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Vietnamese Consumers Shop for 'Safe' Vegetables on Internet
28.03.2014 Marianne Brown (VOA) - HANOI — In Vietnam, there are rising concerns about the excessive use of pesticides on crops. To ensure their vegetables are safe, some consumers are now shopping for produce online. Billboards carry the message “don’t abuse pesticides, think of the consumer,” but a lack of government regulation has done little to combat the overuse of pesticides, and consumers are taking note. As a result, many are turning to the Internet to be better informed. ...
Filipinas presenta pruebas contra reclamos chinos
31.03.2014 (Yahoo Noticias) - MANILA, Filipinas (AP) — Filipinas presentó pruebas a un tribunal internacional contra las amplias reclamaciones chinas en el Mar de la China Meridional, pasando por alto las advertencias de Beijing de que el caso afectará las relaciones bilaterales.
El secretario de Relaciones Exteriores filipino, Albert del Rosario, dijo el domingo en una conferencia de prensa que los documentos enviados electrónicamente al tribunal de La Haya son casi 4.000 páginas de análisis y pruebas documentales. ...
Japan loses credibility as corruption-tainted aid projects continue
31.03.2014 (The Asahi Shimbun) - Another suspected bribery case related to Japan’s development aid has come to light.
A Tokyo-based railway consulting company allegedly paid a total of 100 million yen ($972,762) in kickbacks to government employees and others from Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Indonesia. The company had been awarded contracts for Japan’s official development assistance projects worth 6 billion yen in these countries. ...
Vietnamese fisherman arrested in South China Sea
31.03.2014 (ABC) - Eleven Vietnamese fishermen have been arrested after they were caught poaching in the South China Sea
Philippine authorities have arrested 11 Vietnamese fishermen found poaching in the nation's waters, close to disputed territories in the South China sea. Environment officials say the Vietnamese fishermen were found with 50 dead sharks aboard their boat near the province of Palawan. ...
Philippinen durchbrechen Seeblockade
29.03.2014 (ARD) - Im Südchinesischen Meer überschneiden sich die territorialen Ansprüche vieler asiatischer Nationen. Unter anderem streiten sich Vietnam, die Philippinen, China, Malaysia und Taiwan um oftmals kleine Inseln oder unbewohnbare Riffe. In der Region werden Öl- und Gasvorkommen vermutet, teilweise ist die See reich an Fischen.
Auch die Inselgruppe der Spratlys ist umstritten: Seit Ende der 1990er Jahre liegt dort das philippinische Landungsschiff "Sierra Madre" auf einem entlegenen Riff, um den philippinischen Territorialanspruch zu untermauern. ...
Recent violations of religious freedom by the goverment of Vietnam
29.03.2014 (VRNs) - TESTAMENT FROM VIETNAMESE INTER-FAITH ASSOCIATION ON RECENT VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BY THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM
During the session for Human Rights Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Switzerland on February 5th, 2014, Vietnam’s Deputy Secretary of State Ha Ngoc Kim stated that: “The consistent policy from the government of Vietnam is to respect and accommodate everyone’s wish to practice freedom of religion and belief, to respect the harmony and agreement between religions, to prohibit discrimination against religious and belief backgrounds, and to protect religious activities with laws” (page 32), and “for ethnic minorities, religious freedom and equality are protected and supported by the government” ...
State-sponsored hacking is the biggest threat to news organisations, says Google researchers
28.03.2014 James Vincent (The Independent) - News and media websites are most likely to be targeted by state-sponsored hackers, says new research by two Google security engineers. Twenty-one of the world’s top-25 news organizations have been hit by such attacks, with journalists “massively over-represented” among internet users as targets for attacks designed to steal personal data. Shane Huntley and Morgan Marquis -Boire presented their research at a Black Hat hacker conference in Singapore on Friday, saying that Google actively “tracks the state actors that attack [it’s] users”. ...
Une poignée de paroissiens de Côn Dâu résiste encore à l’expropriation
28.03.2014 (Églises d'Asia) - Voilà près de six ans que la paroisse de Côn Dâu été condamnée à disparaître pour laisser la place à une zone urbaine dite « écologique ». Pourtant, un certain nombre de paroissiens encore sur place continuent de résister à l’ordre d’expropriation, obligeant les forces de police à venir les expulser et détruire leur demeure. Hier encore, le 27 mars 2014, les autorités du district de Cam Lê (duquel dépend la paroisse) ont utilisé la force pour expulser plusieurs familles et détruire leur maison. Les familles concernées avaient reçu, une semaine auparavant, un avis officiel fixant au 26 mars l’intervention policière. Celle-ci a été repoussée au lendemain en raison d’une fête officielle devant se dérouler le jour prévu. ...
Nationalismus, Sozialismus, Karaoke
28.03.2014 Matthias Lohre (taz) - In Vietnam muss lebendiger Konservatismus zu Hause sein. Denn was ist konservativer als das Befolgen einer einer Jahrhunderte alten Ideologie? Hier irgendwo muss er sein. In Vietnam leisten sich die Menschen schließlich aus der Zeit gefallene Leidenschaften, zu denen sich Deutsche höchstens betrunken bekennen: Nationalismus, Sozialismus und Karaoke. ... Wie es sich gehört, lese ich mir kurz vor der Landung die wichtigsten Fakten an: Vietnam ist geprägt vom Konfuzianismus, der Gehorsam lehrt gegenüber Staat und Familie. Die Kommunistische Partei herrscht mit einer Mischung aus Dogmatismus und Pragmatismus. ...
Raketenbestückte „Schwarze Löcher“
28.03.2014 Alexej Sünnerberg (Stimme Russlands) - Das dritte von den sechs U-Booten, die Vietnam bei Russland bestellt hat, ist an den Auftraggeber übergeben worden. In der Admiralitätswerft von St. Petersburg erwartet man nun die Ankunft seiner vietnamesischen Besatzung, die geschult werden soll. ...
Russia Floats Out Fourth Stealth Submarine for Vietnamese Navy
28.03.2014 Igor Russak (RIA Novosti) - The fourth Russian Varshavyanka-class submarine for delivery to the Vietnamese navy has been launched in a ceremony at the shipyard where it was built, St. Petersburg city officials said Friday. Vietnam signed a contract in 2009 to buy six of the diesel-electric submarines - dubbed "black holes in the ocean" by US navy officials for their near invisibility - in a deal reportedly worth $2 billion. ...
Climate change versus green beans in Vietnam's mountains
28.03.2014 (Thomson Reuters) - Life has always been tough for the villagers of Pa Lai, high in the mountains of northern Vietnam. Here, in the country’s remote uplands, the people of the ethnic Tay minority have often struggled to make ends meet.
Smallholder farmer, Vu Thi Ngoc, 50, knows just how hard it can be to make a living from the land. As one of the poorest women in the Thanh Van commune, she has always found it difficult to put food on the table. “Ever since I had my first child, it was very hard to survive,” she says. ...
Hero who fought forced evictions jailed and fined
27.03.2014 (AsiaNews) - Hanoi - A Court of appeal dismissed fish farmer Doan Van Vuon's demand for compensation for material and moral damages over his courageous family's fight against forced evictions by the Vietnamese government.
The court, issued yesterday by the Court of Appeals in Hai Phong (northern Vietnam), confirmed Mr Doan's five-year sentence and imposed a 23 million dong (US$ 1,090) fine. His lawyers had asked for 30 billion dong (US$ 1.4 million) in compensation, but the court rejected what they deemed a baseless claim. ...
Report: Executions rise in 2013, China tops the list
27.03.2014 By Sophie Brown (CNN) -- Virtual "killing sprees" in Iran and Iraq led to a spike in the number of executions globally last year, according to Amnesty International, at odds with a steady decline in the use of the death penalty around the world over the last two decades.
Executions by beheading, electrocution, firing squad, hanging and lethal injection rose by almost 15 percent in 2013 on the previous year, the organization said in its latest report on the death penalty released Thursday. ...
Hanói, cárcel y multa para el héroe que lucha contra las expropiaciones forzadas
27.03.2014 (AsiaNews) - Hanói - El tribunal de apelación rechazó la causa de indemnización por "daños materiales y morales", intentada por Peter Doan Van Vuon, empresaio de pescados de la "familia coraje", protagonista de la lucha contra las expropiaciones forzadas actuadas por el gobierno vietnamita. La sentencia, emanada por la Corte De Apelación de Hai Phong, en el norte del País, confirma la condena a 5 años de prisión e impone el pago de una multa de 23 millones de dong (poco más de mil dólares). Los abogados del hombre habían pedido una indemnización de 30 billones de dong (1,4 millones de dólares, pero los jueces habían rechazado el pedido considerándolo privado de fundamentos. ...
UN human rights experts denounce land-grabbing case in Viet Nam
26.03.2014 (UN News) - A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on the Vietnamese Government to “intervene urgently” in a case of forced eviction of the last remaining residents of Con Dau, a small village located on the outskirts of Da Nang city in the centre of the country. “This appears to be a clear case of land grabbing for the benefit of private entrepreneurs and at the expense of local communities,” said Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing. ...
Vietnam Appeals Court Upholds Conviction of ‘Folk Hero’ Farmer
26.03.2014 (RFA) - A Vietnamese appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a former soldier-turned farmer who was jailed for five years for putting up an armed fight against security forces who evicted him and his family from their farm in a high-profile case.
The Hai Phong Appeals Court in northern Vietnam also dismissed fish farmer Doan Van Vuon’s demand for compensation of 30 billion Vietnamese dong (U.S. $1.4 million) from the local authorities in Hai Phong’s Tien Lang district over the case, which had highlighted public resentment over government land grabs. ...
Is a Philippine-Vietnam Alliance in the Making?
28.03.2014 By Carl Thayer (The Diplomat) - Walden Bellow, a representative of Akbayan (Citizens’ Action Party) in the Philippine House of Representatives, recently wrote an opinion-editorial in Foreign Policy in Focus (March 18) entitled, “A Budding Alliance: Vietnam and the Philippines Confront China.” Bello argued that, “The Philippines and Vietnam are natural allies in their common struggle against China’s drive for hegemony in East Asia. ...
España seguirá comprometida con Vietnam en la lucha por la igualdad de género
27.03.2014 (Yahoo Noticias) - Hanoi (EFE) - El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, José Manuel García-Margallo, aseguró hoy que España seguirá comprometida con la igualdad de género y el derecho de las mujeres en Vietnam, un país en el que pretende seguir financiando proyectos después de haber invertido entre 1997 y 2012 más de 250 millones de euros. ...
27.03.2014 Jan Knüsel (Asienspiegel) - ... In Aufenthaltsländern wie Frankreich oder Japan kaufen sie exklusive Produkte wie iPhones, Kleider, Kosmetika oder Medizin und verstauen diese im Handgepäck, um es unbemerkt durch den Zoll zu bringen. Im Heimatland verkaufen sie die geschmuggelte Ware schliesslich für einen teuren Aufpreis. Gerade bei der Vietnam Airlines haben sich solche Fälle in den letzten Jahren gehäuft, wie Thanh Nien News berichtet. Dabei sind einige Flugangestellte sogar bereit, sich auf kriminelle Händlerringen einzulassen. Erst letzte Woche wurde in Japan eine 25-jährige Flugangestellte verhaftet, weil sie unbemerkt 21 neue Kleidungsstücke im Wert von 125’000 Yen (888 Euro) von Japan nach Vietnam transportieren wollte. ...
Cops nab 13 Vietnamese women in late night raid
27.03.2014 by Nadirah H. Rodzi (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Police busted a premise and detained 13 Vietnamese women for working without a valid permit in Kepong Thursday night. ...
27.03.2014 (Églises d'Asie) - Depuis les premiers jours du mois de février, alors que les fidèles du bouddhisme Hoa Hao originel se préparaient à célébrer l’anniversaire de la mort tragique de leur fondateur Huynh Phu Sô, on a pu constater de très vives tensions dans les relations entre cette communauté bouddhiste et les forces de la Sécurité publique. Celles-ci ont mené contre les fidèles Hoa Hao des actions policières, accompagnées de violences, de saccage de biens et de nombreuses arrestations. ...
Berlin's little Vietnam reflects divided city
27.03.2014 Elizabeth Grenier, Berlin (DW) - I have never been to Vietnam. I keep promising myself I'll go there one day and overdose on street food. Until then, right here in Berlin, I get to say almost every day, let me just go to Vietnam - and I'll be back in a minute. ...
EU to provide Vietnam with 551 million dollars in development assistance
27.03.2014 by KG/XINHUA (New Europe) - The European Union pledged to provide Vietnam some 400 million euro (551 million U.S. dollars) in development assistance during 2014-2020 period. The commitment was made by David O'Sullivan, chief operating officer of the European external action service (EEAS) ...
James Steinberg: U.S., China aware of risks of conflict between superpowers
26.03.2014 By Atsushi Okudera (The Asahi Shimbun) - A Sino-U.S. push to develop a “new model of major power relationship” is attracting keen interest in Japan, which increasingly is feeling sidelined in big picture decisions. James Steinberg played a central role in formulating U.S. policy toward China for the Obama administration when he served as deputy secretary of state. Steinberg is now dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in New York. ...
Vietnam suspends four officials over Japan aid graft allegations
26.03.2014 (Japan Today) - HANOI — Vietnam on Tuesday said it had suspended four railway officials following allegations a Japanese firm paid bribes to win a contract linked to a rail project for Hanoi. Japan’s leading Yomiuri newspaper reported that the head of Japan Transportation Consultants (JTC) admitted his company had paid kickbacks of 130 million yen ($1.3 million) to civil servants in Vietnam, ...
Vietnam: soupçons de corruption liée à l'aide japonaise: 4 responsables suspendus
26.03.2014 (Le Huffington Post Quebec) - Le Vietnam a annoncé mardi la suspension de quatre responsables des chemins de fer après des allégations concernant des commissions occultes versées par un cabinet de consultants japonais dans le cadre d'un projet ferroviaire à Hanoï, essentiellement financé par l'aide nippone. Japon Transport Consultants (JTC) a indiqué lundi avoir ouvert une enquête interne après la publication d'articles de presse affirmant que la justice avait interrogé son PDG, Tamio Kakinuma, sur cette affaire. ...
Vietnam stewardess arrested in Japan
26.03.2014 (Bangkok Post) - TOKYO - Tokyo police said Wednesday they have arrested a 25-year-old female cabin attendant of Vietnam Airlines on suspicion of attempting to smuggle stolen goods into Vietnam and searched the carrier's Tokyo office. ...
Trägt die Achse Russland–China?
24.03.2014 Junhua Zhang, Politologe (NZZ) - Die Krim ist zu einem Teil Russlands geworden – trotz allen westlichen Warnungen vor einer Annexion. Putins Realpolitik hat für den Moment gesiegt. Die bisherigen von Russland unterzeichneten internationalen Verträge, wie etwa das «Budapest Memorandum», in dem die territoriale Unversehrtheit der Ukraine garantiert wird, zählen für Präsident Putin nicht. Der Westen ist in einer schwachen Position. Weil er keine militärische Option hat und ihn einschneidende Wirtschaftssanktionen selber treffen, hat er bisher nur symbolische Sanktionen gegen Russland verhängt. ...
Crackdown on Vietnam bloggers unacceptable, says Senator Boswell
24.03.2014 (Boswell Media Release) QUEENSLAND - Senator Ron Boswell today said the Vietnamese government’s decision to jail two bloggers in the space of a fortnight for alleged “anti-state activity” was an unacceptable violation of human rights, and called for their immediate release. ...
Investigative Reporting in Ghana Leads to Freeing of Vietnamese Sex Slaves
24.03.2014 Trung Nguyen (VOA) - Investigative reporting helped police in Ghana to break up a forced prostitution ring and rescue six Vietnamese women. The ring, allegedly run by two Chinese men in the coastal city of Sekondi Takoradi, was broken up this month thanks in part to the reporting of Anas Aremeyaw Anas of The New Crusading Guide newspaper. ...
Is China preparing for a ‘short, sharp war’ against Japan?
24.03.2014 Authors: Jonathan D. Pollack, Brookings Institution, and Dennis J. Blasko, independent China military analyst (East Asian Forum) - Heightened tensions between China and Japan in recent months have triggered widespread debate over Beijing’s ultimate intentions. There are even predictions of direct armed conflict in the East China Sea. Is an acute crisis likely? What potential actions might China take to protect its interests? ...
The guns of August in the East China Sea
24.03.2014 By Robert D. Kaplan (Gulf News) - The parallels of history have obsessed the foreign policy elite for years, and are building towards a fever pitch: Is the Asia of 2014 the new Europe of 1914? China is a rising and assertive new power much like Kaiser Wilhelm II’s Germany. An explosion of nationalism has taken hold among dynamic ethnic nations, from Beijing to Tokyo, Hanoi to Manila. ...
Chinese ‘NGO’ Member Barred from United Nations
24.03.2014 By Didi Kirsten Tatlow (The New York Times) - The United Nations has barred a Chinese man from attending the Human Rights Council in Geneva after he photographed at close range a woman who gave testimony about her father who is serving a life sentence in China for his political activities. The United Nations said the photography was “intimidation.” ...
Japan Firm Probes $1.3m Bribe Claims After Boss ‘Confession’
24.03.2014 (Jakarta Globe) - Tokyo. A Japanese consultancy firm said Monday it was investigating following a report its president had admitted bribing foreign officials in Indonesia and abroad to win contracts linked to multi-million dollar development projects.
Among the illicit payments were 80 million yen paid to officials at Vietnam Railways to secure a project worth 4.2 billion yen, ...
24.03.2014 (Églises d'Asie) - Le 22 mars 2014, le bureau de presse du Saint-Siège a annoncé que le pape François acceptait la démission demandée depuis déjà longtemps par l’archevêque de Saigon, le cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân. C’est l’archevêque coadjuteur récemment nommé, Mgr Paul Bui Van Doc, qui lui succède à la tête de l’archidiocèse, précise l'agence VietCatholic News ...
Vatikan: Neuer Erzbischof für Vietnam
22.03.2014 (katholisch.de) - Wie der Vatikan am Samstag mitteilte, nahm Papst Franziskus das aus Altersgründen eingereichte Rücktrittsersuchen des bisherigen Erzbischofs von Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt, Kardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man (80), an. Nachfolger wird damit automatisch der bisherige Koadjutor der Erzdiözese und Vorsitzende der nationalen Bischofskonferenz, Paul Bui Van Doc (69). ...
Can ASEAN Respond to the Chinese Challenge?
22.03.2014 By Carlyle A. Thayer (The Epoche Times) - China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, resumed consultations on the South China Sea in Singapore Tuesday. ASEAN faces at least two problems in its pursuit of a COC with China. ...
22.03.2014 by Amado S. Tolentino Jr. (The Manila Times) - While the main goals of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)– Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam–are described in trade terms (single market and production base, highly competitive economic region, equitable economic development, further integration into the global economy), the documents that have come out of various Asean meetings talk about many other things.
On the matter of an Asean identity, ... specify “The Asean Identity is the basis of Southeast Asia’s regional interests. It is our collective personality, norms, values and beliefs as well as aspirations as one Asean Community…..
Margallo viaja al sudeste asiático para incrementar la presencia de España
22.03.2014 Belén Anca López (La Vanguardia). Madrid (EFE) - El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación, José Manuel García-Margallo, inicia hoy un viaje al sudeste asiático que le llevará a Filipinas, Vietnam y Malasia, una visita de alto contenido económico a unos países en los que España pretende incrementar su presencia. En Hanoi García-Margallo comenzará su visita el miércoles con un desayuno sobre la Marca España en el que hará una intervención bajo el título "Vietnam and Spain: Growing Opportunities". ...
El presidente de la CE confirma su asistencia a cumbre seguridad nuclear
21.03.2014 (Univision) - Bruselas, 21 mar (EFE).- El presidente de la Comisión Europea (CE), José Manuel Duro Barroso, confirmó hoy su participación en la Cumbre sobre Seguridad Nuclear que reunirá en La Haya a más de 50 jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de todo el mundo los días 24 y 25 de marzo. El presidente del Ejecutivo comunitario también tendrá reuniones bilaterales con los primeros ministros de Canadá, Stephen Harper, de Nueva Zelanda, y de Vietnam, Nguyen Tan Dung ...
Staatliche Onlinezeitung in Vietnam wegen Artikel über "berüchtigtste Diktatoren" bestraft
21.03.2014 (Forum Vietnam 21) - Hanoi. Staatlichen Medien zufolge hat die Regierung in Hanoi einer staatlich kontrollierten Onlinezeitung eine Strafe von 40 Millionen Dong (umgerechnet 1900 US$) wegen eines Artikels verhängt. Der Artikel hat die vier bekanntesten kommunistischen Führer unter den "zehn berüchtigtsten Diktatoren" der Weltgeschichte aufgelistet. Marxismus-Leninismus ist in dem Ein-Parteien-Staat offizielle Ideologie. Der Online-Zeitung "Recht und Gesellschaft" (Pháp luật & Xã hội) wurde die Geldstrafe bereits im vergangenen Monat für den am 11. Januar veröffentlichten Artikel für "unwahre Angaben" auferlegt. Der Artikel wurde aus dem Netz entfernt. Die Strafe wurde erst am letzten Dienstag vom Ministerium für Information und Kommunikation bekanntgemacht. Die Online-Zeitung steht unter Regie der Justizbehörde der Stadt Hanoi, der in diesem Fall ein schwerer Fehler in ihrer Zensurarbeit unterlaufen ist. ... - [tiếng Việt]
Vietnam state-run paper fined for calling famous communist leaders 'most notorious dictators'
21.03.2014 (canada.com) - HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam's government has fined a state-run newspaper 40 million dong ($1,900) for an article that said four of history's most famous communist leaders were also among the "most notorious dictators," state media said Friday. ... - [tiếng Việt]
Vietnam promises new bridge after plastic bag video goes viral
21.03.2014 (UPI) - SAM LANG, Vietnam -- Vietnamese officials have pledged to build a bridge to a village following the release of an online video showing residents crossing a stream in plastic bags.
Transport Minister Dinh La Thang announced Tuesday the Transport Ministry will construct a suspension bridge over the Nam Po stream in the village of Sam Lang, located in the northern highlands, after a viral video published by the Tuoi Tre newspaper depicted students and teachers in plastic bags being pulled across the stream by strong swimmers amid floodwaters ...
Brücke wegen Kindern in Vietnam versprochen
21.03.2014 (Kleine Zeitung) - Berichte über Kinder, die in Plastiksäcken einen reißenden Fluss überqueren, hat Vietnams Regierung zur sofortigen Genehmigung einer Brücke gedrängt. Lokale Medien hatten Aufnahmen davon veröffentlicht, wie Kinder im Nam-Po-Distrikt in der nördlichen Provinz Dien Bien in einen Plastiksack schlüpften und sich von einem erwachsenen Schwimmer darin über einen Fluss ziehen ließen. ...
Vietnam seeks Sweden’s support in FTA talks with EU
21.03.2014 (Scandasia) - Vietnam would like Sweden to provide it with further assistance in cementing ties with the European Union (EU) and in negotiating the Vietnam-EU free trade agreement, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said Wednesday. ...
U.S.-Vietnam: From Comprehensive to Strategic Partners?
20.03.2014 By Carl Thayer (cogitASIA CSIS) - Lew Stern argues that Vietnam has adopted a new strategic vocabulary that will facilitate an upgrade in U.S.-Vietnam defense relations from a “comprehensive partnership” to a “strategic partnership.”*
Stern ascribes greater efficacy to the term “strategic partner” (đối tác chiến lược) than Vietnamese officials do. How else can one explain why Spain is one of Vietnam’s strategic partners? ...
Denmark showcases a “Green” House in Vietnam
20.03.2014 (Scandasia) - Denmark has initiated The Danish Active House in Vietnam, a project partnership for showcasing green technology and sharing knowledge within energy-optimization when designing buildings. It is a joint project between partners from Vietnam and Denmark, supported by the Danish Embassy. ...
20.03.2014 (Églises d'Asie) - Le 16 août dernier, l’étudiante Nguyên Phuong Uyên avait été condamnée en appel à trois ans de prison avec sursis. La peine infligée avait été fortement allégée par rapport à la sentence du procès de première instance, à savoir six ans de prison ferme. L’opinion publique, très émue par cette affaire, s’était réjouie de voir la jeune fille sortir libre du Tribunal populaire de Hô Chi Minh-Ville où elle avait été jugée en appel. ...
Prisoners of conscience in Vietnam not allowed to go to Mass or even have a Bible
20.03.2014 by NH (AsiaNews) - Hanoi - No health or spiritual care for 61 prisoners of conscience. No decent food and their human rights are not respected. Many of them are sick and in some cases their condition is serious. The cases of Lê Quŏc Quân and Maria Tạ Phong Tần. ...
A los presos de conciencia en Vietnam no se les permite ir a misa y ni siquiera tener una Biblia
20.03.2014 de NH (AsiaNews) - A los 61 presos de conciencia no se les da la atención médica, ni espiritual, no tienen buena comida y no se respetan sus derechos humanos. Muchos de ellos están enfermos y en algunos casos graves. El caso de María Le Quoc Quan Ta Phong Tan. ...
Floods causing problems with school run? Dad has it in the bag
20.03.2014 By Don Mackay (Mirror UK) - Villagers in Vietnam get their kids to school safe and dry by swimming them across a river in a plastic bag. A dad came up with his own way of getting the kids to school across flooded rivers in a remote Vietnam village. ...
Un hombre ayuda a los niños a cruzar el río dentro una bolsa de plástico para ir a la escuela
20.03.2014 (antena3) - El camino que deben recorrer los niños de un pequeño pueblo cercano a Hanói, en Vietnam, es quizá el más arriesgado del mundo. Y es que cuando llegan las inundaciones de primavera se ven obligados a cruzar un caudaloso río dentro de bolsas de plástico. ...
Der riskante, lebensgefährliche Weg zur Schule vietnamesischer Schulkinder
Den Fluss überqueren mit Hilfe eines Plastikbeutels
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20.03.2014 (Forum Vietnam 21) - Der Weg zur Schule ist in manchen Gegenden Vietnams ein gefährliches Abenteuer. Auf ihrem Weg zur Schule müssen die Grundschulkinder mit Hilfe eines Plastikbeutels einen Fluss überqueren.Wie das geht, zeigt ein von der Zeitung TUOI TRE (Die Jugend) am 17.03.2014 veröffentlichter Videoclip. Nicht nur die SchülerInnen, auch die LehrerInnen der Gemeinde Na Hy, Kreis Nam Po, Provinz Dien Bien nehmen diese Gefahr in Kauf, um sich einen mehrstündigen Fußmarsch zu ersparen. Dass bisher noch keine Schülerin/Lehrerin ertrunken ist, grenzt an ein Wunder. ...
Why Should Obama Visit Vietnam?
20.03.2014 Written by Khanh Vu Duc (Asia Sentinel) - US President Obama won’t visit Vietnam unless he gets something out of it.
A visit from the President of the United States to Vietnam would achieve at least two things for Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung: one, he would be able to stand side by side with Obama; and two, he would be able to present this opportunity as proof that he has a “friend” in the White House. ...
Russia To Build Nuclear Technology Centre In Vietnam
20.03.2014 (Bernama) HANOI -- The Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation (Rosatom) plans to build a nuclear technology and research centre in Vietnam under an agreement between the governments of both countries. ...
Declaration of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
19.03.2014 - Vietnam – Sentencing of Pham Viet Dao (March 19, 2014)
France deplores the sentencing of Vietnamese blogger Pham Viet Dao on March 19 to fifteen months in prison. ...
Déclaration du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères de France
19.03.2014 - Vietnam – Condamnation de Pham Viet Dao (19 mars 2014)
La France déplore la condamnation le 19 mars, à une peine de quinze mois de prison, du blogueur vietnamien Pham Viet Dao. ...
Declaración del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Francia
19.03.2014 - Vietnam – Condena de Pham Viet Dao (19 de marzo de 2014)
Francia deplora la condena, el 19 de marzo, a quince meses de prisión del bloguero vietnamita Pham Viet Dao. ...
Unliebsame Berichte: Vietnamesisches Gericht verurteilt Blogger zu Haftstrafe
19.03.2014 (Spiegel Online) - Hanoi - Ein Gericht in der vietnamesischen Hauptstadt Hanoi hat den Blogger Pham Viet Dao am Mittwoch zu 15 Monaten Haft verurteilt. Der Richter befand den ehemaligen Beamten des Kulturministeriums für schuldig, "demokratische Freiheiten missbraucht" zu haben. ... Er habe "die obersten Führer verzerrt, verunglimpft und Geschmiere über sie verbreitet". ...
15 mois de prison pour Pham Viet Dao, le Vietnam s’enfonce dans la dictature
19.03.2014 (RSF) - Reporters sans frontières dénonce la condamnation à 15 mois de prison, le 19 mars 2014 du blogueur Pham Viet Dao, pour avoir “créé une mauvaise image du parti communiste et du gouvernement” à travers la rédaction et la mise en ligne de 91 articles. ...
Increasingly authoritarian Vietnam sentences another blogger
19.03.2014 (RWB) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the 15-month jail sentence that a Hanoi court passed today on the dissident blogger Pham Viet Dao for “creating a bad image of the Communist Party and the government” in a total of 91 blog posts.
“This latest conviction shows that government is going all-out in its persecution of news providers,” said Benjamin Ismaïl, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Asia-Pacific Desk. ...
Amid clampdown, another blogger sentenced in Vietnam
19.03.2014 (CPJ) - Bangkok -In a mounting clampdown on Internet freedom in Vietnam, blogger Pham Viet Dao was sentenced to prison today for online posts critical of the Communist Party-led government, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the ruling and calls for his immediate release. ...
Vietnam expressways get Japan tech
19.03.2014 (Bangkok Post) - Three Japanese firms have won the contract to install intelligent transport systems in Vietnam's new expressways, with the aim of helping reduce traffic problems in the country. ...
Blogger in Vietnam wegen kritischer Blogbeiträge zu 15 Monaten Gefängnis verurteilt
19.03.2014 (Forum Vietnam 21) - Das Volksgericht in Hanoi verurteilte am heutigen Mittwoch Pham Viet Dao, einen regimekritischen Blogger zu 15 Monaten Gefängnis. "Die Taten des Angeklagten sind gefährlich für die Gesellschaft, weil sie Unruhe und Verwirrung in der Bevölkerung stiften und Misstrauen gegenüber Partei- und Staatsführung hervorrufen" sagte Richter Ngo Tu Hoc in dem zweistündigen Prozess. Dao (Foto), 61, entschuldigte sich für "fehlerhaften" Details in einigen seiner Blogsbeiträge, sagte aber, er habe das nicht mit Absicht getan. "Ich glaube nicht, dass meine Artikel schlechten Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft hatten", sagte Dao, der sich in der Gerichtsverhandlung selbst verteidigte. ...
Vietnam: Blogger wegen regimekritischer Artikel zu 15 Monaten Haft verurteilt
19.03.2014 Von Andrea Jonjic (netzpolitik) - Im Juni letzten Jahres berichteten wir über die Festnahme des vietnamesischen Bloggers Pham Viet Dao, dem der “Missbrauch demokratischer Freiheiten” vorgeworfen wurde. Heute wurde er in einem zweistündigen Verfahren zu 15 Monaten Haft verurteilt ...
Vietnam: un deuxième blogueur condamné en deux semaines
19.03.2014 (Romandie) - HANOI - Un blogueur vietnamien a été condamné mercredi à 15 mois de prison pour abus des libertés démocratiques, le deuxième cas en deux semaines, dans le cadre de la répression de toute critique par le régime communiste à parti unique.
Pham Viet Dao, 61 ans, ex-responsable du ministère de la Culture et membre du Parti communiste vietnamien, était accusé d'avoir abusé des libertés démocratiques pour porter atteinte aux intérêts de l'Etat, une accusation passible de sept ans de prison, lors d'un procès d'une demi-journée à Hanoï. ...
Polit-Blogger in Vietnam zu 15 Monaten Haft verurteilt
19.03.2014 (heise online) - Ein regierungskritischer Blogger ist in Vietnam zu mehr als einem Jahr Gefängnis verurteilt worden, weil er seine "demokratischen Rechte missbraucht" haben soll. Damit setzt das Land sein hartes Vorgehen gegen Internetreporter fort. ...
Vietnam sentences blogger to 15 months in prison for posts critical of communist government
19.03.2014 (Canada.com) Associated Press - HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese court on Wednesday sentenced a dissident blogger to 15 months in prison for posting online criticism of the government, the latest case in an intensifying crackdown against dissent in the one-party communist country. At a two-hour trial at the Hanoi People's Court, Judge Ngo Tu Hoc said Pham Viet Dao was guilty of "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe the interests of the state" by posting dozens of articles that "distorted, vilified and smeared the senior leaders." ...
18.03.2014 (DH) - TOKYO - Le président vietnamien a confirmé à la presse japonaise que les travaux de construction de la première centrale nucléaire du pays débuteraient comme prévu cette année avec un partenaire russe tout en réaffirmant sa confiance dans les technologies du Japon. ...
A Budding Alliance: Vietnam and the Philippines Confront China
18.03.2014 By Walden Bello (Foreign Policy In Focus) - The Philippines and Vietnam are natural allies in their common territorial struggles against China. But they should leave Washington out of it. Last year, the Philippines brought a complaint against China’s aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea to the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal. The Chinese “were really unprepared for that and were really embarrassed by it,” one of Vietnam’s top experts on Chinese diplomacy told me during my recent visit to Hanoi. ...
Kommunisten-Farce: UNO-Bericht zu den Menschenrechten in Nordkorea zurückgewiesen
18.03.2014 (latinapress) - China, unterstützt von Abgesandten aus Kuba, Vietnam, Weissrussland, Syrien und Venezuela, hat den UNO-Bericht zu den Menschenrechten in Nordkorea zurückgewiesen. Am 17. Februar 2014 hatte eine Untersuchungskommission der UNO in Genf detailliert wie noch nie einen 372 Seiten Bericht vorgelegt ...
Vietnam: Schriftsteller und Blogger Pham Viet Dao vor Gericht
18.03.2014 (Forum Vietnam 21) - Laut Amnesty International und anderen Menschenrechtsorganisationen nimmt die Zahl der in politischen Prozessen Verurteilten stetig zu, mindestens 75 Blogger und Aktivisten für Menschenrechte wurden in den letzten zwei Jahren inhaftiert. Dem Redemptoristen-Nachrichten zufolge sind mindestens 200 Dissidenten hinter Gitter. Der
vietnamesischen Regierung wird vorgeworfen Sicherheitsgesetze zu missbrauchen um Regierungskritiker zum Schweigen zu bringen. So soll es auch bei Pham Viet Dao (Foto rechts) gewesen sein: der bekannte Blogger und Schriftsteller wurde im Juni vergangenen Jahres verhaftet, ihm wird der “Missbrauch demokratischer Freiheiten” nach Artikel 258 StGB vorgeworfen. Am morgigen Mittwoch steht Pham Viet Dao vor dem Volksgericht in Ha Noi, im Fall einer Verurteilung drohen ihm bis zu 7 Jahre Gefängnis. ...
Another Vietnamese Blogger Is Set for Trial
18.03.2014 Trung Nguyen (VOA) - Vietnamese blogger Pham Viet Dao will go on trial Wednesday to face charges of ‘abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state.’
The 62 year-old blogger was arrested in Hanoi last June for allegedly “abusing democratic freedoms” under Vietnam’s controversial Article 258, which provides up to three years in prison. ...
17.03.2014 By Anne-Gerard Flynn (MassLive) - The fate of the Malaysian Airlines jet, missing since it departed Kuala Lumpur for Beijing on March 8, and speculated to be anywhere in a two million square mile area, that includes the South China Sea, has brought back memories of Vietnamese fleeing on that sea for at least one Springfield resident. ...
Vietnam's child workers number 1.75m
16.03.2014 (ANN) - Viet Nam had 1.75 million child labourers aged between five and 17, equal to 9.6 per cent of that age group in the country, according to the first National Child Labour Survey. The survey, released yesterday by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), said that two out of every five of them were under 15 and worked in conditions that the report defined as child labour, such as bars, construction sites, workshops and quarries. ...
Uyen Luu: 'Vietnamese food is about emotional wellbeing'
The author of My Vietnamese Kitchen on her extraordinary journey from refugee to cookbook author
16.03.2014 Shahesta Shaitly (The Guardian) - Luu describes herself as a "typical cook and feeder" – and when she tells you about the importance of food in her family, you understand why. Her cookbook, My Vietnamese Kitchen, is part autobiography. Luu grew up in Hackney after arriving with her mother and younger brother from Saigon in 1983 as refugees from the Communist regime. ...
16.03.2014 Anam Rizvi (DNA Mumbai) - Kim Thuy, one of the first to reach Canadian shores from war-torn Vietnam, tells Anam Rizvi about her debut novel. Fleeing her home in Vietnam's war-torn city of Saigon at the age of 10, Kim Thuy did not know what lay ahead of her. Packed in a ship with a family of thirteen, she reached the shores of Malaysia where she lived in refugee camps and later moved to Quebec. ...
Die Wahrheit über den Vietnamkrieg: Die Falschen haben gesiegt!
15.03.2014 von Vera Lengsfeld (Die Freie Welt) - „Wer begann diesen Krieg? Kämpften südvietnamesische Truppen in Nordvietnam? Nein! Überquerten südvietnamesische Guerilleros den 17. Breitengrad, um im Norden pro-kommunistischen Dorfschulzen und ihren Angehörigen den Bauch aufzuschlitzen, den Männern die Zunge herauszureißen, die Geschlechtsteile abzuschneiden und in den Mund zu stecken, bevor sie Männer, Frauen und Kinder aufhängten? Nein! Liquidierte die südvietnamesische Regierung ganze Gesellschaftsschichten, so wie im Norden hunderttausende Grundbesitzer und andere echte oder vermeintliche Opponenten des Regimes umgebracht wurden? Nein!“ ...
Asia - Pacific, fewer and fewer natural forests and pastures. Eco-system at risk
15.03.2014 (AsiaNews) - Ulaanbaatar - The nations of the Asia-Pacific region are failing to curb the progressive loss of natural forests and areas devoted to pasture. Experts from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warn that populations are increasingly being robbed of their livelihoods. The problem is exacerbated by "desertification and climate change". FAO senior official Patrick Durst confirms that forests and grasslands cover about 58% of the territory, but every year at least two million hectares (about 20 thousand km2) are degraded or are rendered unusable. ...
Bitter taste brewing in Vietnamese coffee
15.03.2014 Authors: Pham Thu Huong & Dao Ngoc Tien, FTU (East Asia Forum) - Vietnam is now one of the largest coffee producers and exporters in the world — with a 20 per cent global market share. It exports coffee beans to more than 70 countries all over the world, and the US, Germany and Spain are its main importers. Although roasted and instant coffee exports have increased steadily year on year,the industry faces risks due to its low capacity to deal with world price fluctuations. ...
Asia y el Pacífico, cada vez menos bosques naturales y pastizales. Eco-sistema en riesgo
15.03.2014 (AsiaNews) - Ulaanbaatar (AsiaNews / Agencias ) - Las naciones de la región Asia -Pacífico no logran frenar la progresiva pérdida de los bosques naturales y las áreas dedicadas a pastos. Hacer sonar la alarma los expertos de la Organización para la Agricultura y la Alimentación de las Naciones Unidas (FAO), según la cual la población está cada vez más despojada de sus medios de subsistencia. ...
Foreign Indirect Investments Must Use Vietnamese Dong
15.03.2014 (Bernama) HANOI -- Foreign indirect investments must be transacted in Vietnamese dong, with related transactions being made through accounts in authorised banks, noted a new State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) circular. ...
14.03.2014 Jonathan London (CogitASIA) - Internationally, the rhythms of Vietnam’s political calendar are not frequently discussed. And yet in the context of escalating regional tensions and of fragile efforts to address them, it is worth noting that January, February, and March of each year are months in which Vietnamese political passions toward China burn especially hot. An appreciation of the reasons for this provides insights into Vietnamese perspectives on China’s current assertive tilt and the complexities Hanoi faces in coping with it. ... - [tiếng Việt]
Spratly Islands and Crimea: The Fight for Self-Interest
14.03.2014 Written by Khanh Vu Duc (Asia Sentinel) - The current Crimean crisis lends itself for comparison to potential conflicts elsewhere around the globe, particularly the Spratly Islands dispute.
If the world fails in resolving the Ukrainian crisis, claimant states in the Spratlys dispute mighty feel emboldened to expand their existing claims, opening the possibility to a state seizing possessions from another claimant. ...
Pflege-Notstand: Fachkräfte aus Fernost sollen helfen
14.03.2014 (merkur-online) - Hannover - Zurzeit gibt es in Deutschland etwa 2,4 Millionen pflegebedürftige Menschen, 2030 sollen es bereits 3,4 Millionen sein. Seniorenheime benötigen dringend qualifiziertes Personal. Fündig werden sie in Vietnam oder China.
Rund 30 000 Fachkräfte fehlen in deutschen Pflegeheimen, bis 2030 werden sogar mehr als 94 000 Fachkräfte und fast 200 000 Hilfskräfte zusätzlich benötigt. ...
Vietnam buys crude oil from Azerbaijan
13.03.2014 (today.az) - Petrovietnam (PVN) will purchase crude oil from Azerbaijan over the next two years to ensure stable supply. ...
'Too many' seaports in Vietnam
14.03.2014 (Bangkok Post) - Robert Hambleton wants to hear more noise from the huge container port outside his office near Ho Chi Minh City. Towering cranes at the next-door competitor are silent, without a ship on the horizon.
“It’s a brand-new terminal without any customers,” said Mr Hambleton, general director of Cai Mep International Terminal Co. ... [read more]
Beijing, Pyongyang and Hanoi win 'Worst Enemies of the Internet' title
14.03.2014 (AsiaNews) - Beijing - China, Vietnam and North Korea are the worst "enemies of the internet" around the world. In its annual report on Internet freedom, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders noted that China's 'Great Firewall,' Vietnam's new anti-blogging laws, and Pyongyang's 'Wall of Silence' are the greatest threats to freedom of expression in Asia. ...
Un adepte de la réforme religieuse de Duong Van Minh condamné à 18 mois de prison
14.03.2014 (Églises d'Asie) - Dans la matinée de ce 14 mars 2014, le Tribunal populaire du district de Yên Son, dans la province de Tuyên Quang, a infligé pour « abus de la liberté démocratique », dix-huit mois de prison à un militant appartenant à l’ethnie h’mong, Hoang Van Sang, âgé de 50 ans. ...
Amerikas Mühen mit dem Freihandel
14.03.2014 Christoph Eisenring, Washington (NZZ) - In den Freihandelsgesprächen der USA mit pazifischen Staaten wird um Arbeitnehmerrechte gerungen, mit der EU um nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse.
Wer schon einmal ein Auto über den Atlantik schicken wollte, kann das Potenzial einer Freihandelszone der USA mit der EU nachvollziehen. ...
Commission seek to boost EU trade with ASEAN countries
14.03.2014 By Karafillis Giannoulis (New Europe) - The European Commission is seeking to boost EU trade with the South East Asian region (ASEAN), and the European Commissioner for trade Karel De Gucht will visit Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar in the coming week. ...
Beijing, Saigón y Pyongyang: he aquí el podio de los "peores enemigos de internet"
14.03.2014 (AsiaNews) - Beijing - China, Vietnam y Corea del Norte son los "peores enemigos de internet" de todo el mundo. El "Gran Firewal" chino, las nuevas leyes contra los blogger emanados por Saigón y la Escuadras especiales para "el muro del silencio" de Pyonyiang, representan las mayores amenazas para la libertad de expresión en Asia. ...
Royce introduces Vietnam sanctions bill
14.03.2014 By Erik Wasson (The Hill) - The Obama administration is pursuing a free trade agreement with Vietnam, but critics of the country’s authoritarian regime believe sanctions are in order. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), a vocal champion of human rights, on Friday introduced a bill that would impose targeted financial and visa sanctions on Vietnamese individuals involved in abuses. ...
New Zealand Government Builds Asean Links With Visit To Indonesia, Vietnam
14.03.2014 (Bernama) - WELLINGTON - New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce will visit Indonesia and Vietnam next week in a bid to drum up new trade opportunities with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) bloc and highlight links in energy and education, China's Xinhua news agency reported. ...
Indonesia’s Military Flexes Muscle as S. China Sea Dispute Looms
13.03.2014 (Jakarta Globe) - Jakarta. In a move that could have serious repercussions for the security situation in the South China Sea, Indonesian officials on Wednesday acknowledged that China was claiming part of Indonesia’s Riau Islands province as its own territory. ...
Manila to challenge China blockade in S.China Sea
13.03.2014 (Reuters) - The Philippines is planning another challenge of a Chinese naval blockade of a disputed shoal in the South China Sea by sending civilian ships with supplies to its troops stationed there, a senior military official said on Thursday. Manila claims the shoal is part of the Philippine's continental shelf. ...
Lower Mekong Countries Urge Halt to Lao Dam Project
13.03.2014 (VOA) - Officials from the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam are urging Laos to halt development of a dam project that could have a significant impact on downstream communities and ecosystems along the river. ...
Strengthening The Financing Framework for Municipal Infrastructure in Vietnam
11.03.2014 (World Bank) - HANOI, March 11, 2014 – New Report, led by Cuong Duc Dang of the World Bank Office in Hanoi, highlights key constraints, opportunities and options for enhancing government access to financing for infrastructure development. ... - [tiếng Việt]
Por qué las protestas no llevarán a una ‘Primavera Camboyana’
13.03.2014 Escrito por Mong Palatino, Traducido por César Pérez (Global Voices Español) - Faine Greenwood escribe acerca de la charla que presentó en Stanford el activista de derechos humanos camboyano Ou Virak. En respuesta a la interrogante de las protestas contra el gobierno que se desarrollan en Camboya, Ou Virak explicó [en] que no se llegará a una ‘primavera política': ...
'Internet Enemies' China, Vietnam, North Korea Tighten Controls
12.03.2014 By Rachel Vandenbrink (RFA) - China and Vietnam have stepped up Internet controls while reclusive North Korea is using "increasingly sophisticated" means to spread disinformation by stringently restricting online access, global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday in a new report which maintained the three nations as the world’s top "Enemies of the Internet". ...
US: China blocking Filipino boats 'provocative'
12.03.2014 By Matthew Pennington (Associated Press) - WASHINGTON (AP) -- China's blocking of supplies to a Philippine outpost in the South China Sea is "provocative" and raises tensions, the United States said Wednesday, in its latest criticism of China's assertive conduct in disputed seas of East ...
12.03.2014 (RWB) - The Vietnamese government tolerates no online political debate. Bloggers and cyber-dissidents who dare to question the government’s legitimacy or domestic policies are ruthlessly suppressed. Authorities have deployed a judicial, administrative and technological strike force, based in the Ministry of Information and Communications, to control online information. Though officials and the justice system on their own do not hesitate to violate articles 88 and 79 of the criminal code by imprisoning independent news providers, the ministry conducts its own internet censorship policy – ever more meticulously and with overwhelming force. ...
Vietnam: l’Internationale des blogueurs
12.03.2014 (RSF) - Le pouvoir vietnamien ne tolère aucun débat politique en ligne et musèle sans pitié blogueurs et cyberdissidents qui osent remettre en question sa légitimité ou sa politique interne. Pour contrôler l’information en ligne, il a déployé une force de frappe judiciaire, administrative et technologique, centrée sur le Ministère de l’Information et des Communications. Même si les autorités et la justice ne se privent pas d’abuser des articles 88 et 79 du code pénal pour emprisonner les acteurs de l’information, le MIC conduit sa propre politique de censure du Net, de plus en plus écrasante et minutieuse. ...
Vietnam foreign ownership laws to be loosened
12.03.2014 (OPP Connect) - The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction wants to make it much easier for overseas Vietnamese to own property in the country. The Ministry has proposed amendments to the housing law which would mean that overseas Vietnamese (or Viet kieu) would face virtually no restrictions on buying houses in Vietnam once they got permission to enter the country. ...
Land grab victims protest in Saigon
12.03.2014 CTV Danlambao (Dân Làm Báo) - At dawn on March 11, 2014, about 100 landless farmers from the southern provinces staged a protest in Saigon, carrying banners to demand the right to life and human rights while walking toward the U.S. Consulate. The authorities have mobilized a large security force to disrupt the rally. Around 2 p.m. ...
11.03.2014 (VRNs) - My name is Tran Bui Trung, was born in 1991. My current address is 106 Le Hong Phong Street, Vung Tau City, Vietnam. I am a son of Ms. Bui Thi Minh Hang, who was wrongfully arrested by police from Lap Vo District, Dong Thap Province. She and her companions were brutally beaten, and have been unlawfully detained since February 11th, 2014. Immediately after her arrest, my Mother has started a hunger strike to protest the brutality and mistreatment by Lap Vo’s police. ...
„Feinde des Internets“: Behörden im Zentrum von Überwachung und Zensur
12.03.2014 (ROG) - Reporter ohne Grenzen (ROG) hat den US-Geheimdienst NSA und dessen britisches Pendant GCHQ in die Liste der „Feinde des Internets“ aufgenommen. Das geht aus dem gleichnamigen ROG-Bericht hervor, den die Organisation zum Welttag gegen Internetzensur an diesem 12. März veröffentlicht. Insgesamt benennt er 32 Behörden und Institutionen weltweit, die eine zentrale Rolle bei der Unterdrückung kritischer Stimmen und unerwünschter Informationen im Internet spielen: Geheimdienste und Ministerien, aber auch Internetanbieter und Regulierungsbehörden einiger Länder. Damit lenkt der Bericht den Blick auf die oft wenig bekannten Bürokratien im Zentrum staatlicher Überwachungs- und Zensurapparate. In Ländern wie Syrien, Vietnam, Turkmenistan und Bahrain ist die staatliche Hoheit über die Internet-Infrastruktur ein wichtiger Faktor für die Kontrolle von Online-Informationen. ...
Vietnam Activists Say Police Testimonies Fabricated to Implicate Blogger
11.03.2014 (RFA) - Five Vietnamese activists have refused to sign testimonies they gave to police on Tuesday over charges faced by a prominent Vietnamese blogger on hunger strike in jail, claiming their statements have been fabricated to implicate the blogger.
The five had been brought in for questioning by Lap Vo district police in southern Vietnam’s Dong Thap province and told to make statements about events related to the detention of blogger Bui Thi Minh Hang. ...
Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia find common ground against Beijing's "imperialism"
11.03.2014 by Paul N. Hung (AsiaNews) - Hanoi - Kuala Lumpur - Hanoi and Manila are boosting their ties to counter Beijing's hegemony in the South China Sea, reacting to the Chinese Navy's unremitting violations of the rights of Vietnamese, Filipino and Malaysian commercial ships or fishing vessels in disputed waters. ...
Vietnam, Filipinas y Malasia. Un frente común contra el "imperialismo" de Beijing
11.03.2014 de Paul N. Hung (AsiaNews) - Hanoi - Hanói (AsiaNews). Se refuerza el eje entre Kuala Lumpur, Hánoi y Manila para contrastar la hegemonía de Beijing en el mar Chino meridional, mientras en las aguas contendidas las violaciones de la Marina china en relación de las naves comerciales o pesqueros vietnamitas, filipinos y malayos. Para sostener las reivindicaciones de los Países del Sud-este asiático están los EEUU, que verias veces han juzgado de "ielgales" e "irracionales" la llamada "lengua de buey", usada por Beijing para marcar el territorio. Mientras tanto prosigue la cuestión internacional iniciada por Filipinas contra China ...
Philippines protests China stopping troop resupply
11.03.2014 (The Asahi Shimbun) - AP MANILA--The Philippines protested on March 11 actions by the Chinese coast guard that prevented delivery of supplies to a small group of Filipino soldiers guarding a shoal in a disputed area in the South China Sea. ...
Une Chine moins « pacifique » accroît les craintes de ses voisins
06.03.2014 Propos recueillis par Edouard Pflimlin (Le Monde) - La Chine a annoncé, mercredi 5 mars, une augmentation de 12,2 % de ses dépenses militaires en 2014, à 808,23 milliards de yuans, soit 132 milliards de dollars ou 95,9 milliards d'euros. Cette hausse marque une accélération après celle de 10,7 % l'an dernier à 114 milliards de dollars. ...
Less money, less faith in US 'pivot'
06.03.2014 By Khanh Vu Duc & Duvien Tran (Asia Times) - The United States' military of the 21st century will be leaner, not by strategic choice but rather fiscal necessity. The new US defense budget aims to reduce army personnel to levels not seen since before World War II. While a heavily indebted US must learn to do more with less, its strategic partners around the globe, including in Asia, must likewise downgrade their expectations and boost their burden-sharing. ...
China's civilian fleet a potent force in Asia's disputed seas
06.03.2014 By Megha Rajagopalan & Greg Torode 89 - (Reuters) - From harassing Filipino fishing boats and monitoring oil exploration off Vietnam to playing cat-and-mouse with the Japanese coastguard, China's expanding fleet of civilian patrol vessels have become the enforcers in disputed Asian waters.
The ships of the recently unified Chinese coastguard are a fixture around the disputed islands and shoals of the South and East China Seas. ...
Vietnam’s youth hungry for things new and foreign
09.03.2014 By Nirmal Ghosh (The Straits Times) - A bowl of steaming pho on the sidewalk just a block away costs less than half the price of an English breakfast, 80,000 dong (S$4.80), at The Kafe. The menu at The Kafe, prepared by an Australian chef, also features banana pancakes with mulled wine sauce. Who can pass that up even if it is $3.60? It's Saturday afternoon at The Kafe and there isn't a bare seat. ...
07.03.2014 (PEN International) - RAN 06/14 7 March 2014
PEN International is gravely concerned for the health of blogger Dinh Dang Dinh, who is suffering from end-stage stomach cancer and was transferred to hospital on 15 February 2014. PEN is also seriously concerned for the health of poet, essayist and, scholar and Catholic Priest Father Nguyen Van Ly, and writer and activist Nguyen Huu Cau. Both are serving lengthy prison sentences in Vietnam imposed for their peaceful exercise of their right to freedom of expression, and are seriously ill. PEN International is calling for their immediate and unconditional release in accordance with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Vietnam is a state party and on humanitarian grounds. ...
Un dirigeant du bouddhisme Hoa Hao défie les autorités en organisant une commémoration interdite
07.03.2014 (Églises d'Asie) - Lê Quang Liêm est l'un des plus anciens dirigeants du bouddhisme Hoa Hao. Il est aujourd’hui à la tête du groupe de fidèles de cette religion qui ont refusé de se soumettre au Comité de gestion imposé par le gouvernement vietnamien. À l’occasion de la prochaine commémoration de la mort tragique du fondateur, Huynh Phu Sô, ...il a adressé, le 3 mars dernier, une lettre aux « 7 millions » de fidèles Hoa Hao. Il les invite à venir nombreux célébrer cette fête et, pour cela, à braver l’interdiction des autorités. ...
Vietnam: At least 200 political prisoners behind bars
07.03.2014 (VRNs) - Saigon - Vietnam has the highest number of political prisoners in Southeast Asia. It is estimated that there are at least 212 dissidents behind bars, and many more are under house arrest. Those imprisoned include lawyers, bloggers, land rights activists, Buddhist monks, journalists, writers, singers, labor activists, pro-democracy campaigners, and members of ethnic and religious minorities, including Hmong, Buddhist Khmer Krom, and Christian Montagnard. ...
Human Rights Group Accuses Vietnam of Leading SE Asia in Political Prisoners
06.03.2014 (VOA) - A human rights group said Vietnam has the highest number of political prisoners in Southeast Asia. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) claims at least 212 Vietnamese dissidents are behind bars and many more are under house arrest.
FIDH says those imprisoned include lawyers, bloggers and land rights activists. Asia Desk Director Andrea Giorgetta told VOA's Vietnamese service that it is time for the international community to pressure Hanoi to stop its repression of peaceful dissent. ...
Vietnam : un blogueur prend deux ans de prison pour « abus de démocratie »
06.03.2014 (01net) - Accusé d’avoir « abusé des libertés démocratiques », le blogueur Truong Duy Nhat a été condamné à la prison ferme. Il estime qu’un « bon citoyen » a le devoir de « critiquer ses dirigeants ». Le Vietnam a vraiment du mal à conciler le développement des technologies avec les libertés individuelles, notamment l’expression. La justice de ce pays vient de condamner Truong Duy Nhat, 50 ans, à deux années de prison ferme. Son crime ? Avoir « abusé des libertés démocratiques pour porter atteinte aux intérêts de l'État ». ...
06.03.2014 Von Ulrike Troue (Weser-Kurier) - Tenever. Vietnam und eine seiner überlieferten Legenden liefern den Stoff für die neue Musiktheater-Produktion der Deutschen Kammerphilharmonie Bremen und der Gesamtschule Bremen-Ost. Die Stadtteil-Oper „Drachensöhne und Feentöchter“ soll am 8. und 9. Mai, um 19.30 Uhr, im Zelt auf dem „Grünen Hügel“ an der Neuwieder Straße/Otto-Brenner-Allee aufgeführt werden. Der Vorverkauf hat bereits begonnen. ...
Vietnam risks TPP slot on labor reality
06.03.2014 By Khai Nguyen (AsiaTimes) - The United States-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, which is under negotiation among a dozen countries including Vietnam, requires that members adopt and maintain strong and enforceable labor provisions, including freedom of association, allowances for collective bargaining and zero tolerance for child and forced labor. If negotiators hold fast to these requirements, Vietnam will necessarily be barred entry to the partnership. The legitimacy of Vietnam's one-party regime now rests solely on poverty reduction and high economic performance. ...
Kambodschas Opposition macht mit Rassismus Politik
05.03.2014 Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Seit 1985 herrscht Hun Sen in Kambodscha. Sein stärkster Herausforderer ist Sam Rainsy, der im Machtkampf den weit verbreiteten Rassismus gegen Vietnamesen instrumentalisiert. "Wir müssen unser Land aus den Händen der Regierung befreien!", so Sam Rainsy bei einer Rede in den USA. "Die Führung ist dabei unser Land zu zerstören, es Stück für Stück umzubringen. Sie gibt den 'Yuon' die Möglichkeit, Kambodscha zu töten." "Yuon", das ist in der kambodschanischen Sprache Khmer eine abwertende Bezeichnung für Vietnamesen. ...
Reise in eine Welt voller Hoffnung
Kim Thúy: "Der Geschmack der Sehnsucht"
04.03.2014 Von Birgit Koß (Deutschlandradio Kultur) - Durch eine Eheschließung verlässt eine junge Vietnamesin ihre Heimat und geht in Kim Thuýs zweitem Roman nach Kanada. Erst viel später begegnet ihr in Paris auch die Liebe. Die in Vietnam geborene, kanadische Schriftsteller Thuý zeigt, was es heißt, an ein neues Leben zu glauben. Ihr ist mit "Der Geschmack der Sehnsucht" ein berührender Roman gelungen. ...
04.03.2014 Ralf Julke (Leipziger Internet Zeitung) - Kontrovers wird es zugehen, wenn Uwe Siemon-Netto zur Leipziger Buchmesse am 15. März aus seinem Buch „Dúc, der Deutsche. Mein Vietnam, warum die Falschen siegten“ liest. Spannend wird's allemal, denn der Autor wurde 1936 in Leipzig geboren und war einer jener Leipziger, die hinaus in die Welt zogen und sich dort einen Namen machten. ...
Ein Blogger wegen Kritik an der Staatsführung in Vietnam verurteilt 04.03.2014 (Forum Vietnam 21) - Da Nang. Ein Volksgericht in Zentralvietnam hat den bekannten Blogger Truong, Duy Nhat wegen kritischer Beiträge in seinem Blog zu zwei Jahren Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt. Wie sein Anwalt Tran Vu Hai mitteilte wurde Truong Duy Nhat dafür verantwortlicht gemacht, dass Kritik in seinem Blog die Politik der Regierung verzerrte und die Führung des Landes in einem schlechten Licht erscheinen ließ. ... [tiếng Việt]
Vietnam sends blogger to prison for critical posts
04.03.2014 (AP) - HANOI, Vietnam - Truong Duy Nhat, a well-known blogger in central Vietnam was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for posting criticism of the communist government in the latest case from an intensified crackdown against dissent in the one-party state. ... [tiếng Việt]
Blogger zu zwei Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt
04.03.2014 (NZZ) - (ap) Ein vietnamesisches Gericht hat einen der bekanntesten Blogger des Landes zu zwei Jahren Haft verurteilt. Dem Publizisten Truong Duy Nhat wird «Missbrauch demokratischer Freiheiten zur Verletzung der Interessen des Staates» vorgeworfen. ... [tiếng Việt]
Vietnam: deux ans de prison pour un important blogueur
04.03.2014 (Huffington Post Quebec) - Truong Duy Nhat, un important blogueur vietnamien a été condamné mardi à deux ans de prison pour ses articles contre le régime communiste à parti unique, dernier cas d'une vague de répression contre la dissidence, a indiqué son avocat. ... [tiếng Việt]
Condenado bloguero vietnamita a dos años de cárcel por criticar al régimen
04.03.2014 (El Confidencial) - (EFE) - Truong Duy Nhat, un bloguero vietnamita ha sido condenado hoy a dos años de prisión por un tribunal popular de justicia por criticar al Gobierno de Vietnam, en otro ataque del régimen comunista contra la libertad de expresión, según la Federación Internacional de los Derechos Humanos. ... [tiếng Việt]
Truong Duy Nhat Should Not be in Prison for Exercising Freedom of Expression 03.03.2014 (HRW) - (New York) – The trial of the blogger Truong Duy Nhat scheduled for March 4, 2014 in Da Nang demonstrates that there is no slackening of the Vietnamese authorities’ determination to target people for peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said today.
In his blog, Truong Duy Nhat has often criticized the government and raised concerns about China’s claims to maritime territory off the Vietnamese coast. He has also called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, accusing them of being responsible for what he described as Vietnam’s “political chaos” and “uncontrolled corruption.” ... - [tiếng Việt]
Vietnamesische Schüler - Bloß nicht zu viel Integration
03.03.2014 Von Lisa Becker (FAZ) - Je angepasster ausländische Schüler in Deutschland sind, desto besser? Von wegen. Das Beispiel vietnamesischer Zuwanderer widerlegt die herkömmlichen Theorien.Frau Ton kam einmal in der Woche zum Putzen. Sie war eine zuverlässige, liebenswürdige und großzügige Frau. Einmal brachte sie eine ganze Platte mit köstlichen selbstgemachten Frühlingsrollen vorbei, einfach so. ...
Vietnam Prepares for Trial of Another Online Activist
03.03.2014 (VOA) - Vietnam is set to open the trial of online activist Truong Duy Nhat on charges of violating the country's controversial new Article 258, which provides criminal penalties for "abusing freedoms to infringe upon the state's interests." Nhat is one of several bloggers to face trial in the past few months as Vietnamese authorities continue a crackdown on activists. ...
Der inhaftierte Blogger Truong Duy Nhat steht am 4. März vor Gericht
01.03.2014 (Forum Vietnam 21) - Neun Monate nach seiner Verhaftung steht der regimekritische Blogger Truong Duy Nhat (Foto) am kommenden Dienstag, 04.03.2014 vor Gericht. Berichten zufolge erhielt seine Familie am vergangenen Dienstag die offizielle Anklageschrift vom 17. Dezember des vergangenen Jahres aus dem Büro der vietnamesischen Oberstvolksstaatsanwaltschaft, in der Truong Duy Nhat "Missbrauch demokratischer Freiheiten" vorgeworfen ist. Er habe nach Artikel 258 des Strafgesetzbuches illegal gehandelt.
Truong Duy Nhat, 50, wurde am 26. Mai 2013 in seiner Wohnung in der Künstenstadt Da Nang in Zentralvietnam verhaftet. Nach stundenlanger Durchsuchung wurde er abgeführt und am gleichen Tag nach Hanoi gebracht. Seine Verhaftung wird allgemein als ein Teil der Niederschlagung des Dissenses durch Behörde in dem Ein-Parteien-Staat betrachtet. ...
02.03.2014 von Vera Lengsfeld (Die Freie Welt) - Eine DDR-Oppositionsgruppe, in der sich sogenannte „Antragsteller“ zusammengeschlossen haben, veröffentlicht eine Erklärung, in der neben der Forderung auf das Recht, das Land verlassen zu können, sich auch die Ankündigung fand, kirchliche Friedensgruppen in ihrem Anliegen zur gesellschaftlichen Erneuerung zu unterstützen. ...