14.11.2018 By AFP (Daily Mail) - More than 80 international scholars
have upbraided Vietnam's Communist Party for condemning a prominent book
publisher whose titles criticised socialism, a no-go zone in the
Marxist country.
14.11.2018 Greg Clayton (Research Live) - With a rich and complex
history, Vietnam is a fascinating market for conducting research.
Vietnamese culture has been influenced by a thousand years of Chinese
rule, French colonisation, a Communist regime and traumatic events such
as the Vietnam war. ...
14.11.2018 (Stern) - Die südostasiatische Staatengemeinschaft Asean hat
am Mittwoch ihren Gipfel in Singapur fortgesetzt. Im Mittelpunkt des
vorletzten Tages standen jeweils Treffen mit den Staats- und
Regierungschefs aus China, Russland, Südkorea und Japan sowie weitere
Handelsgespräche. ...
13.11.2018 (Christian Today) - A imprisoned Vietnamese pastor has been
refused medical treatment for serious illnesses, according to
International Christian Concern (ICC). ...
Calls for open trade to greet Pence as Trump skips Asia summit11.11.2018 (Asahi Shimbun) - SINGAPORE--Asia-Pacific leaders will join
the heads of Southeast Asian states this week in Singapore to renew
calls for multilateralism and fresh pledges to resolve regional
conflicts ranging from the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar to tensions in the
South China Sea.
...Beijing seeks to block outsiders from drilling in South China Sea11.11.2018
Takashi Nakano and
Oki Nagai (Nikkei Asian
Review) - SINGAPORE/BEIJING -- China wants to prohibit oil exploration
in the South China Sea by countries from outside the region as part of a
long-delayed code of conduct for the waters, sources familiar with the
matter said.
...Vietnam’s Lady Gaga is pressuring Facebook to stop complying with censorship laws10.11.2018 By
Alice Truong in Taipei (Quartz) - Mai Khoi never
intended on becoming an activist. At the Oslo Freedom Forum in Taipei,
Khoi opened her talk with a performance of her song “Vietnam,” which
urged her fellow citizens to “step out from the fear” and “raise our
voice, speak, sing, scream.”
...Facebook refuses Singapore request to remove post after critical website blocked10.11.2018 (Nikkei Asian Review) - SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Facebook has
rejected a Singapore government request to remove a post of an online
article that the government said was "false and malicious", prompting
its Law Ministry to say the case illustrated the need to introduce
legislation to stop fake news.
...Vietnamese Police Torch Farm Equipment of Dissident Religious Figure09.11.2018 (RFA) - Police in Vietnam’s Central Highlands set fire to the
store room of a Cao Dai priest’s coffee plantation this week, angered
that he had escaped their surveillance in order to meet with U.S.
diplomats in Saigon, the priest said on Friday.
...China überholt alle – und Europa schaut zu09.11.2018
Gunnar Heinsohn (NZZ) - Die Schere zwischen
kompetenten und inkompetenten Menschen klafft weltweit immer weiter
auseinander. In Ostasien werden die Länder insgesamt wettbewerbsfähiger.
Im Westen hingegen teilen sich die Staaten zunehmend in
Kompetenzfestungen und Einwanderungsländer – mit nachhaltigen Folgen.
...Vietnam arrests former deputy minister as part of graft crackdown09.11.2018 HANOI (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam arrested a former deputy
labor minister on Friday on allegations of economic mismanagement, as
the communist-led government presses on with a crackdown on corruption.
...Fachkräftemangel in Deutschland - Frau Bui rettet die deutsche Wurst09.11.2018
Gesa Steeger (taz) - SCHMALKALDEN | Schweinelachs,
Rinderhack, Brühwürstchen, Glossar eines deutschen Fleischerlebens,
zwischen Schlachtbank und Zerlegung. Ein Leben, in das die
zwanzigjährige Thi Hong Bui gerade hineinwächst
...Fachkräfte - In Sachsen gesucht, in Vietnam gefunden09.11.2018 (MDR) - Das Sächsische
Bildungswerk sucht bereits im Ausland nach neuem Personal und ist dabei
in Fernost fündig geworden.
...Offene Märkte stehen in Asien weiter hoch im Kurs09.11.2018 Von
Heinz Stüwe (GTAI) - Jakarta -
Asien-Pazifik-Konferenz diskutierte über Protektionismus, das
Freihandelsabkommen CPTPP und die Neue Seidenstraße.
...Nach Entführung im Berliner Tiergarten - Auf Entspannungskurs mit Vietnam08.11.2018
Sebastian Erb (taz) - Die deutsch-vietnamesischen Beziehungen stehen auf Entspannung. Die
„Strategische Partnerschaft“ mit dem südostasiatischen Land wurde wieder
aufgenommen. So steht es in einer internen Mail der Referatsleiterin
für Südostasien im Auswärtigen Amt, die der taz vorliegt.
...Actor Kim Chi Leaves Vietnamese Communist Party Over Decision to Punish Publisher08.11.2018 (RFA) - A Vietnamese actor is the latest in a series of
prominent celebrities to leave the country’s ruling Communist Party
following the party’s decision to punish Chu Hao, a former technology
vice minister-turned publisher, who was found to have printed books
diverging from the party’s political line.
...Vietnam, U.S. complete cleanup of toxic chemical from airport08.11.2018 (Asahi Shimbun) - HANOI--Vietnam and the United States have
finished the cleanup of dioxin contamination at Danang airport caused by
the transport and storage of the herbicide Agent Orange during the
Vietnam War.
...Diep N. Vuong, Mitbegründerin der Pacific Links Foundation, erhält renommierten Global Citizen Award06.11.2018 (Business Wire) - LONDON -- Diep N. Vuong, Mitbegründerin und
President der Pacific Links Foundation, ist vom internationalen
Beratungsunternehmen für die Aufenthalts- und Staatsbürgerschaftsplanung
Henley & Partners mit dem Global Citizen Award® für 2018 geehrt
worden.
...
Persecuted in Hanoi, locked up in Bangkok: the Montagnards, Vietnam’s forgotten Christians
04.11.2018 By
George Wright (SCMP) - The Montagnards, or Dega, are the indigenous people of the Vietnamese Central Highlands. They faced persecution for decades for supporting America in the Vietnam
war and for practising forms of Christianity that Hanoi brands “evil
way” religions.
...
French PM dodges rights questions in Vietnam
04.11.2018 (Daily Mail) - France does not "sweep anything under a rug"
when it comes to the issue of human rights in Vietnam, French Prime
Minister Edouard Philippe insisted on Sunday, after sidestepping
questions over the Asian country's dismal record on dissent.
...
Vietnam could give tech companies one year to obey cyberlaw
03.11.2018 By AFP (Daily Mail) - Vietnam may give internet companies
like Google and Facebook one year to comply with a controversial
cybersecurity law, according to a draft decree that outlines how the
draconian bill could be implemented.
...
Vietnamese marketing student, 23, crowned this year's Miss Earth after she warned that 'ignorance' is the most pressing issue for millennials
03.11.2018 By
Danyal Hussain (Daily Mail) - Vietnamese model
Phuong Khanh Nguyen, 23, has been crowned this year's Miss Earth,
beating 86 other glamorous women to the title.
...
China’s ‘digital authoritarianism’ harms internet freedom worldwide
02.11.2018 By
Emma Richards (Asian Correspondent) - CHINA’S
far-reaching foreign policy includes not only investment and political
affiliation, but something more insidious and underhand, according to a
new report from Freedom House.
...
China to Go On Defensive at ASEAN Summit
02.11.2018
Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI — Southeast Asian
countries are expected to push back gently against Chinese political and
economic influence in their region, edging instead toward
Western-allied powers, when their leaders gather this month.
...
Vietnam releases cybersecurity draft decree
02.11.2018 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam on Friday released a long-waited
draft decree on guidelines to implement a cybersecurity law that global
technology companies and rights groups have said could undermine
development and stifle innovation.
...
Für freien Handel zwischen Deutschland und Asien
02.11.2018
Manuela Kasper-Claridge (DW) - In Asien stehen die
Zeichen weiter auf Wachstum - nicht zuletzt deshalb sind deutsche
Top-Manager zur Asien-Pazifik-Konferenz der deutschen Wirtschaft nach
Indonesien gereist.
...
Southeast Asia's Richest Woman Signs $6.5 Billion Deal For 50 Airbus Jets
02.11.2018
Linh Nguyen (Forbes) - Vietjet, Vietnam’s biggest private
airline, finalized a $6.5 billion agreement on Friday to buy 50 Airbus
A321neo jets.
...
Chinese dams ramp up Lao external debt
02.11.2018
Marwaan Macan-Markar (Nikkei Asian Review) - BANGKOK -- Analysts predict increasing difficulty with mounting loans from China. In its rush to become the "battery" of Southeast Asia, Laos is accepting
more Chinese loans to build dams, ensuring the already debt-strapped
country falls ever deeper into China's pocket.
...
Édouard Philippe annonce dix milliards d'euros de contrats au Vietnam
02.11.2018 (France24) - Dans le cadre d'une visite de trois jours au
Vietnam, Édouard Philippe a présidé à la signature de plusieurs contrats
avoisinant les 10 milliards d'euros entre des entreprises françaises et
vietnamiennes, dont la vente de 50 Airbus.
...
Vietnam and France sign deals worth over $10 billion
02.11.2018 (Daily Mail) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The prime ministers of
France and Vietnam on Friday witnessed the signing of two business deals
worth over $10 billion and dozens of other cooperation agreements
covering energy, education, health, technology and the environment.
...
Vietnamese Blogger, Rights Activist Vy to be Tried on Flag Affront Charges
02.11.2018 (RFA) - A well-known Vietnamese blogger and human rights
advocate is set to face trial for "affronting the national flag or
national emblem,” a rights group and her lawyer said on Friday, three
months after she was briefly detained and had her computer, books and
other items confiscated.
...
Entführter Vietnamese Trinh Xuan Thanh - Verhandlungen über Rückkehr
01.11.2018
Marina Mai (taz) - BERLIN - Die deutsche und die
vietnamesische Regierung verhandeln seit Donnerstag im Berliner
Auswärtigen Amt über die Rückführung des in Hanoi zu lebenslanger Haft
verurteilten Vietnamesen Trinh Xuan Thanh nach Deutschland.
...
Vor 40 Jahren: Ankunft der Boat People
01.11.2018 (Göttinger Tageblatt) - Die Ankunft von vietnamesischen Boat
People vor genau 40 Jahren nimmt das Museum Friedland zum Anlass, die
Geschichte der Flüchtlinge und ihre Zeit in Deutschland zum Thema zu
machen.
...
Prominent Vietnamese academic under fire for criticism of one-party rule
01.11.2018
James Pearson (Reuters) - HANOI- In a rare ideological
denunciation of one of its members, Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party
has publicly criticised a prominent and outspoken academic for
publishing translations of books it said were critical of socialism and
one-party rule.
...
Report: China exports restrictive internet policies to other countries
01.11.2018 (Asahi Shimbun) - REUTERS - SAN FRANCISCO - China's
restrictive internet policy and digital surveillance has spread
worldwide over the last two years, with its government training emerging
market countries on process and its companies furnishing the tools, a
democracy watchdog group's annual report says.
...
Vietnam rolls out web monitor to control 'false information'
31.10.2018 By AFP (Daily Mail) - Vietnam said Wednesday it has set up a
web monitoring unit that can scan up to 100 million news items per day
for "false information", in a move that tightens its grip on internet
freedom. Lawmakers passed a tough cybersecurity law in June requiring internet
providers to store data in the country and remove "toxic content" if
requested to do so.
...
Vietnam cyber law will guard against fake news, terrorism: security ministry
31.10.2018 (Reuters) - HANOI- A Vietnamese cybersecurity law that global
technology companies and rights groups have warned could undermine
development and stifle innovation, will protect the country from
increasing cyber threats, the security ministry has said.
...
Could Vietnam become a casualty of the US-China trade war?
31.10.2018 By
Emma Richards (Asian Correspondent) - AS the
US-China trade war hots up, and economists warn of shrinking GDP growth
and disrupted supply chains, there are some markets that are reaping the
benefits of the face-off.
...
Vietnamesische Dissidenten: Im Visier des Regimes
30.10.2018 Von
Adrian Bartocha,
Torsten Mandalka und
Jan Wiese,
RBB (Tagesschau) - Vietnamesische Regimekritiker in Berlin berichten
von Einschüchterung, Morddrohungen und Cyberattacken - mutmaßlich durch
den Geheimdienst. Die Bundesanwaltschaft ist alarmiert.
...
"Der vietnamesische Geheimdienst ist sehr aktiv im Ausland"
30.10.2018 (rbb24) - In Vietnam werden Medien zensiert. Kritische
Journalisten müssen mit Gefängnisstrafen rechnen. Der Geheimdienst des
Landes übe auch auf diejenigen Druck aus, die sich nach Berlin abgesetzt
haben, sagt Christian Mihr von Reporter ohne Grenzen im Interview.
...
Pacific Trade Pact to Start at End of 2018 After Six Members Ratify
30.10.2018 Reuters (VOA) - WELLINGTON — A landmark 11-member trade deal
aimed at slashing barriers in some of Asia Pacific's fastest growing
economies will come into force at the end of December, the New Zealand
government said on Wednesday.
...
China legalisiert Nashorn- und Tigerprodukte
29.10.2018 (DerStandard) - Peking – China will den Handel mit
Körperteilen bedrohter Tierarten wie Nashörner und Tiger zu bestimmten
Zwecken erlauben.
...
Der lachende Dritte
28.10.2018 Von
Christoph Hein, Singapur (FAZ) - Wenn zwei sich
streiten, freut sich der Dritte. Die Streithähne der Weltwirtschaft sind
derzeit Amerika und China. Der lachende Dritte könnte Südostasien sein.
...
Annual cost of Hanoi traffic reaches $1.2 billion
28.10.2018 (inquirer.net) - HANOI — Traffic congestion has cost Hanoi
between US$1 and 1.2 billion per year and has made air pollution five
times worse, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
under the Ministry of Transport said.
...
Vietnam : pasteur emprisonné privé de soins médicaux
28.10.2018
Daniel Hamicheil (L'Observatoire de la
Christianophobie) - Le pasteur Nguyen Trung Ton, âgé de 46 ans, fait
partie d’un groupe de quatre militants de l’association Fraternité pour
la démocratie, condamnés à de lourdes peines de prison ferme le 5 avril
2018 pour « tentatives de renverser l’administration du peuple ».
...
Wasserkraft – Welches asiatische Land hat die meiste Leistung?
28.10.2018 (Philippinen Magazin) - Manila, Philippinen – Nach dem
jüngsten Bericht über den Status der Wasserkraft haben Ostasien und der
pazifische Raum die höchste jährliche Zunahme der Wasserkraftkapazität,
wobei China den größten Anteil der installierten Kapazität beisteuert.
...
P.E.I. resident's book shares harrowing journey as one of the ‘boat people’ fleeing Vietnam
28.10.2018
Desiree Anstey (The Guardian) - CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. -
Thien Tang was 14 when he joined the millions of refugees escaping
war-torn Communist Vietnam between 1979 and 1980 by means of an
overcrowded boat.
He knew before leaving home of the dangers the voyage would entail but not their extent.
...
Südchinesisches Meer – Xi Jinping ordnet Kriegsvorbereitungen an
28.10.2018 (Philippinen Magazin) - Xi Jinping soll seinen Streitkräften
befohlen haben, sich auf einen Krieg vorzubereiten. Dieses Statement gab
der chinesische Staatschef während eines Inspektionsbesuch beim Militär
ab, das für das Südchinesische Meer zuständig ist.
...
Coast guard competition could cause conflict in the South China Sea
27.10.2018 Author: Yang Fang, ANU (East Asia Forum) - Claimants of the South China Sea are investing significant resources in modernising their respective coast guards. These fleets, commonly called ‘white hulls’, play a strategic role in asserting sovereignty and enforcing national jurisdiction. As bellwether claimants such as China and Vietnam gradually upgrade both the capabilities and operational mandate of their ‘white hulls’, the risks of skirmishes grow higher.
...
"Umsetzbare Lösungen" für die Konflikte im Südchinesischen Meer?
26.10.2018
Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Im Südchinesischen Meer
belauern sich die Anrainer seit Jahren. Alle Initiativen, um die
Spannungen zu vermindern, sind im Sand verlaufen. Nun präsentiert ein
internationales Expertenteam vom CSIS Lösungsvorschläge.
...
Vietnamese Communist Party Members Quit Over 'Discipline' of Dissident Publisher
26.10.2018 (RFA) - Two members of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party have
publicly resigned after the government announced a prominent publisher
would be disciplined for printing books diverging from the party’s
political line.
...
Viet Nam: blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh released into exile
24.10.2018 (PEN International) - PEN International welcomes the release
of blogger and government critic Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, also known by
her pen name Me Nâm (‘Mother Mushroom’), on 17 October 2018. Me Nam had
been serving a 10-year prison sentence
...
Vietnam: la blogueuse Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh libérée et forcée à l'exil
24.10.2018 (PEN International) - PEN International salue la libération
de la blogueuse Nguyn Ngoc Nhu Quynh, critique du gouvernement
vietnamien aussi connue sous son nom de plume Me Nâm (« Mère Champignon
»), le 17 octobre 2018.
...
China’s ivory ban pushes trade to neighbouring countries
24.10.2018 By
Mike Gaworecki (Asian Correspondent) - WHEN China
banned all commercial trade in elephant ivory and shuttered its domestic
ivory markets at the end of 2017, conservationists applauded the
measure. But they also warned that if China’s neighbours didn’t take
similar action, the ivory trade would simply shift to those countries.
...
Letter: Jailed Vietnamese Activist Nguyen Van Hoa Suffers Abuse in Prison
24.10.2018 (RFA) - A friend of jailed Vietnamese activist blogger Nguyen
Van Hoa released a summary of a letter Hoa had last month sent to his
family from prison describing physical abuse and ploys to coerce him
into testifying against other activists in cases with which he had no
connection.
...
Woman hurls shoe at Vietnam officials in land protest
24.10.2018 (Asia Times) - A Vietnamese woman threw her shoe at a
congressional delegation on Saturday in protest of the government’s
policies on compensation for land repossession.
...
Jailed Vietnamese Dissident’s Husband Files Second Protection Plea
24.10.2018 (RFA) - The husband of jailed Vietnamese dissident Tran Thi
Nga says he is worried about her safety as she serves her sentence at
Gia Trung prison in Gia Lai Province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
...
Vietnam: why blogger Mother Mushroom went free
24.10.2018 By
Hunter Marston (The Interpreter) - During US
Secretary of Defense James Mattis’ two-day visit to Vietnam last week,
the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) quietly released the high-profile
dissident blogger known as ‘Mẹ Nấm,’ or Mother Mushroom, on the
condition of her exile to the United States.
...
Vietnam Begins Life Under New Strongman President Nguyen Phu Trong
24.10.2018 By
Charlie Campbell / HANOI (Time) - Communist Party
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who was confirmed by the Southeast
Asian nation’s rubberstamp parliament as also its new President late
Tuesday, making him the first person to hold both titles since founding
father Ho Chi Minh in the 1960s.
...
Vietnam: blogger Me Nâm (Mother Mushroom) released into exile
23.10.2018 (English PEN) - 'I will continue to raise my voice until there is human rights in Vietnam, real human rights'.
English PEN welcomes the news that blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known
by her pen name Me Nâm (Mother Mushroom) has been released and reunited
with her family.
...
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Mother Mushroom) - Status: Released
23.10.2018 (PEN America) - Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who blogs under the
name Me Nam or “Mother Mushroom,” is a Vietnamese political and
environmental activist. After years of government surveillance,
harassment, and intimidation, on October 10, 2016, Me Nam was arrested
in Khanh Hoa and charged under Article 88 of the Penal Code for
“conducting propaganda against the State.”
...
Jailed Vietnamese Activist in Failing Health, Unable to Walk
23.10.2018 (RFA) - Jailed Vietnamese democracy activist Nguyen Trung
Ton, a member of the online Brotherhood for Democracy advocacy group, is
in failing health in prison and unable to walk owing to an untreated
injury suffered in a beating two years ago, according to his wife.
...
Vîet-Nam : entre le Grand Frère et l'ancien ennemi, qui choisir?
23.10.2018 par Xavier Martinet (france culture) - Avec l'élection
aujourd'hui du secrétaire général du PCV Nguyen Phu Trong au poste de
président du pays, le Vietnam accentue sa centralisation politique.
...
Vietnam - Nguyen Phu Trong neuer Präsident
23.10.2018 (Deutschlandradio) - Die Nationalversammlung in Hanoi wählte
den Vorsitzenden der regierenden Kommunistischen Partei, Nguyen Phu
Trong, zum neuen Staatschef.
...
Líder del Partido Comunista es el nuevo presidente de Vietnam
23.10.2018 (Cooperativa) - La Asamblea Nacional de Vietnam eligió en
Hanoi a Nguyen Phu Trong, secretario general del Partido Comunista, como
nuevo presidente del país
...
Vietnam party chief Trong formally named president
23.10.2018 (Nikkei Asian Review) - Vietnamese
lawmakers elected Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong as president,
making him the first leader to hold both titles since the nation's
founder, Ho Chi Minh.
...
Despite Trump, Xi’s China is not a leading power
23.10.2018 By
Xuan Loc Doan (Asia Times) - Citing a source close
to the Chinese government, the South China Morning Post reported on
October 11 that China is testing the waters to join the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP).
...
Vietnam’s quandary: red or green?
22.10.2018
Greg Earl (The Interpreter) - A hand-crafted map on
the wall of the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture Sciences (VAAS) neatly
captures the country’s strategic vulnerabilities as it emerges as a
dynamic new regional player.
...
Philippe au Vietnam du 2 au 4 novembre
22.10.2018 (Le Figaro) - Edouard Philippe se rendra du 2 au 4 novembre
au Vietnam pour marquer "le double anniversaire des 45 ans de relations
diplomatiques et des cinq ans du partenariat stratégique" entre les deux
pays, a annoncé aujourd'hui Matignon.
...
Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries
21.10.2018 (The Asahi Shimbun) - YULONGXUESHAN, China - Millions of people each year are drawn to Baishui's frosty beauty on the
southeastern edge of the Third Pole--a region in Central Asia with the
world's third largest store of ice after Antarctica and Greenland that's
roughly the size of Texas and New Mexico combined.
...
CMC Corporation aus Vietnam unterzeichnet strategische Vereinbarung mit dänischem Partner
21.10.2018 (ots/PRNewswire) - Kopenhagen, Dänemark - Die vietnamesische
CMC Corporation hat am 20. Oktober 2018 im Rahmen des Vietnam-Denmark
Business Forum ein Abkommen zur strategischen
Zusammenarbeit mit Approxima, einem Partner aus Dänemark, unterzeichnet.
...
Vietnam dissident Khoi urges Facebook to protect freedom of expression
20.10.2018 (Daily Mail) - Mai Khoi, a dissident musician dubbed
Vietnam's Lady Gaga, has appealed to Facebook's directors to safeguard
freedom of expression as the government looks to bolster its control of
the web.
...
Vietnam: une chanteuse dissidente appelle Facebook à s'engager "pour la liberté d'expression"
20.10.2018 (RTBF) - Mai Khoi, une musicienne dissidente surnommée la
"Lady Gaga" du Vietnam et régulièrement censurée par le régime de Hanoï,
a appelé vendredi Facebook à s'engager davantage pour la liberté
d'expression dans son pays, à l'issue d'une rencontre avec les
dirigeants du réseau social à San Francisco.
...
Vietnam Expands Decades Long Effort To Crack Down On Any Dissent Online By Demanding Data Be Kept In The Country
20.10.2018
Mike Masnick (Techdirt) - It's no secret that the
Vietnamese government is no fan of the open internet. All the way back
in 2002 we wrote about the government requiring people to register just
to create a website.
...
Vietnam dissident 'Mother Mushroom' describes prison hunger strikes
20.10.2018 (Reuters) - A Vietnamese dissident known as “Mother Mushroom”
went on hunger strike three times during her imprisonment before Hanoi
released her, she said on Friday after arriving in the United States.
...
Slovakia threatens to freeze relations with Vietnam over kidnapping case
20.10.2018 (Reuters) - BRATISLAVA - Slovakia has threatened to freeze
relations with Vietnam over the case of a Vietnamese businessman who
Germany says was kidnapped by Vietnamese agents and smuggled back home
through Slovakia, the Slovak foreign ministry said on Saturday.
...
Vietnams Bergbau muss in die Modernisierung investieren
19.10.2018 Von
Frauke Schmitz-Bauerdick (GTAI) - Hanoi - Marktzugang für ausländische Investoren häufig mühsam. Vietnam ist reich an Rohstoffen. Während der Kohlebereich schwächelt, gewinnt der Abbau von Eisenerzen an Bedeutung.
...
Corporate Security Guards Attack Indigenous Protesters in Rural Vietnam-Amnesty International
19.10.2018 By
Eugene Whong (RFA) - Security guards employed by
Indian-owned RK Viet Nam on September 27 attacked a group of protesters
at the company’s marble quarry in Lam Thuong commune, Yen Bai province,
according to a statement by Amnesty International.
...
MFA: Slovak-Vietnamese Relations Frozen until Hanoi Explains Abduction
19.10.2018 (TASR) - Bratislava - Slovak-Vietnamese bilateral relations
will be frozen until Slovakia receives a credible explanation from Hanoi
as to how its kidnapped citizen ended up in Vietnam, Foreign and
European Affairs Ministry spokesman Boris Gandel told TASR on Friday
...
How Vietnam Benefits From US Strategy in the South China Sea
19.10.2018 (The Diplomat) - The Trump administration’s free and open
Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy is quickly gaining more definition. In recent days, however, U.S. officials, including Vice President Mike
Pence, have started to comment publicly on details of the strategy.
...
EU and Vietnam sign an agreement for better enforcement of forest law, governance and trade
19.10.2018 (Council of the EU) - On 19 October 2018, a voluntary
partnership agreement (VPA) between the European Union and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade
(FLEGT) was signed in Brussels in the margins of the EU-ASEM summit.
...
«Vietnam profitiert vom US-chinesischen Handelskrieg»
19.10.2018
Markus Winkler (finews) - Schon seit einigen Jahren
ist der Trend zur Verlagerung von Produktionskapazitäten von China nach
Vietnam zu beobachten, weil dort viele Arbeitskräfte besser ausgebildet
und erst noch viel günstiger sind.
...
Vietnamese delegation did not have visa. We gave them exception
18.10.2018 (Spectator) - The Vietnamese delegation, which planned to take off from Bratislava
bound for Moscow last year, were reportedly missing a Schengen visa in
one of the 12 passports submitted to Slovak border control. The Interior
Ministry explained that one of the delegation’s members had lost their
diplomatic passport and was given an exception.
...
Das ist Europas Asien-Strategie gegen Trump
18.10.2018
Till Hoppe,
Frederic Spohr,
Eva Fischer
(Handelsblatt) - ... Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Europa und den
asiatischen Ländern war vielfach nicht einfach – obgleich die EU zuletzt
mit Japan, Singapur und Vietnam wichtige Freihandelsabkommen
abschließen konnte.
...
Wegen der Touristen - Vietnams Hauptstadt Hanoi verhängt 2021 ein Verbot für Hundefleisch
18.10.2018 (TRAVELBOOK) - In Hanoi soll der Verzehr von Hundefleisch
verboten werden. Das Gesundheitsministerium der Stadt habe kürzlich
bekannt gegeben, dass das Schlachten von Hunden und der Handel mit
Hundefleisch abgeschafft würden
...
Exiled Vietnamese blogger: I'm not alone advocating freedom
18.10.2018 (Daily Mail) - HOUSTON (AP) - A prominent blogger freed from
prison in Vietnam on condition that she live in exile in the United
States says she is glad to be reunited with her family and that she
knows she is not alone in advocating for freedom.
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Une blogueuse vietnamienne dissidente fait voeu de poursuivre sa lutte
18.10.2018 (L'Express) - Chicago (AFP) - Une dissidente vietnamienne,
arrivée mercredi soir aux Etats-Unis après avoir été libérée en pleine
visite du ministre américain de la Défense Jim Mattis au Vietnam, a fait
voeu de poursuivre sa lutte, dès sa descente d'avion.
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Vietnamese Blogger 'Mother Mushroom' Arrives in US
18.10.2018 (VOA) - A dissident Vietnamese blogger imprisoned for
defaming the country's Communist government is celebrating her first day
of freedom on U.S. soil.
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20 Jahre Haft für vietnamesischen Umweltaktivisten
18.10.2018 (Der Farang) - HANOI (dpa) - Vietnam geht weiter gegen
unbequeme Kritiker vor: Ein vietnamesisches Gericht hat eine langjährige
Haftstrafe sowie einen Hausarrest für einen Umweltaktivisten bestätigt.
Der 52-jährige Le Dinh Luong müsse für 20 Jahre ins Gefängnis und 5
Jahre in Hausarrest,
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Vietnamese Court Upholds 20-year Imprisonment of Democracy Campaigner Le Dinh Luong in His Appeal
18.10.2018 (Defend The Defenders) - On October 18, the Higher People’s
Court in Hanoi rejected the appeal of human rights defender and
environmentalist Le Dinh Luong, upholding the sentence of 20 years in
prison and five years of probation given by a lower court.
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Viêt-Nam. Dans le sillage de la libération de « Mère Champignon », les autorités doivent libérer les nombreux détracteurs pacifiques emprisonnés
17.10.2018 (Amnesty International) - En réaction à la libération de la
blogueuse « Mère Champignon » au Viêt-Nam, Nicholas Bequelin, directeur
régional pour l'Asie de l'Est et du Sud-Est à Amnesty International, a
déclaré :
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Vietnamese Medical Doctor Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Printing 3,300 Leaflets
17.10.2018 (Defend The Defenders) - Authorities in Vietnam have
sentenced local medical doctor Nguyen Dinh Thanh to seven years in
prison for printing 3,300 leaflets which he produced to call for
peaceful demonstration to protest two bills on Special Economic Zones
and Cyber Security, state media has reported.
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Vietnam lässt Bloggerin "Mutter Pilz" vorzeitig frei
17.10.2018 (DW) - Zehn Jahre Haft wegen Propaganda gegen den Staat, so
lautete das Urteil gegen Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh. Nun kam die
regierungskritische Bloggerin, bekannt als Me Nam ("Mutter Pilz"), frei -
musste aber in die USA ausreisen. Der Südostasien-Direktor von Amnesty, Nicholas Bequelin, wies aber auch
auf das Schicksal anderer Regierungskritiker hin. "Auch wenn Mutter Pilz
jetzt nicht mehr in Haft ist, war die Bedingung für ihre Freilassung
doch das Exil. Und es gibt über 100 weitere Menschen, die noch im
Gefängnis sitzen.
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Mother Mushroom: Vietnam frees blogger on condition she move to US
17.10.2018 (The Guardian) - Vietnam has freed a well-known blogger after
two years in prison on the condition that she leave for the United
States. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known as “Mother Mushroom,” was arrested in
October 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of defaming
the Communist government.
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Bekannte vietnamesische Bloggerin aus der Haft entlassen
17.10.2018 (Deutschland today) - Hanoi (AFP) - In Vietnam ist eine
bekannte regierungskritische Internetbloggerin vorzeitig aus der Haft
entlassen worden. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh wurde am Mittwoch per Flugzeug
in die USA gebracht, wie ein Mitarbeiter der Regierung in Hanoi und
Freunde der Nachrichtenagentur AFP sagten. Quynh war im Juni 2017 wegen
staatsfeindlicher Propaganda zu zehn Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt worden.
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Libération d'une blogueuse vietnamienne dissidente, partie pour les Etats-Unis
17.10.2018 (France Soir) - Une dissidente et blogueuse vietnamienne
connue sous le nom de plume Me Nam ou "Mère champignon", a décollé
mercredi pour les Etats-Unis après avoir été libérée de prison où elle
purgeait dix ans de prison, selon des sources concordantes.
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Liberada en Vietnam la bloguera 'Madre Seta' a condición de que se exilie en el extranjero
17.10.2018 (Europa Press) - Las autoridades de Vietnam han liberado este
miércoles a la famosa bloguera vietnamita Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh,
conocida como 'Madre Seta' --o 'Nam Me', en vietnamita-- bajo condición
de que abandone el país.
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Vietnam’s Mother Mushroom is freed, leaves for United States
17.10.2018 (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails today’s release
of the Vietnamese blogger known as Mother Mushroom, who immediately left
for the United States, and calls on the authorities to free all the
other citizen-journalists imprisoned in Vietnam.
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Vietnam: Renowned blogger 'Mother Mushroom' released under condition of exile
17.10.2018 (Amnesty International UK) - Responding to news of the
release of popular Vietnamese blogger Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, also known
by her blogging pseudonym, Mẹ Nấm “Mother Mushroom”, in Vietnam,
Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty East and South East Asia Regional Director,
said: “This good news, which comes as a relief after two years behind bars,
should also be a reminder of Vietnam’s worsening record of jailing
anyone who criticises the regime".
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EU pushes for approval of trade agreement with Vietnam
17.10.2018 (Reuters) - BRUSSELS - The European Commission submitted for
approval on Wednesday a free trade agreement with Vietnam, its first
comprehensive open markets deals with a developing Asian country.
The EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements will need approval from
the EU’s 28 members and from the European Parliament, some of whose
members have expressed concern over Vietnam’s human rights record.
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Europäische Kommission legt dem Rat Handels- und Investitionsabkommen mit Vietnam vor
17.10.2018 (aktiencheck) - Die Europäische Kommission hat heute
(Mittwoch) die Handels- und Investitionsabkommen zwischen der EU und
Vietnam angenommen und so den Weg für ihre Unterzeichnung und ihren
möglichen Abschluss geebnet.
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Commission presents EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements for signature and conclusion
17.10.2018 (European Commission) - The European Commission today adopted
the EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements, paving the way for
their signature and conclusion.
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Vietnam: Second trial brings blogger’s total prison sentence to nine years
16.10.2018 (RSF) - Do Cong Duong will now have to serve a total of nine
years after a court in Bac Ninh, on the outskirts of Hanoi, imposed the
five-year sentence on 12 October on a charge of “abusing democratic
freedom.”
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Durchatmen: Vietnams Hauptstadt Hanoi will ihre Luftqualität verbessern
16.10.2018 (DW) - Um die Luftqualität in der vietnamesischen Hauptstadt
Hanoi merklich zu verbessern, müssen die Einwohner ihre Gewohnheiten
ändern. Aber wie bringt man die Menschen dazu, ihre geliebten Mopeds
stehenzulassen?
Wie schlecht die Luft in Hanoi ist, sieht und riecht man an jeder Ecke.
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Vertragsarbeiter*innen in der DDR: „Heute können sie keine Kinder mehr kriegen, weil sie kaputt sind“
16.10.2018
Seyda Kurt (ze.tt) - Isolation, rassistische Gewalt,
Abtreibungszwang − das erlebten Vertragsarbeiter*innen in der DDR. Rund
60.000 von ihnen kamen aus Vietnam. Drei Zeitzeug*innen erzählen uns
ihre Geschichte.
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Zuwanderungsgesetz: Sachsen-Anhalt erhofft sich mehr Einwanderer aus Ukraine, Indonesien oder Vietnam
16.10.2018 (Epoch Times) - Sachsen-Anhalts Wirtschaftsminister Armin
Willingmann (SPD) drängt die Bundesregierung, das geplante
Fachkräftezuwanderungsgesetz „so schnell wie möglich“ vorzulegen.
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Strict new cybersecurity laws will come into effect in Vietnam DESPITE pleas from Google and Facebook
15.10.2018 By
Peter Lloyd (Daily Mail) - Vietnam is preparing to
strictly enforce a new cybersecurity law requiring global technology
companies to set up local offices and store data locally despite pleas
from Facebook, Google and other firms, a government document showed.
...
Vietnam’s plastic end-users set to gain as US-China trade spat intensifies
15.10.2018 (S&P Global Platts) - The global plastics supply chain is
changing as the US-China trade war intensifies, and Vietnam’s plastic
resin end-users are poised to benefit.
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Mekong Delta fights high-tide flooding
14.10.2018 (The Straits Times) - HANOI • The local authorities in
Vietnam's Mekong Delta are taking steps to mitigate the impact of
flooding caused by high tides during the annual flood season.
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Say a prayer for Vietnam’s forgotten Montagnards
13.10.2018 By
Dan Southerland (Asia Times) - Communist regime's
repression of the ethnic minority that supported the US during the
Vietnam War has been largely invisible but is starting to come to light. The Montagnards, who were some of the American Army’s most loyal allies
during the Vietnam War, are now hidden from view and simply trying to
survive under a repressive state.
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Guadeloupe author wins alternative prize in Nobel absence
13.10.2018 (The National) - A jury picked Conde from the list, which
also included Vietnamese-Canadian writer Kim Thuy, British author Neil
Gaiman and Japan's Haruki Murakami. Guadeloupean author Maryse Conde on Friday won an alternative award formed in protest to the Nobel Literature Prize
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Literatur: Preis für Geschichten aus dem Mekong-Delta
12.10.2018 (deutschland.de) - Der LiBeraturpreis 2018 geht an die
vietnamesische Schriftstellerin Nguyen Ngoc Tu für ihren Erzählband
„Endlose Felder“ (Mitteldeutscher Verlag). Ihre Geschichten spielen
zwischen Wasser und Land. Den roten Faden bildet der Fluss, der Mekong –
von dem alles Übel ausgeht, aber auch das seltene Glück.
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EU-Asien-Gipfel mit 53 Länderchefs - Putin schickt Medwedew
12.10.2018 (Tiroler Tageszeitung) - Brüssel (APA) - Ein Monsterprogramm
mit mehreren EU-Gipfeln gibt es nächste Woche von Mittwoch bis Freitag
in Brüssel. Nach dem Brexit-Gipfel der EU Mittwochabend folgt Donnerstag
zunächst das Treffen der europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs, ehe
es danach mit dem EU-Asien-Gipfel weitergeht.
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How the 'Lady Gaga of Vietnam' was effectively banned from singing in her own country
12.10.2018
Catherine Clifford (CNBC) -"I used to be a pop star," Mai Khoi says in her presentation at the Oslo Freedom Forum this September. Two years ago, Khoi was a successful musician with multiple albums... she grew bored of the Vietnamese pop industry thanks to the country's restrictive censorship system. "I couldn't feel free,"
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Vietnamese muss wegen Facebook-Post fünf Jahre in Haft
12.10.2018 (derStandard) Mann beschuldigte lokale Behördenvertreter der Korruption.
Wegen "Missbrauchs demokratischer Freiheiten" ist ein Aktivist für
Landrechte von einem Gericht im Norden Vietnams zu einer Freiheitsstrafe
verurteilt worden.
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Vietnam blogger sentenced again after Facebook posts
12.10.2018 (Daily Mail) - Vietnam on Friday jailed a blogger who posted
critical material on Facebook for five years, his second sentence in
less than a month as a hardline administration tightens its grip on
dissent.
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Un militant condamné à cinq ans de prison
12.10.2018 (24heures) - Un militant vietnamien, déjà condamné il y a
quelques semaines à quatre ans de détention, s'est vu infliger vendredi
une nouvelle condamnation à cinq ans de prison pour avoir diffusé sur
Facebook des articles et vidéos critiques à l'encontre du régime
communiste.
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How a Trump decision on trade became a setback for democracy in Vietnam
12.10.2018 By
Simon Denyer and
David Nakamura | The
Washington Post (Stars and Stripes) - It was one of US President Donald
Trump’s very first acts: to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a
sweeping 12-nation trade agreement that had been the centrepiece of
President Barack Obama’s strategic “rebalance” toward Asia.
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Vietnamese Activist Released From Prison After Serving Six-Year Term
11.10.2018 (RFA) - Jailed Vietnamese activist Dinh Nguyen Kha was freed
from prison on Thursday after serving a six-year term for handing out
leaflets criticizing government policy over disputed islands in the
South China Sea.
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Vinfast startet Autoproduktion - Deutsch-vietnamesische Freundschaft
11.10.2018 (Stern) - Einen großen Aufschlag stellt man sich eigentlich
anders. Doch Vinfast, junger Autobauer aus Vietnam, ließ es bei seinem
ersten Auftritt in Europa trotz Publikumsmagnet David Beckham
zurückhaltend angehen. Dabei haben die Vietnamesen nicht nur in Asien
große Pläne.
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Thailand arrests two after finding tiger body parts in bag
11.10.2018 (Daily Mail) - Thai authorities have arrested two men accused
of trying to smuggle tiger bones and meat to Vietnam on a bus, police
said Thursday.
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Deux Vietnamiens arrêtés en Thaïlande avec de la viande de tigre
11.10.2018 (Metro) - Deux Vietnamiens ont été arrêtés dans le nord de la
Thaïlande en possession d’os et de viande séchée de tigre qu’ils
souhaitaient revendre dans leur pays, a-t-on appris jeudi auprès des
autorités locales.
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Saigon Boomtown!
11.10.2018 (Focus) - Vietnams Boomtown Nummer eins, Saigon, ist
Trendsetter in Sachen Kunst und Kulinarik. Wir haben uns zwischen
Moderne und Vergangenheit umgesehen und geschlemmt.
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Over 60 Vietnamese arrested for passport offences in Ops Noda raid
11.10.2018 (The Star Online) - JOHOR BARU: Police detained 68 Vietnamese
nationals for various passport offences during a raid at a restaurant
in Stulang Laut here.
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In Berlin entführter Vietnamese - Angeblich hat keiner etwas gewusst
10.10.2018 (taz) - BERLIN | Mitten in Berlin wird ein Vietnamese vom
Geheimdienst seines Landes entführt und niemand bekommt etwas mit – kann
das sein? Die Entführung des Ex-Politikers Trinh Xuan Thanh ist mehr
als ein Jahr her, nun bezieht die Bundesregierung zum ersten Mal
Stellung zu offenen Fragen.
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Vietnam's Crackdown on Dissidents Isn't New
10.10.2018 by
Heather Stur (The National Interest) - It is the same old routine of human-rights violations.
Kim Nga’s nightmare began earlier this month when she received a
mysterious message from her husband’s phone saying police had arrested
him in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Her husband, Ngo Van Dung, a blogger
and journalist,
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Vietnam cyber law set for tough enforcement despite Google, Facebook pleas
10.10.2018
Mai Nguyen (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam is preparing to
strictly enforce a new cybersecurity law requiring global technology
companies to set up local offices and store data locally despite pleas
from Facebook, Google and other firms, a government document showed.
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Is Vietnam moving towards autocracy?
10.10.2018 (The Straits Times) - BANGKOK (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party appears to be undermining its
"collective leadership" system by nominating its chief Nguyen Phu Trong
as the country's president, to replace Tran Dai Quang who died last
month.
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Hanoi's dependence on imported textiles will cause trade woes
10.10.2018 (Nikkei Asian Review) - Why Vietnam must do more than cut and sew. Vietnam is on track to become the world's second-biggest exporter of
textiles and clothing this year, but it is too soon to celebrate.
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L'axe Pékin-Moscou, grande peur de l'Occident
09.10.2018
Fabien Herbert (Asialyst) - Le rapprochement est
inédit au regard de la rupture sino-soviétique des années 1960 et du
conflit frontalier qui opposa les deux États en 1969. Moscou et Pékin
sont amenés aujourd’hui à repenser leur stratégie internationale, en
cherchant de nouveaux partenaires et alliés.
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Mekong-Japan partnership strategy agreed at Tokyo summit
09.10.2018 (The Asahi Shimbun) - Five Southeast Asian leaders joined
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Oct. 9 to
adopt an agreement to strengthen ties between their nations and Japan.
The agreement, titled “Tokyo Strategy 2018,” was adopted by Cambodia,
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as Japan, at the 10th
Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting.
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Asiens Mekong Gipfel findet dieses Jahr in Japan statt
09.10.2018 von
hanako (Sumikai) - Am Dienstag findet in Tokyo der
sogenannte Mekong Gipfel statt. Ziel ist dabei, eine freie und offene
Indo-Pazifik-Region mit nachhaltiger Entwicklung zu erzielen.
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Leader of banned Vietnam Buddhist Sect Expelled from Thanh Minh Zen Monastery
08.10.2018 (RFA) - A high-profile human rights activist and supreme
patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has been
expelled from the Thanh Minh Zen monastery in Ho Chi Minh City, where he
had been under house arrest since 2003, supporters said.
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China Reshapes The Vital Mekong River To Power Its Expansion
06.10.2018
Michael Sullivan (NPR) - ... The Golden Triangle is
known for being a drug-trafficking hub. The monthly patrols aim "to make
the border river safer," according to China's Xinhua News Agency, after
the killing of 13 Chinese sailors in 2011. But some analysts see a different interpretation: intimidation.
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Vietnam: près de 10.500 hectares de forêts ont été détruits illégalement depuis 2015
06.10.2018 (mapecology) - Hanoï – Près de 10.500 hectares de forêts de
la province de Dak Lak (Centre) ont été détruits illégalement depuis
2015, a indiqué dans un rapport la délégation provinciale du ministère
de l’Agriculture et du développement rural.
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Staatsbegräbnis für Vietnams Ex-Staats- und Regierungschef Do Muoi
06.10.2018 (Der Farang) - HANOI (dpa) - Er war einer der ältesten noch
lebenden Ex-Staats- und Regierungschefs weltweit: Nach seinem Tod im
Alter von 101 Jahren hat sich Vietnam nun mit einem Staatsbegräbnis von
Do Muoi verabschiedet.
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Is Vietnam sliding deeper into authoritarianism?
05.10.2018 Author
Benjamin Bathke (DW) - On September 21, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang passed away after a long illness. To fill the vacancy, the Communist Party Central Committee nominated
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the sole candidate for president
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Nguyễn Phú Trọng like Ho Chi Minh as Vietnamese president and party leader
05.10.2018 (AsiaNews) - Hanoi – Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party (Đảng
Cộng sản Việt Nam) has nominated its General Secretary, Nguyễn Phú Trọng
(pictured), for the post of President of Vietnam. Now his nomination
goes to the National Assembly for approval, a foregone conclusion.
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Vietnamese Activists Given Long Prison Terms After One-Day Trial
05.10.2018 (RFA) - Five Vietnamese activists were sentenced Friday in a
Ho Chi Minh City court after being found guilty in a one-day trial of
involvement in a political group that authorities deemed to have
challenged Vietnam’s Communist one-party system.
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Vietnam encarcela a cinco personas por intento de golpe de Estado
05.10.2018 (europa press) - Vietnam encarcela a cinco personas por intento de golpe de Estado.
Cinco personas han sido condenadas a entre ocho y 15 años de cárcel por
intento de golpe de Estado, según han confirmado fuentes policiales al
término del juicio celebrado en Ciudad Ho Chi Mihn, la antigua Saigón.
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The Promise and Pitfalls of Hydropower Development Along the Mekong River
05.10.2018 (World Politics Review) - The collapse of a dam this summer
in southeastern Laos, which triggered massive flooding that killed
dozens and displaced thousands of people, has brought a renewed focus on
hydroelectric dams in mainland Southeast Asia.
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Vietnam's children and the fear of climate change
04.10.2018 By
David Shukman (BBC) - One little girl draws a nightmarish picture of people calling for rescue as they drown in rising water. Another sketches a huge snake with sharp teeth to show the power and danger of flooding.
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All of Vietnam’s power is in Trong’s hands
04.10.2018 By
David Hutt (Asia Times) - Communist Party General
Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is set to assume the presidency, an
unprecedented consolidation of power that could make him the Xi Jinping
of Vietnam.
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Wann fällt der erste Schuss im Südchinesischen Meer?
04.10.2018 (Philippinen Magazin) - Manila, Philippinen – Die Spannungen
zwischen Washington und Peking gewinnen in unregelmäßigen Abständen an
gefährlicher Schärfe. Der jüngste Zwischenfall im Südchinesischen Meer
ist ein deutlicher Beweis dafür.
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Vietnam is the most globalized populous country in modern history
03.10.2018 By
Dan Kopf (Quartz) - In 2017, Vietnam’s trade as a
percentage of GDP reached over 200%. This is the highest level for any
country with over 50 million people in the World Bank’s data, which goes
back to 1960. Of the world’s twenty most populous countries, it blows
away number two Thailand at 122%.
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Vietnam : le chef du PC, tenant de la ligne dure, devrait devenir président
03.10.2018 (RTBF) - Le secrétaire général du Parti communiste vietnamien
Nguyen Phu Trong, un tenant de la ligne dure, devrait prochainement
devenir le président de son pays et ainsi être le premier à cumuler ces
deux postes depuis Ho Chi Minh
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Vietnam's hardline party leader to become president
03.10.2018 (Daily Mail) - Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong
was nominated Wednesday to become the country's president, effectively
making him the most powerful person
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A muffled cry for freedom in Vietnam
03.10.2018 By
David Hutt (Asia Times) - Ruling Communist Party
has clamped down hard on budding pro-democracy groups, repression rights
groups say is turning the country into a giant prison.
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Vietnam: End Repression Against Activists
03.10.2018 (Human Rights Watch) - Vietnam National Self-Determination Coalition Members on Trial.
Vietnam should drop politically motivated charges against five
pro-democracy campaigners from a political group that challenges the
Communist Party of Vietnam’s monopoly on power, Human Rights Watch said
today. The government should immediately release them without
conditions.
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Vietnams Ex-Generalsekretär Do Muoi mit 101 Jahren gestorben
02.10.2018 (NZZ) - Der ehemalige vietnamesische Staats- und
Regierungschef Do Muoi ist tot. Der ehemalige Generalsekretär der
Kommunistischen Partei starb am Montag im Alter von 101 Jahren
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Do Muoi, Vietnam’s Leader in Economic Transition, Dies at 101
02.10.2018 By
Seth Mydans (NYT) - Do Muoi, a Vietnamese
revolutionary who served for six years as the country’s leader during
its transition to a market economy under a Communist government, died on
Monday in Hanoi. He was 101.
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Gefährlicher Zwischenfall im Südchinesischen Meer
02.10.2018 (Philippinen Magazin) - Manila, Philippinen – Zwischen zwei
Kriegsschiffen der USA und Chinas ist es in einem umstrittenen Seegebiet
im Südchinesischen Meer beinahe zu einer Kollision gekommen.
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Verschleppter Vietnamese in Berlin - Slowakei ermittelt nach Entführung
02.10.2018 (Tagesschau) - Nach der Entführung des vietnamesischen
Geschäftmannes Trinh Xuan Thanh 2017 in Berlin hat die Slowakei
Ermittlungen eingeleitet. Nach Angaben der zuständigen
Staatsanwaltschaft besteht der Verdacht, dass er mit einer slowakischen
Regierungsmaschine in sein Heimatland geflogen wurde.
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Latest Count: Vietnam Holds 246 Prisoners of Conscience
01.10.2018 (Mach Song Media) - According to the Now! Campaign, which
consists of 14 international and Vietnamese civil society organizations,
the government of Vietnam is holding at least 246 in prisons or similar
forms of detention compared to 165 cases in November 2017, when the
campaign was launched.
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A Protest Singer Finds Her Voice in Vietnam’s Police State
01.10.2018 By
Mike Ives (NYT) - HANOI, Vietnam — The taxi was
weaving through evening traffic, inches from the motorbikes that were
swarming it like hornets. Such maneuvering, and proximity to danger, is
common on Vietnamese roads. But Mai Khoi, the singer-songwriter in the
back seat, said it felt familiar on more than one level.
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