fishing, within the law.
...
Vietnam Publisher Recovering From Torture, Daughter Released-Writer
18.05.2020 (RFA) - A Vietnamese man arrested and beaten by police for
delivering books from a publishing house targeted by authorities for
putting out proscribed political books is recovering and his daughter
has been released, a writer from the group told RFA on Monday.
...
Vietnams bestätigte COVID-19-Fälle steigen auf 318
17.05.2020 (TwitterSmash) - HANOI - Das vietnamesische
Gesundheitsministerium bestätigte am späten Samstagnachmittag vier neue
Fälle von COVID-19-Infektionen.
...
"Pray for Me"
17.05.2020 Von
Khuê Phạm & Vanessa Vu (Die Zeit) - In October
2019, British police discovered a truck with 39 dead bodies. All from
Vietnam. Who were they? How did they get there? The story of twins, one
of whom died.
...
Tourists back in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay as domestic travel opens
16.05.2020 (France24) - Vietnamese flocked to scenic spots and beaches
Saturday, leaping at the chance to travel as the communist government
eases restrictions on domestic movement to revive a tourism sector
devastated by the coronavirus.
...
Histamine poisoning in Sweden linked to tuna from Vietnam
15.05.2020 By
Joe Whitworth (Food Safety News) - Thirty people in
Sweden fell ill with scombroid poisoning after eating tuna from Vietnam
earlier this month.
...
SETZT EUCH FÜR THỦY TUẤT UND SEINE TOCHTER EIN! - VERLEGER IN HAFT MISSHANDELT14.05.2020 (Amnesty International) - Zwei Personen, die zu dem
Verlagshaus Liberal Publishing House gehören, sind in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt
von der Polizei inhaftiert und misshandelt worden.
...URGENT ACTION - VIET NAM: INDEPENDENT BOOK SELLERS TORTURED BY POLICE14.05.2020 (Amnesty International) - Two members of the Liberal
Publishing House - a local independent publisher that sells books
considered sensitive by the government – have been detained and tortured
by police in Ho Chi Minh City.
...ACTION URGENTE - VIÊT-NAM: DES LIBRAIRES INDÉPENDANTS TORTURÉS PAR LA POLICE14.05.2020 (Amnesty International) - Deux membres de la Liberal
Publishing House – maison d’édition locale indépendante qui vend des
livres considérés comme sensibles par le gouvernement – ont été détenus
et torturés par la police d’Ho Chi Minh-Ville.
...
Under Cover of Pandemic, China Steps Up Brinkmanship in South China Sea
14.05.2020 by
Robert A. Manning, Patrick M. Cronin (Foreign Policy) - Beijing has increased pressure on its nervous neighbors in its quest to dominate the entire South China Sea.
...
Pékin profite de la pandémie mondiale pour renforcer ses positions en mer de Chine du Sud
14.05.2020 Par
Bruno Philip (Le Monde) - Les manœuvres chinoises
répétées ont suscité une vaste réprobation de la part de ses proches
voisins et des Etats-Unis.
...
Wie ausländische Praktikanten in Japan missbraucht werden
13.05.2020
Sonja Blaschke, Text und Bilder,
Hashima (NZZ) -
Das überalterte Japan benötigt dringend Arbeitskräfte und lädt junge
Leute aus China und Südostasien zu Ausbildungsprogrammen ein. Dort
erwartet sie manchmal jedoch, was Kritiker «moderne Sklaverei» nennen.
...
It’s time for Vietnam and ASEAN to challenge Beijing in the South China Sea
13.05.2020 Nguyen Quang Dy (ASPI) - On 14 April, as China’s Haiyang
Dizhi 8 survey group sailed into the South China Sea again, Taiwan
scrambled ships to monitor the passage of the Chinese navy’s Liaoning
aircraft carrier strike group as it went through the Miyako Strait near
Okinawa and turned south.
...
China steps up maritime activity with eye on post-pandemic order
13.05.2020
Tsukasa Hadano and
Alex Fang (Nikkei Asian Review) - BEIJING/NEW YORK -- In April, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning passed between two Japanese islands
...
COVID-19 can fuel more anti-Chinese resentment than Mekong dams
13.05.2020 (AsiaNews) - The pandemic is likely to make life worse for
Thai fishermen as well as Vietnamese and Cambodian farmers. Restrictions
resulting from the virus could limit food supply. The food security of
60 million people in the lower part of the Mekong River is in danger
...
Vietnamese Prisoners Beaten For Requesting More Hours of Outside Work
13.05.2020 (RFA) - Guards in Vietnam’s Xuan Loc Prison recently beat six
political prisoners, later throwing them into isolation cells, for
requesting outdoor working hours on weekends
...
Vietnam’s Coronavirus Success Is Built on Repression
12.05.2020 by
Bill Hayton, Tro Ly Ngheo (Foreign Policy) - The Communist Party’s tools of control made for effective virus-fighting weapons.
...
EU, French agency support Việt Nam’s resilience to climate change, COVID-19
12.05.2020 (ReliefWeb) - The European Union (EU) and the French
Development Agency (AFD) have reached an agreement to strengthen their
joint-cooperation for increasing Việt Nam’s resilience to climate change
...
Vietnamese Catholics pray with the universal Church for the end of the pandemic
12.05.2020 by
Ngoc Lan (AsiaNews) - The government has announced
the easing of epidemic restriction measures. Therefore the offices of
the dioceses informed the priests, religious and the faithful about the
"normalization of religious activities".
...
Vietnam Encourages Fishermen to Defy China South China Sea Ban
12.05.2020 By
Drake Long (RFA) - Vietnam’s government on Tuesday
encouraged the nation’s fishermen to keep operating around the disputed
Paracel Islands despite China’s unilaterally-imposed fishing ban in the
South China Sea
...
Vietnam’s Top Court Rejects Request to Reinvestigate Death-row Inmate’s Case
11.05.2020 (RFA) - Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Court has rejected a
request by the country’s Supreme People’s Procuracy to reinvestigate the
case of death-row inmate Ho Duy Hai, prompting his family members to
petition lawmakers over the decision Monday.
...
China Expected to Ignore Philippine Protest over Upgrade of a Disputed Islet
11.05.2020 By
Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - China is
expected to ignore a Philippine protest against creation of an
"administrative center" on a disputed islet because Manila has few means
to follow up, but the outcry could throttle Beijing’s eventual pursuit
of more legal control over Asia’s most hotly disputed sea.
...
As a baby she was one of 3,628 Vietnamese refugees rescued at sea; 45 years on, she meets air force sergeant who saved her
11.05.2020
Joseph Lam (SCMP) - The refugees were saved from a
ship adrift in the South China Sea in 1975; the daring mission is
documented in filmmaker Duc Nguyen’s new project. A sick baby needed an urgent air pickup; now a successful fashion
designer, she recently spoke with one of the rescue crew for the first
time.
...
Français adoptés, ils sont retournés vivre au Vietnam
11.05.2020 Par
Loanne Jeunet (Le PetitJournal) - Amandine, Hien,
Clément et Aurélien sont Français nés au Vietnam. Enfants, ils ont été
adoptés à Saigon ; adultes, ils ont fait le choix de revenir vivre dans
leur pays natal.
...
Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs
11.05.2020 (The Asahi Shimbun) - REUTERS - HANOI--Authorities at
kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children’s
temperatures at the gates when they reopened on Monday from a
months-long closure over the coronavirus pandemic, following last week’s
partial re-opening of other schools.
...
Apple will Millionen AirPods in Vietnam produzieren
10.05.2020
Andreas Krämer (Apfelnews) - Im laufenden zweiten
Quartal plant Apple die Produktion seiner AirPods in Vietnam, wie die
Onlinezeitung Nikkei Asian Review berichtete.
...
Mekong nations face growing threat to food security amid claims China’s dams exacerbate effects of drought
10.05.2020
Laura Zhou (SCMP) - Drought, erratic water levels
along 4,300km river are disrupting rice yields and fish catches, raising
costs for farmers. Beijing rejects claim Chinese dams behind drought
hitting countries downstream.
...
Les États-Unis envoient deux navires de guerre en mer de Chine méridionale
10.05.2020 (45eNord) - La marine américaine a envoyé deux navires pour
patrouiller à proximité d’une zone qui est l’objet d’un différend sur
les droits miniers entre la Malaisie et la Chine dans la mer de Chine
méridionale pour la deuxième fois en un mois
...
How Covid-19 will and won’t change Vietnam
08.05.2020 By
David Hutt (Asia Times) - Communist Party has
transparently handled the virus crisis, a shift some hope will carry
over into more open politics.
...
Vietnamese Man Arrested For Gambling Dies in Jailhouse Beating
08.05.2020 (RFA) - A Vietnamese man jailed on a gambling charge died in
custody on Friday three days after beginning a six-month prison term,
with authorities saying he was beaten to death by fellow inmates, and
family members vowing to seek justice.
...
In Vietnam gut enthaltene afrikanische Schweinepest, die wahrscheinlich wieder auftritt
08.05.2020 (Twittersmash) - HANOI (Xinhua) - Die afrikanische
Schweinepest ist in Vietnam gut eingedämmt, doch laut dem Ministerium
für Landwirtschaft und ländliche Entwicklung des Landes am Mittwoch ist
es sehr wahrscheinlich, dass sie erneut auftritt und sich in großem
Umfang ausbreitet.
...
Apple to produce millions of AirPods in Vietnam amid pandemic - US tech giant hastens shift away from China
08.05.2020
Cheng Ting-Fang and
Lauly Li (Nikkei Asian
Review) - TAIPEI -- Apple will produce millions of its popular AirPods
wireless earphones in Vietnam for the first time this quarter,
...
Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville : des jeunes catholiques vietnamiens se mettent au service des plus démunis face à la crise
08.05.2020 (Eglises d'Asie) - Depuis début avril, la paroisse de Phu
Trung, à Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville, dans le sud du Vietnam, distribue des repas
gratuits à près de 400 personnes par jour, dans les rues des six
districts les plus peuplés de la mégalopole de 13 millions d’habitants.
...
Vietnam’s Government Is Using COVID-19 to Crack Down on Freedom of Expression
08.05.2020 By
Anthony Nguyen (Slate) - In the wake of COVID-19’s
spread across the world, countries are dealing with the rise of both
intentional fake news and well-meaning misinformation about the virus.
Some hard-hit countries have enacted new laws related to the spread of
misinformation, while others are reckoning with constitutional limits on
free speech.
...
Vietnam weist Fischfangverbot Chinas in umstrittenem Seegebiet ab
08.05.2020 (Der Farang) - HANOI: Die vietnamesische Regierung hat einen
einseitigen Beschluss Chinas zurückgewiesen, ein Fischfangverbot für
das Südchinesische Meer zu verhängen.
...
Vietnam protests Beijing’s ‘unilateral fishing ban’ in S. China Sea
08.05.2020 (RT) - Hanoi protested on Friday against what it described as
Beijing’s unilateral fishing ban, which it’s imposed in the disputed
South China Sea from May 1 to August 16.
...
Gia Lai faces water shortage
07.05.2020 (ReliefWeb) - GIA LAI — Drought in the Central Highlands
region has seriously affected daily lives of residents in Gia Lai
Province.
...
Le Vietnam signale 17 nouveaux cas de coronavirus, tous importés
07.05.2020 HANOI (Reuters) – Le Vietnam a signalé jeudi 17 nouveaux cas de coronavirus, tous des infections importées impliquant des citoyens vietnamiens rapatriés
...
Vietnam may soon sue China on South China Sea
07.05.2020 By
David Hutt (Asia Times) - Hanoi is weighing an international arbitration case against Beijing to settle their hotly contested sea claims.
...
How China Is Slow Conquering the South China Sea
07.05.2020 by
Denny Roy (The National Interest) - The Chinese
government has consistently built-up false assurance by presenting a
façade of commitment to peace, harmony and moral principle.
...
Chinese spies hop from one hacked government network to another in Asia Pacific, researchers say
07.05.2020 Written by
Sean Lyngaas (Cyberscoop) - Nearly five
years ago, researchers unmasked a Chinese hacking group, pinpointing the
unit of the People’s Liberation Army that was allegedly sponsoring it.
The so-called Naikon group was key to China’s spying efforts in the
South China Sea, targeting government agencies from the Philippines to
Vietnam
...
This Asia-Pacific Cyber Espionage Campaign Went Undetected for 5 Years
07.05.2020
Ravie Lakshmanan (The Hacker News) - An advanced group
of Chinese hackers has recently been spotted to be behind a sustained
cyber espionage campaign targeting government entities in Australia,
Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Brunei
...
Gia Lai faces water shortage
07.05.2020 (ReliefWeb) - GIA LAI — Drought in the Central Highlands
region has seriously affected daily lives of residents in Gia Lai
Province.
...
Le Vietnam signale 17 nouveaux cas de coronavirus, tous importés
07.05.2020 HANOI (Reuters) – Le Vietnam a signalé jeudi 17 nouveaux cas
de coronavirus, tous des infections importées impliquant des citoyens
vietnamiens rapatriés
...
Verurteilter vietnamesischer Flüchtling kämpft nach 30…
06.05.2020 (Twittersmash) - Drei Jahrzehnte, nachdem er als
Flüchtlingskind an der Küste von Hongkong gelandet war, kämpft Vo Van
Hung darum, ihn nach Vietnam zu deportieren, nachdem er eine lange
Haftstrafe verhängt hat – wegen Mordes.
...
China's Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Is Training for War in the South China Sea
06.05.2020 by
Peter Suciu (The National Interest) - After a month
of training in the South China Sea, the Chinese aircraft carrier
Liaoning returned to its homeport of Qingdao last week. The South China
Morning Post reported that the ship was joined by at least five escort
vessels
...
Vietnams Telefonexport stieg in 4 Monaten leicht an
05.05.2020 (Twitter) - HANOI (Xinhua). Vietnam verdiente in den ersten
vier Monaten dieses Jahres fast 16,2 Milliarden US-Dollar durch den
Export von Telefonen und Komponenten.
...
Vietnam Wants to Put Couples in the Mood for Love and Babies
05.05.2020
Nguyen Kieu Giang and
Nguyen Xuan Quynh
(Bloomberg News) - Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is nudging
young people to tie the knot before they turn 30 and start having babies
as officials worry about low fertility rates in some parts of the
country.
...
Reviewing Vietnam’s ‘Struggle’ Options in the South China Sea - What are Hanoi’s options to push back on Beijing?
05.05.2020 By
Derek Grossman (The Diplomat) - Once again, Chinese assertiveness against Vietnam in the South China Sea is on the rise.
...
Vietnam’s Note Verbale On The South China Sea
05.05.2020 by
Vo Ngoc Diep (AMTI) - Malaysia’s recent submission
to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has triggered a
note-verbale debate between claimants in the South China Sea.
...
China erhebt Anspruch auf 80 Prozent des Südchinesischen Meeres
04.05.2020 Von
Kathrin Sumpf (Epoch Times) - Mitten im
Südchinesischen Meer richtete China zwei neue Verwaltungsbezirke ein und
erhebt nun Anspruch auf 80 Prozent des Meeres - während die Welt mit
Corona beschäftigt ist.
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Convicted Vietnam refugee fights deportation after 30 years in Hong Kong
04.05.2020 (CNA) - HONG KONG: Three decades after he landed on Hong Kong
shores as a child refugee, Vo Van Hung is fighting efforts to deport
him to Vietnam now that he has finished a lengthy jail sentence - for
murder.
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Kinder in Vietnam gehen nach Corona-Pause wieder in die Schule
04.05.2020 (Börse Online) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Nach mehr als drei Monaten
Zwangspause zum Schutz vor dem Coronavirus hat in Vietnam am Montag der
Schulunterricht in allen 63 Provinzen wieder begonnen.
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Vietnam's old soldiers struggle to survive
03.05.2020 UCA News reporter (UCA News) - Church lends a helping hand
to veterans who have fallen on hard times, worsened by a nationwide
lockdown.
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Meet the Artist – Die Autorin Kim Thúy
01.05.2020 (DW) - Zwischen zwei Welten zuhause sein, Heimat in der
Fremde finden: Davon erzählen Kim Thúys Romane. Sie ist zehn, als sie
mit ihrer Familie aus einem Flüchtlingslager nach Kanada flieht.
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Kim Thúy: The Voice of the Others
01.05.2020 (DW) - Living between two worlds, finding a home as a
refugee. That is the subject of Kim Thúy's novels. She was ten years old
when her family fled from Vietnam to a refugee camp and then to Canada.
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Will Vietnam Be ASEAN Chair for Another Year?
01.05.2020 By
David Hutt (The Diplomat) - There are rumors that
Vietnam wants an extra year as chair, to make up for the COVID-19
disruption. Would the rest of ASEAN agree to that?
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Guerre du Vietnam : une romancière fait entendre la voix des femmes
30.04.2020 (La Presse) - (Hong Kong) Les femmes ont porté une grande
partie du fardeau de la guerre du Vietnam, mais leurs voix ont longtemps
été absentes de la littérature traitant de cette période, regrette
l’auteure vietnamienne Nguyen Phan Que Mai qui dit avoir voulu y
remédier dans son nouveau roman.
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Nach aggressiven Massentests sagt Vietnam, dass es…
30.04.2020 Von
Khanh Vu, Phuong Nguyen und James Pearson
(Twittersmash) - HANOI – Der Geschäftsmann Phan Quoc Viet betete in
einer Pagode in Tay Ninh, einer Provinz im Süden Vietnams, wie üblich,
als der Anruf des Regierungsbeamten kam.
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China: Machtpolitik im Windschatten des Virus
29.04.2020 Von
Lea Deuber, Peking, und
Arne Perras,
Singapur (SZ) - Während die Kräfte vieler Nachbarstaaten im Kampf gegen
Corona an Land gebunden sind, versucht Peking, im Südchinesischen Meer
Fakten zu schaffen.
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China is making the most of the coronavirus to dislodge the US as the world’s main superpower
29.04.2020
James Pasley (Business Insider) - China is aggressively pushing its foreign policy agenda while the world is focused on the coronavirus.
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USA: Coronavirus fordert mehr Todesopfer als Vietnam-Krieg
29.04.2020 (T-Online) - Die Zahl der Todesopfer in den USA durch
das Coronavirus hat nach Angaben der Johns-Hopkins-Universität
inzwischen die Zahl der während des Vietnam-Krieges getöteten US-Bürger
überschritten.
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The US coronavirus death toll now exceeds Americans killed in the Vietnam War
29.04.2020 (SBS) - The United States' death toll from the novel
coronavirus has exceeded the 58,220 American lives lost during the
Vietnam War as cases topped one million, according to a Reuters tally.
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Davantage d'Américains sont morts du coronavirus qu'à la guerre du Vietnam
29.04.2020 (Le Figaro) - Le nombre de malades décédés en deux mois du
nouveau coronavirus aux Etats-Unis dépasse désormais celui des soldats
américains tués en deux décennies lors du conflit au Vietnam
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Study reveals rich genetic diversity of Vietnam
29.04.2020 by Oxford University Press (Phys.org) - Vietnam features
extensive ethnolinguistic diversity and occupies a key position in
Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA).
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Studie: China trägt Schuld an historischer Dürre entlang des Mekong
28.04.2020
Michael Settelen / Martin Kölling (NZZ) - Das ist
passiert: Lange hatte man es befürchtet, nun liefert eine neue Studie
der US-Beratungsfirma Eyes on Earth den Beweis: Die in den vergangenen
Jahrzehnten errichteten Staudämme im chinesischen Teil des
Mekong-Flusses halten das Wasser zurück, das in den südostasiatischen
Staaten so lebensnotwendig ist.
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Vietnamese hackers exploited Google Play Store for espionage campaign
28.04.2020 Written by
Shannon Vavra (cyberscoop) - Hackers with
suspected links to the Vietnamese government have been using the Google
Play Store to distribute malicious software for the last four years,
according to Kaspersky research published Tuesday.
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CPJ, 73 media and rights groups urge Asian heads of state to release jailed journalists
27.04.2020 (CPJ) - We the 74 undersigned media, press freedom, and human
rights organizations are writing to call on your respective governments
to release all jailed journalists amid the sweeping COVID-19 pandemic.
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Facebook Falls in Line for Vietnam Censors - Profit first for Zuckerberg
27.04.2020 By:
David Brown (Asia Sentinel) - When I phoned her,
Giao Chi was winding up a 14-hour workday, spent connecting with staff
and editing and posting stories.
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Erneuerbare Energien: Windkraftanlagen - Vestas erhält Großauftrag für die Lieferung von Windkraftanlagen aus Vietnam
27.04.2020 (IT-Times) - AARHUS - Der dänische Windkraftanlagen-Produzent
Vestas Wind Systems hat einen Großauftrag für die Lieferung von
Windturbinen und die Übernahme von Services bekannt gegeben.
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Chinese aircraft carrier maneuver aimed at achieving multiple results
26.04.2020 (Focus Taiwan) - Taipei, April 26 (CNA) A recent training
mission of the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, which sailed through
waters near Japan and Taiwan and into the South China Sea near Vietnam,
has been seen by a Taiwanese defense analyst as a maneuver with the aim
of "hitting three birds with one stone."
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Vietnamesische Vertragsarbeiter/innen in Deutschland
24.04.2020 von
Marina Mai (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung) - Vor vierzig
Jahren schlossen die DDR und Vietnam ein Abkommen zur Übernahme von
"Vertragsarbeitern". 16.000 sind nach dem Ende der DDR in Deutschland
geblieben. In der Geschichtsschreibung gern vergessen, prägen sie doch
heute unsere kulturelle Vielfalt mit.
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The rising cost of religious freedom in Vietnam
24.04.2020 by USCIRF Commissioner
Anurima Bhargava and Rep.
Harley Rouda
(The Hill) - In March 2019, Ms. Bui Thi Kim Phuong, a Hoa Hao Buddhist
from Vietnam, prepared to board a flight to the United States for a
series of meetings on the deteriorating human rights and religious
freedom conditions in Vietnam. Ms. Phuong was stopped by Vietnamese
security authorities at Tan Son Nhat airport and forced to return home.
Her offense: she is married to Nguyen Bac Truyen, a prominent prisoner
of conscience and religious freedom advocate.
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Vietnamese Police Arrest Dissident Writer for Connection With Democracy Group
24.04.2020 (RFA) - Police in Vietnam have arrested dissident writer Tran
Duc Thach, known for his writings that expose the corruption, injustice
and human rights abuses of the Vietnamese government
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Die Welt geht jetzt auf Distanz zu China
23.04.2020
Matthias Koch (RND) - Anfangs dachten viele, China werde der Gewinner der Viruskrise sein, weltpolitisch und wirtschaftlich. Doch danach sieht es nicht mehr aus, Xi Jingpings High-Tech-Diktatur ist unter Druck geraten wie noch nie.
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Amnesty International wirft Facebook Beteiligung an Zensur vor
23.04.2020 (Spiegel-Online) - Mehr als die Hälfte der Vietnamesen hat
Facebook-Accounts, das Netzwerk ist wichtig für Aktivisten.
Menschenrechtler warnen Facebook nun davor, mit seiner Moderation der
Regierung zu sehr entgegenzukommen.
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Vietnam told to sue China over marine invasionBishop Hop and priests sign statement demanding action over Chinese moves to claim islands
23.04.2020 (UCA News) - Hanoi - Religious and civil groups and
activists have asked Vietnam’s government to take legal action to get
back its islands invaded by China and to respect the people’s patriotic
activities.
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Vietnams Kriegserklärung an Corona
23.04.2020
Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Vietnam ist ein dicht
bevölkertes Nachbarland Chinas. Das Gesundheitssystem ist nicht sehr
robust und dem Staat mangelt es an Kapital, um das Virus zu bekämpfen.
Trotzdem ist die Infektionsrate in Vietnam niedrig. Wieso?
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Au Vietnam, le gouvernement a ralenti l’accès à Facebook pour imposer de nouvelles règles de censure
23.04.2020 (Le Monde) - Des serveurs utilisés par Facebook au Vietnam
ont été mis hors-ligne en début d’année, à la demande du gouvernement
vietnamien, selon des sources internes au réseau social citées par
l’agence Reuters.
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Vietnam: Facebook, Pressured, Censors Dissent
23.04.2020 (Human Rights Watch) - (New York) – Facebook has bowed to
pressure by the government of Vietnam and agreed to restrict posts by
dissidents, setting a bad precedent for both human rights and its global
policies, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Black cats killed and eaten in Vietnam – over rumours they treat COVID-19
23.04.2020 by Joe Mellor (The London Economic) - "In Vietnam and
Indonesia, the practice of eating dogs and cats and exotic wildlife is
still highly prevalent. Traders have been promoting ' exotic' meats as a
cure to coronavirus.
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Le secret des Vietnamiennes
23.04.2020 Par: Clémence Denavit (RFI) - « Dès que vous traversez le
seuil d’une maison vietnamienne, vous êtes immédiatement bombardé par
les variations d’une seule et même question : "Tu as déjà mangé ?" ;
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Vietnam lockert Corona-Beschränkungen nach sechs Tagen in Folge ohne Neuinfektion
23.04.2020 (Deutschland Today) - Hanoi (AFP) - Nur 268 offiziell
bestätigte Infektionen mit dem neuartigen Coronavirus und keine
Todesfälle - angesichts dieser vorläufigen Bilanz hat Chinas Nachbarland
Vietnam damit begonnen, die Ausgangsbeschränkungen zu lockern.
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Vietnam comienza a salir del confinamiento, orgulloso de su aparente éxito ante covid-19
23.04.2020 (Infobae) - Vuetnam comenzó a levantar el confinamiento luego
de una estricta cuarentena con seguimiento de personas infectadas, que
parece haber contenido la epidemia de COVID-19 que provocó menos de 300
casos y ninguna muerte.
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Memories Of Tragedy Stay With Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai
22.04.2020 By
Gaiutra Bahadur (NPR) - Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai
is a poet and world traveler whose first novel, The Mountains Sing, is
about four generations of a Vietnamese family enduring many hardships —
something she understands well.
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Viet Nam: Facebook must cease complicity with government censorship
22.04.2020 (Amnesty International) - Facebook must immediately reverse
its decision to censor posts deemed critical of the government in Viet
Nam, said Amnesty International today.
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Facebook: Vietnam erzwingt Zensurverschärfung mit Serverblockade
22.04.2020 Von
Martin Holland (heise online) - Nachdem staatliche
Provider in Vietnam den Traffic zu Facebook wochenlang gedrosselt
haben, hat sich das soziale Netzwerk bereit erklärt, die Zensur
"staatsfeindlicher" Inhalte in dem Land deutlich zu verschärfen.
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Zuck loves free speech so much Facebook will censor 'anti-state' content in Vietnam after telcos 'crippled' access
22.04.2020 By
Katyanna Quach (The Register) Fine, fine, we'll ban whatever the government says is illegal, just give us back access, says US giant.
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Au Vietnam, le gouvernement a ralenti l’accès à Facebook pour imposer de nouvelles règles de censure
22.04.2020 (Le Monde) - En pleine pandémie, l’accès à Facebook,
Messenger et Instagram a été très fortement restreint, jusqu’à ce que le
réseau social accepte de bloquer davantage de messages.
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Facebook agreed to censor posts after Vietnam slowed traffic, sources say
22.04.2020 (The Japan Times) - HANOI – Facebook’s local servers in
Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a
crawl until it agreed to significantly increase the censorship of
“anti-state” posts for local users, two sources at the company said
Tuesday.
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Vietnam Blogger Crackdown Continues with Harsh Supreme Court Ruling, More Arrests
22.04.2020 By
An Hai (VOA) - WASHINGTON - An appeals court in
Vietnam has upheld a lower court decision to sentence a music teacher to
11 years in prison for criticizing the government on Facebook.
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Music teacher Nguyễn Năng Tĩnh, on a hunger strike because he was not allowed to see a priest, gets 11 years in prison
22.04.2020 by
Joseph Trich (AsiaNnews) - The appeal trial took
place amid the ongoing epidemic. Tĩnh’s wife was unable to be in the
courtroom due to country-wide travel restrictions. Nguyễn Năng Tĩnh, 44,
defended Vietnam against industrial pollution and China's abuses in the
South China Sea.
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Science Shows Chinese Dams Are Devastating the Mekong
22.04.2020 by
Brian Eyler
(Foreign Policy) - New data demonstrates a devastating effect on
downstream water supplies that feed millions of people. Eleven massive
dams straddle the mighty Mekong River before it leaves
China and flows into Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and on into
Vietnam.
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Vietnam arrests seven over procurement 'wrongdoings' during coronavirus crisis
22.04.2020 (Reuters) - Vietnam arrested seven people, including
three officials from the Hanoi Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, on Wednesday for “wrongdoings” linked to procurement during
the coronavirus crisis,
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Kritik an China: "Zensur über Gesundheit gestellt"
21.04.2020 (Tagesschau) - Die Organisation Reporter ohne Grenzen (ROG)
hat China in der Corona-Krise massive Verletzungen der Pressefreiheit
mit fatalen Konsequenzen vorgeworfen.
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Vietnam: IBAHRI and Geneva Bar condemn restrictive measures against human rights defender during Covid-19 quarantine
21.04.2020 (International Bar Association) - The International Bar
Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Geneva Bar Association
condemn the reported abuse of Covid-19 quarantine measures against a
human rights defender in the Quảng Bình Province of Vietnam. On
returning to the country on 26 March 2020, Trương Thị Hà was quarantined
alongside other travellers as part of the Vietnamese government’s
response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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U.S. Warships Enter Disputed Waters of South China Sea as Tensions With China Escalate
21.04.2020 By
Hannah Beech (NYT) - The move comes as a war of words between the United States and China over the coronavirus pandemic intensifies.
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How Southeast Asian American refugees helped shape America's resettlement system
20.04.2020 by
Agnes Constante (nbcnews) - 2020 is the 45th
anniversary of Southeast Asian American refugees' arrival in the U.S.,
still the largest group to be resettled since then. Two days before the end of the Vietnam War, Le Xuan Khoa boarded a plane
with his family to start a new life in the United States.
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Vietnam protests Beijing's expansion in disputed South China Sea as world remains occupied with coronavirus
20.04.2020 (ABC) - Beijing claims sovereignty over most of the South
China Sea, directly challenging the territorial claims of its neighbours
— the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and Malaysia.
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China Steps up Patrols in Disputed Sea; Here’s What Malaysia and Vietnam Will do
20.04.2020 By
Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Malaysia
and Vietnam, militarily weaker than China, are expected to protest
through diplomatic channels over a Chinese survey ship fleet that
entered disputed waters this month, inviting a long but nonviolent
standoff.
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Chinese Are Slaughtered In A War Of Memes & Politics
20.04.2020
Richard S. Ehrlich (Scoop) - BANGKOK, Thailand -- A
vicious, hilarious, political war has erupted on the Internet between
Thailand's satirical dissidents and China's outraged nationalists,
prompting the Chinese embassy in Bangkok to complain, apparently in
vain.
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COVID-19 au Vietnam : aucun cas signalé depuis quatre jours
20.04.2020 (LePetitJournal) - Au matin du lundi 20 avril, le Vietnam
n’avait toujours pas enregistré de nouvelle infection au COVID-19 depuis
quatre jours, pour la première fois depuis le début du mois de mars.
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Xi Dreading US, Japan Exit From China As Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia Vie For Opportunities
19.04.2020 (EurAsian Times) - China’s pivoting role in the spread of the
novel coronavirus pandemic has earned it the fury of countries across
the globe.
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Vietnam asked to release prisoners of conscience
19.04.2020 UCA News reporter, Hanoi (UCA News) - Relatives of prisoners
of conscience in Vietnam have called on government leaders to free
inmates who are highly vulnerable to Covid-19 infection.
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Pekings Krisenpropaganda
18.04.2020 von
Severin Weiland und
Matthias Gebauer (Der
Spiegel) - China nutzt die Coronakrise, um sich international mit
Hilfsaktionen zu profilieren, auch in Deutschland. Die Bundesregierung
spricht intern von einer gezielten Desinformationskampagne.
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‘Missing’ interns from Vietnam fear coronavirus but can’t go home
18.04.2020 by
Ari Hirayama (Asahi Shimbun) - With attention in
Japan focused on the public at large trying to protect themselves from
the new coronavirus pandemic, one group of people has largely fallen
through the safety net: foreign technical intern trainees who are going
it alone after fleeing from companies with draconian working conditions.
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Vietnams Wirtschaft schneidet in Corona-Krise bisher gut ab
18.04.2020
Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Die Weltwirtschaft steht
wegen der Corona-Pandemie vor einer Rezession. Asien bleibt nicht
verschont. Vietnam stemmt sich mit aller Kraft dagegen. Bisher mit
einigem Erfolg.
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Hanoi winning the fight against coronavirus
18.04.2020 (AsiaNews) - Vietnam has only 268 COVID-19 cases and no
deaths. The secret of its success lies in the speed of intervention.
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The Secret to Vietnam’s COVID-19 Response Success - A review of Vietnam’s response to COVID-19 and its implications
18.04.2020 By
Minh Vu and
Bich T. Tran (The Diplomat) -
Vietnam planned to have a year packed with activities as the chair of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2020 and a
nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for
the 2020-2021 term.
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Bild-Chef schreibt an Chinas Staatschef: „Sie gefährden die ganze Welt“
16.04.2020 von
Julian Reichelt (Bild) - Sehr geehrter Herr Präsident Xi Jinping,
Ihre Botschaft in Berlin hat sich in einem offenen Brief an mich
gewandt, weil wir in BILD die Frage gestellt haben, ob China für den
gigantischen wirtschaftlichen Schaden aufkommen sollte, den das
Corona-Virus derzeit weltweit anrichtet.
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Why Philippines Solidarity With Vietnam in South China Sea Fishing Row Matters
16.04.2020 By
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III (The Diplomat) - Philippines
expresses concern and solidarity with Vietnam over a fishing row with
China in the South China Sea.
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Chinese ship seen moving south near Malaysia amid rising South China Sea tensions
16.04.2020
Rozanna Latiff, James Pearson (Reuters) - KUALA
LUMPUR/HANOI - A Chinese government survey ship embroiled in a standoff
with Vietnamese vessels moved south near Malaysia, shipping data showed
Thursday
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Asia Coffee: Trade remains frozen in Vietnam amid lockdown easing in some parts
16.04.2020
Phuong Nguyen, Mas Alina Arifin (Reuters) -
HANOI/BANDAR LAMPUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Coffee trading in Vietnam
remained frozen even as the government eased a 15-day lockdown for some
parts of the Southeast Asian country, while fresh beans had started to
come in Indonesia, traders said on Thursday.
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Vietnam to Give the U.S. 200,000 Locally Made Medical Masks
16.04.2020
Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen (Bloomberg News) - Vietnam is
donating 200,000 domestically made medical masks to the U.S., which has
seen deaths from the novel coronavirus top 30,000.
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