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Southeast Asian nations rush for one last deal with Trump

30.12.2020 Koya Jibiki and Tomoya Onishi (Nikkei Asia) - JAKARTA/HANOI -- From the Philippines to Indonesia, countries across Southeast Asia have pursued an array of new security and economic agreements with the U.S., hoping for last-minute deals with an American president known for his transactional approach to diplomacy. ...

Staudamm-Projekt in China: Mit allen Wassern bewaffnet

30.12.2020 Von Arne Perras (Süddeutsche Zeitung) - Peking plant einen Mega-Staudamm am Brahmaputra-Strom und alarmiert damit seine südlichen Nachbarn. In Delhi und Dhaka wachsen die Ängste vor Dürren oder Fluten, sollte China am Oberlauf des Flusses die Stellschrauben drehen. ...

Japan Funds Coal Plant In Vietnam, Risking Green Backlash

30.12.2020 Stephen Stapczynski & Masumi Suga (Bloomberg) - Japan approved a plan to help finance a long-planned coal power plant in Vietnam, ...

GE to supply wind turbines to 27.2MW Vietnam project

30.12.2020 (TradeArabia) - GE Renewable Energy has secured a 27.2 MW contract to supply 8 units of GE’s 3 MW-137 wind turbines to support construction of the Phuoc Minh Wind Farm, located in Ninh Thuan, in the South Central Region of Vietnam. ...

How Biden’s Respect for 53-year-old Dialogue Process Could Reshape US-Asia Policy

30.12.2020 By Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI - Countries in Southeast Asia, a growing region of more than 650 million people, stand to make lasting deals with the United States and keep China at bay if President-elect Joe Biden works with their prized cross-border dialogue process, analysts in the region believe. ...

London schließt Handelspakte mit Türkei und Vietnam

29.12.2020 (DW) - Das Vereinigte Königreich hat inzwischen mehr als 60 Handelsabkommen für die Zeit nach dem Brexit geschlossen. Das Vereinigte Königreich und Vietnam haben sich auf einen Vertrag geeinigt. ...

China und Laos: Der reiche Nachbar übernimmt

26.12.2020 Eine Analyse von Steffen Richter (Zeit Online) - Viele Staudämme und ein Schnellzug: Für das arme Laos sollten Chinas Baukredite ein Segen sein. Doch das Land ist jetzt abhängig – mit Konsequenzen für Südostasien. ...

How India could tweak China in the South China Sea

24.12.2020 By Sumit Sharma (Asia Times) - MUMBAI - India could soon give Vietnam the BrahMos supersonic missile, a weapon that would erode China's naval advantage in the disputed waters. ...

Vietnam’s Communists Sort Out Leadership - Lots of subterranean action

23.12.2020 By: David Brown (Asia Sentinel) - At this stage in the Vietnamese Communist Party's rites of renewal, it's appropriate to ask what's the significance, if any, of all the closed-door meetings and self-congratulatory pronouncements by party leaders. ...

Vietnam Arrests Woman on Same Anti-State Charges Used to Jail Her Brother

22.12.2020 (RFA) - Vietnamese authorities arrested the sister of a former prisoner of conscience Tuesday, detaining her on the same charges that got him a two-year jail sentence for social media posts he wrote that criticized the government, members of the family told RFA. ...

Vietnam: Journalist arrested over infrastructure criticism

22.12.2020 (International Federation of Journalists) - Truong Chau Huu Danh, a former state media reporter and a founder of the Facebook news page Bao Sach or ‘Clean Newspaper’, was arrested on December 17 after criticising a contentious infrastructure program in the country. ...

Vietnam Sentences Three for Running Facebook Discussion Group

21.12.2020 (RFA) - Authorities in Vietnam on Monday sentenced three administrators of a Facebook online political discussion group to lengthy prison sentences in yet another example of Hanoi’s disregard for freedom of expression, their defense lawyers told RFA. ...

Journalist Truong Chau Huu Danh arrested in Vietnam

21.12.2020 (CPJ) - Bangkok – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release journalist Truong Chau Huu Danh and drop any pending charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. ...

Vietnam's bittersweet moment in Trump's spotlight

21.12.2020 William Pesek (Nikkei Asia) - Like a proper schoolyard bully, the Trump administration could not resist poking developing Asia one last time on the way out the door. ...

Harte Urteile nach Tod von Flüchtlingen in Kühllaster

21.12.2020 (DW) - Mehr als ein Jahr nach dem Fund von 39 toten Flüchtlingen aus Vietnam in einem Kühltransporter hat ein Gericht in Großbritannien einen Schuldspruch gefällt. Der Fall hatte im Oktober 2019 für Entsetzen gesorgt. ...

Essex lorry deaths: Two people smugglers found guilty for deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants

21.12.2020 Joe Middleton (The Independent) - Two people-smugglers are facing life in jail after being found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants. ...

Un pueblo de Vietnam, el último refugio de los relojes de las iglesias

21.12.2020 Ha Tap (El Pais) - Un relojero vietnamita ha recorrido durante más de 20 años Europa en busca de aparatos estropeados, que repara en su taller, a miles de kilómetros de distancia. ...

Trump’s parting blow wrong-foots Biden in Vietnam

18.12.2020 by David Hutt (Asia Times) - On December 16, the US Treasury Department officially labeled Vietnam a currency manipulator after months of investigations stemming mainly from the Southeast Asian state’s large trade surplus with America. ...

Dragged Off: The new book from Dr David Dao, who was forcibly removed from a United flight

18.12.2020 Simon Calder (The Independent) - “His entire life had led to that moment,” declares the publisher of a new book by Dr David Dao: Dragged Off. It documents the life story of a Vietnamese refugee who was physically removed from a United flight in 2017. ...

Vietnam arrests popular Facebook user for "anti-state" posts

17.12.2020 (Reuters) HANOI - Police in Vietnam have arrested a well-known Facebook user over allegations of abusing democratic freedom and publishing posts against the state, state media reported on Thursday.Truong Chau Huu Danh, 38, a former journalist, will be detained for three months ...

US-Backed Mekong Dam Monitor Project Offers Data and Transparency to Mekong Region

16.12.2020 (BenarNews) - The United States and partners have launched a new program to monitor the Mekong River, to track the impact of Chinese and other hydropower projects and climate change on Southeast Asia’s main river system. ...

USA bezichtigen die Schweiz gemeinsam mit Vietnam der Währungsmanipulation

16.12.2020 (Epoch Times) - Die USA haben die Schweiz und Vietnam offiziell der Währungsmanipulation bezichtigt. ...

Tran Duc Thach verurteilt - Vietnam schickt Dichter ins Gefängnis

16.12.2020 (Börsenblatt) - Ein vietnamesisches Gericht hat den Dichter Tran Duc Thach (69) zu zwölf Jahren Haft verurteilt. Grund: „Staatszersetzung“. Die Anhörung habe lediglich drei Stunden gedauert, erklärte die Organisation "Defend the Defenders" unter Berufung auf Thachs Verteidiger ...

Trump Administration Says Vietnam and Switzerland Manipulated Currency

16.12.2020 (New York Times) - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday labeled Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators, accusing them for the first time of improperly intervening in foreign exchange markets and setting off a new economic confrontation with two trading partners. ...

Vietnam verurteilt Regierungskritiker zu zwölf Jahren Haft

15.12.2020 (Online Netzwerk oe24) - Ein vietnamesisches Gericht hat einen regierungskritischen Schriftsteller zu zwölf Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Der 69-jährige Tran Duc Thach habe "wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftspolitische Ereignisse verzerrt und führende Persönlichkeiten von Partei und Staat angeschwärzt und gedemütigt", berichteten staatliche Medien am Dienstag. ...

Vietnam writer jailed for 12 years over articles critical of government

15.12.2020 (DailyMail) - A Vietnamese activist was jailed for 12 years Tuesday after writing articles critical of the government and posting them on his Facebook page, nearly a decade since being released from prison for a similar offence. ...

Journalists jailed for social media “terrorism” highlight content moderation challenges

14.12.2020 (CPJ) - A journalist in China uploaded a video to YouTube criticizing the Chinese government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. Another, in Vietnam, left a state-owned newspaper but continued posting stories they wouldn’t let her cover on Facebook. ...

RSF lance une campagne pour obtenir la libération de la journaliste vietnamienne Pham Doan Trang

14.12.2020 (Ifex) - Accusée de “propagande contre l’Etat”, Pham Doan Trang risque vingt ans de prison. Deux mois après son arrestation, RSF diffuse une vidéo dans laquelle journalistes, blogueurs et amis de Pham Doan Trang expriment leur solidarité avec elle. ...

RSF : près de 400 journalistes détenus en 2020

14.12.2020 (Times of Israel) - La Chine reste en tête avec 117 journalistes détenus, devant l'Egypte (30), l'Arabie saoudite (34), le Vietnam (28) et la Syrie (27) ...

Pressefreiheit: Weltweit sitzen 387 Journalisten im Gefängnis

14.12.2020 (Die Zeit) - Ein Großteil der Inhaftierten befindet sich in China, Saudi-Arabien, Ägypten, Vietnam und Syrien. Einige wurden wegen ihrer Berichte über das Coronavirus festgenommen. ...

#FreeThemAll: Pham Doan Trang

14.12.2020 (Reporter ohne Grenzen) - Die Organisation Reporter ohne Grenzen hat eine Kampagne zur Freilassung der Journalistin und Aktivistin Pham Doan Trang gestartet, die sich in Vietnam seit mittlerweile mehr als zwei Monaten in Haft befindet. ...

Das sind die besten Architekturprojekte des Jahres

14.12.2020 von Meret Steiger (20min) - Das Architekturmagazin «Dezeen» hat auch dieses Jahr die besten Projekte gekürt. Abgeräumt hat ein Bauernhaus in Vietnam. ...

Dallas Mom Writes ‘Pho-Nomenal' Book to Teach Sons About Vietnamese Heritage

14.12.2020 By Deborah Ferguson (NBCDFW) - "The Pho Team" is a book written, illustrated and self-published by a woman in Dallas. It's about a boy who finds himself hungry for the Vietnamese food pho and meets some friends along the way. ...

Factbox: Potential candidates for Vietnam's leadership transition

14.12.2020 By James Pearson (Reuters) - HANOI - Discussion is heating up over the future leadership of Vietnam’s Communist Party, which meets this week ahead of a massive congress in January. ...

Peugeot Django wird auch in Vietnam produziert

14.12.2020 (MotorZeitung) - Peugeot will den Absatz des Django 125 im asiatischen Raum vorantreiben. Aus diesem Grund wurde mit dem vietnamesischen Autohersteller Thaco (Truong Hai Auto Corporation) eine Zusammenarbeit vereinbart. ...

APT32: Facebook lässt berüchtigte Hacker-Gruppe auffliegen

12.12.2020 von Malte Mansholt (Stern) - Wenn Sicherheitsfirmen oder Geheimdienste auf die Spur einer Hacker-Gruppe kommen, sind sie mit Informationen in der Regel sparsam. Jetzt hat ausgerechnet Facebook eine international aktive Gruppe aufgedeckt ...

Facebook enttarnt vietnamesische Hackergruppe APT32

11.12.2020 von Stefan Beiersmann (ZDNet) - Angeblich handelt es sich um einen Cybersicherheitsanbieter aus Vietnam. Er soll über gefälschte Konten und Seiten Links zu Phishing-Websites und Malware verbreitet haben. ...

Cyberespionnage : Facebook accuse publiquement un groupe de hackers lié à l’État vietnamien

11.12.2020 François Manens (Cyberguerre) - Des hackers ont utilisé Facebook pour relayer leurs attaques à motivation politique. Après la découverte de l'opération, le réseau social a décidé de tout rendre public. ...

Facebook tracks 'OceanLotus' hackers to IT firm in Vietnam

11.12.2020 By Jack Stubbs, James Pearson (Reuters) - LONDON/HANOI - Cybersecurity investigators at Facebook have traced a hacking group long suspected of spying on behalf of the Vietnamese government to an IT company in Ho Chi Minh City. ...

«J’ai vécu en me laissant porter par la vague» - Kim Thúy

11.12.2020 Michèle Lemieux (tvanouvelles) - Sa jeunesse singulière a appris à Kim Thúy à surfer sur la vague en toutes circonstances. Au lieu de se battre contre le courant, l’écrivaine consent à se laisser porter. ...

La soupe phô, le bouillon bienfaisant de l'hiver

11/12/2020 par Ophélie Ostermann (Le Figaro) - Elle nous réchauffe, nourrit notre flore intestinale, nous apporte des minéraux, des oligo-éléments et des vitamines... Passage en revue des bienfaits de la soupe phô, notre alliée en cette période hivernale. ...

Vietnam: Elderly Catholic Priest Suspended Over Exorcism

10.12.2020 (Eurasia Review) - Da Lat Diocese announced on Dec. 6 that 72-year-old Father Dominic Nguyen Chu Truyen had been suspended from administering sacraments and pastoral care. ...

Cafés Ecosolidaires : une initiative citoyenne des Français de Saïgon

10.12.2020 (Le petit journal) - Les cafés Ecosolidaires réunissent ponctuellement à Hô Chi Minh-Ville des passionnés d'écologie et de solidarité. ...

Solidarität mit Pham Doan Trang

10.12.2020 (Reporter ohne Grenzen) - Zwei Monate nach der Festnahme von Pham Doan Trang erinnert Reporter ohne Grenzen (RSF) an das Schicksal der vietnamesischen Journalistin und fordert ihre sofortige Freilassung. ...

Hanoi doubles down on human rights abuses and violations during pandemic

10.12.2020 (AsiaNews) - The Vietnamese government has stepped up its campaign of arrests and repression of activists, independent journalists, bloggers and citizens. Vietnam is one of the four "closed" nations of Asia along with China, Laos and North Korea. ...

Trinh Ba Phuong: A Video Portrait of a Vietnamese Land Rights Activist

09.12.2020 (Good Men Project) - This interview with land rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong was conducted shortly before his June 2020 arrest. ...

Vietnam Moves Blogger From Prison to Psychiatric Hospital

08.12.2020 By An Hai (VOA) - WASHINGTON - A Vietnamese blogger detained in May on accusations of producing anti-state propaganda has been transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital in Hanoi. ...

EU approves its 'Magnitsky Act' to target human rights abuses

07.12.2020 (DW) - Under a new system similar to the US Magnitsky Act, the EU now has more powers to punish individuals involved in human rights violations. ...

#FreePhamDoanTrang – RSF launches campaign for Vietnamese journalist’s release

07.12.2020 (RSF) - Two months after her arrest, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a campaign for the release of Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang with a petition and a video in which Vietnamese diaspora colleagues voice strong support for this symbol of the fight for the freedom to inform in Vietnam. ...

Joint Statement on United States, Japan and Vietnam Cooperation to Support Vietnam’s Energy Transitions Through LNG Utilization

07.12.2020 (US Department of State) - The Department of State of the United States, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan acknowledge the following ...

No Crying at the Dinner Table - À table avec Carol Nguyen

05.12.2020 Mayssa Ferah (La Presse) - Dans No Crying at the Dinner Table, Carol Nguyen explore avec tact des thèmes douloureux : le deuil, les liens familiaux et les traumatismes intergénérationnels.

Kim Thúy : "Le Vietnam est dans mon sang et le Canada sous ma peau"

04/12/2020 Par Emmanuel Laurentin et Fanny Richez (France Culture) - Il y a 40 ans, l’écrivaine Kim Thúy quittait le Vietnam. Elle a vécu dans un camp de réfugiés en Malaisie avant de s'installer avec sa famille au Canada. ...

Censure : Facebook, Google et Le Gouvernement Vietnamien accusés de complicité par Amnesty International

04.12.2020 Holy (FZN) - Amnesty International a fait une découverte sur Facebook, Google et le Vietnam. L’organisation de défense des droits de l’homme a notamment révélé que les deux géants américains de la technologie ...

Vietnam to wave quarantine for South Korea business travellers, Seoul says

04.12.2020 (Reuters) - SEOUL - Vietnam has agreed to allow some South Korean business people to travel between the two countries without having to complete mandatory 14-day anti-coronavirus quarantine, ...

MaiLab produziert das erfolgreichste Video des Jahres

03.12.2020 von Bastian Benrath (FAZ) - Die Wissenschaftsjournalistin Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim hat in Deutschland das erfolgreichste Youtube-Video des Jahres 2020 produziert. Ihr Video „Corona geht gerade erst los“ wurde bis zum Donnerstag fast 6,5 Millionen mal auf der Videoplattform angesehen. ...

Wer auf YouTube im Krisenjahr erfolgreich war

03.12.2020 Von Markus Böhm (Der Spiegel) - Die Coronakrise hat viele prominente Gesichter, von Gesundheitsminister Jens Spahn bis zum Virologen Christian Drosten. Für viele Menschen übernahm aber auch die Wissenschaftsjournalistin Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim die Rolle der Krisenerklärerin ...

Corona in Vietnam: Flugbegleiter droht nach neuen Fällen Haftstrafe

03.12.2020 (Börse-Online) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Nach den ersten lokal übertragenen Corona-Fällen in Vietnam seit fast 90 Tagen hat die Polizei Ermittlungen gegen einen Flugbegleiter eingeleitet. ...

Renate Künast unterstützt vietnamesischen Journalisten Phạm Chí Dũng

01.12.2020 Renate Künast (Bundestag/Renate Künast) - Wenn in einem Land wie Vietnam, mit dem Deutschland umfassende, freundschaftliche Beziehungen pflegt, Grundrechte unter Druck geraten, verstehe sie es als ihre Pflicht, sich einzumischen, so die Bundestagsabgeordnete Renate Künast (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). ...

Viet Nam: Tech giants complicit in industrial-scale repression

01.12.2020 (Amnesty International) - Tech giants Facebook and YouTube are allowing themselves to become tools of the Vietnamese authorities’ censorship and harassment of its population, in an alarming sign of how these companies could increasingly operate in repressive countries, a new report by Amnesty International reveals today. ...

Microsoft links Vietnamese hackers to cryptomining malware campaign

01.12.2020 IANS New Delhi (Business Standard) - Microsoft has revealed that Vietnamese government-backed hackers are deploying cryptocurrency-mining malware alongside their regular cyber-espionage toolkits. ...

Tech Giants Accused of ‘Industrial Scale’ Censorship in Vietnam

01.12.2020 By Sebastian Strangio (The Diplomat) - Facebook and YouTube are complicit in “censorship and repression on an industrial scale” in Vietnam – that’s the claim advanced in a new report by the rights group Amnesty International, ...

Amnesty: Google und Facebook helfen Meinungsfreiheit in Vietnam zu beschneiden

01.12.2020 Von Andreas Wilkens (Heise) - Google und Facebook sind nach Meinung von Amnesty International Mitschuld an den staatlichen Einschränkungen der Informations- und Meinungsfreiheit in Vietnam. ...

Facebook Complicit in Censoring Posts in Vietnam, According to Amnesty International

01.12.2020 By Frankie Lantican (Vice) - Facebook is complicit in a dramatic increase in censorship on the platform in Vietnam, Amnesty International said Tuesday, in a new report detailing a surge in people jailed for their social media post. ...

Neuer macOS-Trojaner: Spuren führen nach Vietnam

30.11.2020 (t3n) - Sicherheitsforscher haben einen neuen macOS-Trojaner entdeckt. Dahinter könnte eine bekannte Cyber-Spionagegruppe stecken, die unter anderem vietnamesische Dissidenten in Deutschland und BMW ausspioniert hat. ...

Vietnamese Dissident Writer Held in Mental Hospital

30.11.2020 (RFA) - Police in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi have transferred dissident writer and blogger Pham Thanh from the detention center where he has been held since May to a mental hospital in the town of Van Dien in Hanoi’s Than Tri district, according to his wife. ...

Apple verlegt Produktion aus China nach Indien und Vietnam

30.11.2020 (Epoch Times) - Immer mehr Firmen verlagern ihre Geschäfte aus China. Laut Reuters habe Apple am 26. November seinen wichtigsten Lieferanten, den taiwanesischen Konzern Foxconn, aufgefordert, die iPad- und MacBook-Fertigung von China nach Vietnam zu verlagern. ...

A plea for help as China loses jobs to Vietnam

27.11.2020 By Frank Chen (Asia Times) - Samsung and Apple’s OEM partners are the latest US tariff-eluding manufacturers to shift production from China to Vietnam. ...

Patenschaft für den Buddhisten Bui Van Tham aus Vietnam

26.11.2020 (Martin Patzelt) - Wegen der Verfolgung Andersgläubiger in Vietnam habe ich die Patenschaft für den buddhistischen  Hoa-Hao-Laienpriester Bui Van Tham, geb. 1987, im Patenschaftsprogramm des Deutschen Bundestages  „Parlamentarier schützen Parlamentarier (PsP )“ übernommen. ...

Why Vietnam fears Biden as much as Trump

26.11.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - Vietnam remains one of the few countries in Asia not to have yet congratulated Joe Biden on his November 3 election victory. ...

Jailed Vietnamese Activist is Denied Family Visits For Refusing to Wear Prison Garb

25.11.2020 (RFA) - Jailed Vietnamese activist Hoang Duc Binh is being refused family visits by prison authorities angered by his insistence on his innocence and refusal to wear prison uniform, ...

White House Transition To Continue Trajectory Of US-Vietnam Relations – Analysis

25.11.2020 By James Borton (Eurasia Review) - In spite of Donald Trump’s denial of the US electorate’s decision to elect Joe Biden, a recent visit to Hanoi from U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, coupled with the naming of Antony Blinken as the designated secretary of state in the new administration, sends a clear signal to China ...

Criminalité forestière : des dragons vietnamiens en toute majesté au cameroun

21.11.2020 (Camer.Be) - Une enquête inédite menée par le Centre pour l’environnement et le développement (CED) et l’EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) a permis de révéler qu’un groupe de sociétés vietnamiennes opérant au Cameroun est au cœur de l’essor du commerce illégal du bois entre le Cameroun et le Vietnam. ...

Vietnam Tells Facebook: Yield to Censors or We'll Shut You Down, Source Says

20.11.2020 (VOA) - HANOI, VIETNAM - Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform, a senior official at the U.S. social media giant told Reuters. ...

Vietnam threatens to shut down Facebook over censorship requests–source

19.11.2020 (inquirer.net) - HANOI—Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform, a senior official at the U.S. social media giant told Reuters. ...

Freihandelsabkommen Asien-Pazifik - „Warnruf an den Westen“

16.11.2020 (Westfalen-Blatt) - Berlin/Bielefeld (WB/in/dpa) - Nach dem Abschluss des Asiatisch-Pazifischen Freihandelsabkommens – offiziell „regionale, umfassende Wirtschaftspartnerschaft“ (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) oder RCEP – schrillen auch in Ostwestfalen-Lippe die Alarmglocken. ...

Freihandelsabkommen für Asien und Pazifik - Die Macht des neuen Ostblocks

16.11.2020 Von Markus Becker, Georg Fahrion, Claus Hecking und Bernhard Zand (Der Spiegel) - Während Europa und die USA mit der Pandemie kämpfen, gelingt China einer der weltgrößten Freihandelsverträge. ...

RCEP: Asia-Pacific countries form world's largest trading bloc

16.11.2020 (BBC) - Fifteen countries have formed the world's largest trading bloc, covering nearly a third of the global economy. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is made up of 10 Southeast Asian countries, as well as South Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. ...

The religious persecution of governments is growing worldwide. China in first place

13.11.2020 (AsiaNews) - Washington – The persecution of religions is growing worldwide and, above all, persecution imposed by governments through various restrictions. Out of 198 governments surveyed, China ranks first ...

Freihandel - Auf dem Weg zum "Markt der Welt"

13.11.2020 (DW) - Wenn auf dem ASEAN-Gipfel das Abkommen mit dem Kürzel RCEP unterzeichnet wird, dann ist das der Startschuss für den größten Handelspakt der Welt mit zwei Milliarden Menschen. ...

HCM City Authorities Prosecute Three Members of Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam, Lengthy Imprisonments Expected

11.11.2020 (Defend The Defenders) - The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City has decided to prosecute three members of the unregistered professional group Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) named President Dr. Pham Chi Dung, Vice President Nguyen Tuong Thuy, and Mr. Le Huu Anh Tuan ...

One More Vietnamese Facebooker Arrested on Allegation of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda”

10.11.2020 (Defend The Defenders) - Vietnam’s communist regime has arrested another Facebooker and accused him of “conducting anti-state propaganda” under Article 117 of the country’s Criminal Code for his posts on the social network. ...

Suspected Vietnamese cyber-spies targeting dissidents in Germany

09.11.2020 John Leyden (PortSwigger) -  An investigation by German broadcaster BR and weekly newspaper Zeit Online has revealed how the OceanLotus (APT32) group are using spear-phishing, watering hole (compromised legitimate websites) and similar tactics to target Vietnamese expatriates in Germany. ...

Torture of Political Prisoners Continues in Vietnam

08.11.2020 (Asia Sentinel) - Despite signing onto UN protocols prohibiting it, Vietnam persists in persecution. The 88 Project, a US-based non-profit organization that monitors the Hanoi regime's efforts to repress free speech, presently counts some 249 political prisoners in Vietnam's jails. ...

Mai Khoi Talks Saigon Boom Boom and Life in Sydney

06.11.2020 (Hello Asia) - In our interview, Mai Khoi speaks about her single ‘Saigon Boom Boom’, adjusting to life in Sydney ...

Vietnamese hacking group OceanLotus uses imitation news sites to spread malware

06.11.2020 Written by Shannon Vavra (Cyberscoop) - Suspected Vietnamese government-linked hackers are behind a series of fake news websites and Facebook pages meant to target victims with malicious software, according to Volexity research published Friday. ...

New Law Would Let Chinese Coast Guard Use Weapons in South China Sea

06.11.2020 Drake Long (BenarNews) - The Chinese legislature has drafted a new law granting the coast guard permission to use weapons within the country’s “jurisdictional waters,” opening the possibility of coastguard ships using more explicit armed force in disputed areas of the South China Sea. ...

SICHERE SEEWEGE - Die Bundeswehr soll helfen, Chinas Expansionsdrang zu bändigen

05.11.2020 Von: Donata Riedel (Handelsblatt) - Berlin - Eigentlich wollte Verteidigungsministerin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) an diesem Donnerstag in Australien sein, um ihre Amtskollegin Linda Reynolds persönlich zu treffen. Wegen Corona – AKK ist diese Woche in Quarantäne – wurde daraus nur eine Videokonferenz. ...

Vietnam Is Losing Its Best Friends to China

02.11.2020 By Derek Grossman (The Diplomat) - Over the past few years, China’s economic gravity has begun to pull Cambodia and Laos out of Vietnam’s orbit. Close observers of Vietnam’s foreign relations will note that Hanoi maintains three distinct levels of partnership. ...

Young Vietnamese American progressives lead a generational split with conservative elders

02.11.2020 By Anh Do (Los Angeles Times) - On election day, then beyond, their work will not stop. Since Donald Trump was elected president four years ago, Vietnamese American progressives have been building a movement that’s redefining their culture’s political landscape. ...

Facebook slammed for blocking government-critical posts in Vietnam

01.11.2020 (The Star) - HANOI - (dpa): Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Friday night (Oct 31) accused Facebook of blocking posts in Vietnam containing links to German media articles critical of the government. ...

Die wahren Gewinner des US-China-Handelsstreits

30.10.2020 Kira Schacht (DW) - Wegen hoher Zölle auf Produkte aus China wenden sich US-Importeure anderen Ländern zu. Eine DW-Analyse zeigt, wo Amerikaner Handys, Computer, Möbel und Kleidung jetzt stattdessen kaufen. ...

US election: A generational divide over Trump among Vietnamese-Americans

28.10.2020 (BBC) - For many Vietnamese refugees who settled in the US after the Vietnam War, the Republican Party has stood for anti-communism and freedom. ...

California man jailed for attempt to overthrow Vietnam government says he was ‘kidnapped'

28.10.2020 By Bill Tarrant, Reuters (East Bay Times) - LOS ANGELES  – A U.S. citizen sentenced last year to 12 years in a Vietnamese jail for “attempting to overthrow the state” spoke of his 27-month detention at a Zoom news conference on Wednesday, after he was released and returned to his home in California last week. ...

Exhibition illustrates what life was like for Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong camps

27.10.2020 Ji Siqi (SCMP) - Ho-yin has curated an installation at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from paintings and photographs created by detainees during their time spent in detention centres. ...

Auf Druck von Vietnam: Facebook sperrt Kritik an Regierung

25.10.2020 (BR) - Facebook betont immer wieder den Wert der Meinungsfreiheit. Doch das Beispiel eines vietnamesischen Bloggers zeigt: Das Unternehmen blockiert kritische Berichterstattung in Vietnam. ...

The Book is Out: In the Shadow of Green Bamboos

23.10.2020 by C. L. Hoang (Mulberry Fields Forever) - As promised, my new book, In the Shadow of Green Bamboos, is being released into bookstores today. ...

#FreeThemAll: Pham Doan Trang

23.10.2020 (RSF) - Die Organisation Reporter ohne Grenzen hat die Behörden in Vietnam dazu aufgerufen, die Journalistin und Menschenrechtlerin Pham Doan Trang umgehend freizulassen. Trang, die als Gründerin des Online-Magazins Luât Khoa bekannt ist und als Redakteurin für die Webseite thevietnamese.org arbeitet, war am 6. Oktober in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt festgenommen ...

Caritas international: Verheerende Flutkatastrophe in Vietnam

23.10.2020 (Fireworld) - Caritas international, das Hilfswerk des Deutschen Caritasverbandes, stellt 40.000 Euro für die Nothilfe in der schweren Flutkatastrophe in Vietnam bereit. ...

Facebook touts free speech. In Vietnam, it’s aiding in censorship

22.10.2020 By David S. Cloud, Shashank Bengali (Los Angeles Times) - SINGAPORE —  For months, Bui Van Thuan, a chemistry teacher turned crusading blogger in Vietnam, published one scathing Facebook post after another on a land dispute between villagers and the communist government. ...

"Freier und offener Indopazifik": Japan und Vietnam planen Rüstungsabkommen

22.10.2020 (RT) - Japan möchte mit Vietnam ein Abkommen über Rüstungsexporte schließen, um die militärische und wirtschaftliche Kooperation beider Länder voranzutreiben. Der Deal unterstreicht zugleich auch die Strategie, eine einheitliche Front gegen die Volksrepublik China zu bilden. ...

Vietnamese Facebooker Arrested, Accused of Disclosing State Secret Information

22.10.2020 (Defend the Defenders) - Authorities in Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai have arrested local resident Nguyen Quang Khai on the allegation of “Deliberate disclosure of classified information; appropriation, trading, destruction of classified documents” under Article 337 of the Criminal Code ...

Des cinéastes vietnamiens n’ont plus peur de la censure

22.10.2020 Alice Philipson (La Presse) - Sorti au Vietnam en décembre dernier, Chi Chi Em Em (Sœur, sœur) a fait une belle carrière en salles avant d’être présenté au Festival international du film de Busan qui a débuté mercredi en Corée du Sud ...

114 dead, 21 missing in central Vietnam's floods, landslides

22.10.2020 (Bernama) - HANOI - Floods, landslides and other natural disasters triggered by downpours have left 114 people dead and 21 others missing in central Vietnam since early October ...

'I don't let fear hold me back': Vietnam filmmakers challenge censors

22.10.2020 (Daily Mail) - Sex, violence and LGBT relationships have long been taboo for Vietnam's film censors, but they are now finding their way into the open as a new wave of directors push the boundaries set by the nation's conservative communist leaders. ...

Bereits 114 Opfer: Immer mehr Tote bei Unwettern in Vietnam

22.10.2020 (Tiroler Tageszeitung) - Die seit Wochen andauernden Unwetter in Vietnam fordern immer mehr Todesopfer. Mittlerweile seien 114 Menschen bei Erdrutschen oder Überschwemmungen ums Leben gekommen ...

Parents paid €14K for VIP entry to UK days before tragic migrant run, court told

22.10.2020 Emily Pennink, Pa Old Baile (Irish Examiner) - A Vietnamese man has told how his parents paid £13,000 (€14,330) for a “VIP” smuggling trip to Britain days before the deaths of 39 migrants. ...

Vietnam is fighting Covid without pitting economic growth against public health

20.10.2020 Tran Le Thuy (The Guardian) - To date, Vietnam (population: 95 million) has recorded 35 deaths from the novel coronavirus. ...

Gefährliche Zuspitzung im Ostchinesischen Meer

19.10.2020 (DW) - China forciert seinen Besitzanspruch auf die von Japan verwalteten Senkaku-Inseln. "Im Ostchinesischen Meer zieht ein Sturm auf", meint Alessio Patalano, Militär-Experte und Chef des Japan-Programms am Londoner King's College. ...

Asien-Pazifik-Konferenz - Deutsche Wirtschaft soll in Asien Alternativen zu China suchen

19.10.2020 (Die Zeit) - Vietnam oder Indonesien könnten bei Investitionen Alternativen zu China sein, sagt der Siemens-Chef. Bundeswirtschaftsminister Peter Altmaier (CDU) hat zu Beginn der Konferenz des Asien-Pazifik-Ausschusses der Deutschen Wirtschaft gefordert, dass deutsche Unternehmen sich in Asien mehr Alternativen zu ihrem Geschäft in China suchen sollen. ...

On Suga's overseas debut, Japan, Vietnam agree broadly on defence transfer

19.10.2020 Khanh Vu and Kiyoshi Takenaka (Yahoo News) - HANOI - Japan hailed an agreement in principle to supply Vietnam with military gear and technology, as the two governments pledged on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties amid mounting concerns about China's assertiveness in the region. ...

Singer-Activist Nguyen Tin Forced to Move out of His Apartment under Pressure of Ho Chi Minh City Police

19.10.2020 (Defend the Defenders) - Activist Nguyen Tin who is a singer of patriotic songs has complained that the renting firm asks him to move out of his apartment under the request of Ho Chi Minh City’s police. ...

“Law of the Jungle” for Pham Doan Trang

16.10.2020 Tuan Khanh, translated by Y Chan (The Vietnamese) - While combing through my notes about Pham Doan Trang, I recalled many details which only now have been connected together, which could make up a symbolic book depicting the journey of a young person, from growing up under the socialist educational system to breaking out of the barbed wire of propaganda. ...

No Taxation Without Climate

15.10.2020 By David Hutt (The Diplomat) - As they grapple with COVID-19, Southeast Asian nations should not lose sight of the challenges posed by climate change. Flooding in Vietnam has killed at least 36 people so far this month, up to October 14, ...

Ecstasy-Connection Berlin–Hanoi: Vietnams Innenminister belastet

14.10.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - BERLIN - Ein Verwandter von Vietnams Innenminister soll in Drogen-Schmuggel von Berlin nach Hanoi involviert sein. Die Ware war wohl als Kosmetika deklariert. ...

Japan to sign agreement allowing arms exports to Vietnam, report says

14.10.2020 (The Japan Times) - Japan plans to sign an agreement with Vietnam to allow it to export defense equipment and technology to the country, part of a move to strengthen defense capabilities of Indo-Pacific nations to counter Chinese maritime advances ...

The Jailed Activist Left a Letter Behind. The Message: Keep Fighting

14.10.2020 By Richard C. Paddock (NYT) - BANGKOK — Pham Doan Trang was harassed for years by the Vietnamese police, and beaten. In a letter, she foretold her arrest and called for an end to one-party rule. She wrote a letter last year and gave it to an American friend with instructions to release it upon her arrest. ...

Bishop visits central Vietnam where floods left at least 37 people dead

14.10.2020 by Paul Nguyen Hung (AsiaNews) - Hanoi - Strong winds and torrential rain over several days have caused flooding in central Vietnam, killing at least 37 so far. Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên Huế and Quảng Nam are the most affected provinces. ...

Vietnamese activist and journalist Pham Doan Trang arrested for ‘anti-state propaganda’

13.10.2020 (Global Voices) - Prominent Vietnamese activist and journalist Pham Doan Trang was arrested by the police on October 6 for charges related to “conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 88 of the 1999 Penal Code ...

Le syndrome totalitaire vietnamien : pire que le virus Covid-19 de Wu Han

09.10.2020 (ActuaLitté) - La brave écrivaine, journaliste et éditrice indépendante Pham Doan Trang a été arrêtée au Viêt Nam, la veille de la clôture de la 45e session du Conseil des Droits de l'Homme des Nations Unies à Genève. ...

ADB, PHU YEN JSC Sign Viet Nam's First Certified Green Loan for 257 MW Solar Power Project

09.10.2020 (M2) - HA NOI, VIET NAM - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company (Phu Yen JSC) today signed a $186 million loan to develop and operate a 257 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Hoa Hoi, Phu Yen Province ...

Cyberspionage - Hackerangriffe aus Vietnam

08.10.2020 Von Hakan Tanriverdi, Ann-Kathrin Wetter und Maximilian Zierer, BR (Tagesschau) - Vietnamesische Hacker spionieren gezielt Regimekritiker in Deutschland aus. Das ergeben exklusive Recherchen von BR und "Zeit Online". Cyberspionage klingt nach Agententhriller, doch für Vu Quoc Dung ist die Gefahr eines Hackerangriffs real. ...

In Deutschland dem Hacker-Angriff aus Ostasien ausgeliefert

08.10.2020 (BR) - Der Fall eines deutschen Menschenrechtlers und Kritikers des Regimes in Vietnam zeigt: Die Behörden in Deutschland tun sich damit schwer, Betroffene vor Hackern zu schützen. ...

Vietnamesische Hacker spionieren in Deutschland

08.10.2020 (BR) - Kritiker des Regimes in Vietnam sind in Deutschland nicht vor Cyberangriffen sicher. Nach Recherchen von BR und Zeit Online stehen sie im Fokus von vietnamesischen Hackern. ...

Cyberspionage: Hanois Hacker

08.10.2020 Von Kai Biermann, Thi Do Nguyen, Hakan Tanriverdi und Maximilian Zierer  (Die Zeit) - Statt Agenten senden autoritäre Staaten heute Hacker, um Dissidenten auszuspähen. Gruppen wie OceanLotus sind auch in Deutschland aktiv. ...

Vietnam arrests blogger after US talks

08.10.2020 (Taipei Times) - ‘SEEMED NERVOUS’: Pham Doan Trang anticipated problems with authorities before her arrest and shared a letter outlining the democratic goals she strives to accomplish. ...

‘Scorched Earth’: Vietnam Arrests Leading Dissident Activist and Blogger

08.10.2020 Sebastian Strangio (The Diplomat) - The late night arrest of the activist and writer Pham Doan Trang followed an annual human rights dialogue with U.S. officials. Vietnam has arrested a prominent dissident journalist and human rights activist, just hours after holding its annual human rights dialogue with the United States. ...

Lined up in the sights of Vietnamese hackers - There is no safe place

07.10.2020 Written by: Hakan Tanriverdi, Ann-Kathrin Wetter, Maximilian Zierer, Kai Biermann, Thi Do Nguyen (Zeit Online) - (Bayerischer Rundfunk) - A group of Vietnamese hackers has been systematically spying on dissidents for years, including in Germany. The victims feel left alone by authorities as an investigation by BR and Zeit Online is able to show. ...

IWPR Condemns Arrest of Prominent Vietnamese Journalist - Pham Doan Trang detained hours after the annual US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue

07.10.2020 By Anthony Borden (IWPR) - The timing was intended as a clear slap in the face for the human rights community. Just hours after the annual US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue concluded on October 6, leading Vietnamese journalist and civil society activist Pham Doan Trang was detained by the authorities ...

Prominent Vietnam dissident arrested on anti-state charges

07.10.2020 (Greenwich Time) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities arrested a prominent dissident and blogger on Wednesday, hours after Vietnam and the United States finished an annual human rights dialogue. ...

Vietnam detains activist hours after human rights meeting with US

07.10.2020 (Bangkok Post) - HANOI: Vietnam has arrested a prominent blogger and dissident for "anti-state activities" hours after its government held annual talks on human rights with the United States, sources and international human rights groups said on Wednesday. ...

Prix Voltaire winner Pham Doan Trang arrested in Vietnam

07.10.2020 by Mark Chandler (The Bookseller) - Pham Doan Trang, a Vietnamese pro-democracy campaigner and co-founder of Liberal Publishing House, which won this year's Prix Voltaire, has been arrested for “anti-state propaganda”. ...

RSF-Preisträgerin festgenommen

07.10.2020 (RSF) - Reporter ohne Grenzen (RSF) fordert die sofortige und bedingungslose Freilassung von Pham Doan Trang. Die vietnamesische Journalistin wurde am Dienstagabend wegen angeblicher „Propaganda gegen den Staat“ festgenommen. ...

Journalist Pham Doan Trang arrested on anti-state charges in Vietnam

07.10.2020 (CPJ) - Bangkok – Vietnamese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalist Pham Doan Trang and drop anti-state charges against her, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. ...

RSF condemns Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang’s arrest

07.10.2020 (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Pham Doan Trang, a Vietnamese journalist who was awarded the RSF Prize for Impact a year ago and who was arrested last night in Ho Chi Minh City. ...

Vietnam detains activist hours after human rights meeting with U.S

07.10.2020 by Reuters Staff (Reuters) - HANOI  - Vietnam has arrested a prominent blogger and dissident for “anti-state activities” hours after its government held annual talks on human rights with the United States, ...

Vietnam : arrestation d'une écrivaine et militante des droits de l'Homme

07.10.2020 (Le Figaro) - La militante est accusée de «fabriquer, rassembler et diffuser des informations (...) contre la république socialiste du Vietnam», selon le ministère de la Sécurité publique. ...

Vietnam Detains Activist Trang for Anti-Government Materials

07.10.2020 By Mai Ngoc Chau (Bloomberg) - Vietnamese blogger and democracy activist Pham Thi Doan Trang, 42, was detained on charges of creating, storing and spreading anti-government documents, the Ministry of Public Security said on its website. ...

Viet Nam: Human rights champion arrested, at grave risk of torture

07.10.2020 (Amnesty International) - Responding to the arrest of Pham Doan Trang, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns, Ming Yu Hah, said: “The arrest of Pham Doan Trang is reprehensible. ...

Prominente vietnamesische Bloggerin und Aktivistin festgenommen

07.10.2020 (DW) - Pham Doan Trang, unabhängige Journalistin und eine der bekanntesten Aktivistinnen Vietnams, wurde verhaftet, weil sie angeblich "gegen den Staat propagiert" hat. Menschenrechtsorganisationen verurteilen den Schritt. ...

RSF condamne l’arrestation de la journaliste vietnamienne Pham Doan Trang

07.10.2020 (RSF) - Honorée il y a un an du prix RSF de l’impact, Pham Doan Trang a été arrêtée hier soir à Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville. Reporters sans frontières (RSF) exige sa libération immédiate et inconditionnelle. ...

Pressemitteilung zur Übernahme der Patenschaft für Dr. Phạm Chí Dũng im Rahmen des PsP-Programms durch Renate Künast

07.10.2020 Renate Künast (FB renate.kuenast) - Dr. Phạm Chí Dũng ist Vorsitzender der Vereinigung der Unabhängigen Journalisten in Vietnam (IJAVN) und schreibt als freier Journalist für Medien in Vietnam und außerhalb. Trotz zahlreicher Verhaftungs- und Einschüchterungsversuche hat er sich unerschütterlich für die Menschenrechte eingesetzt. ...

Im Visier vietnamesischer Hacker - Kein Ort ist sicher

07.10.2020 Hakan Tanriverdi, Max Zierer, Ann-Kathrin Wetter, Kai Biermann, Thi Do Nguyen (Zeit Online) - Eine Hackergruppe aus Vietnam spioniert seit Jahren gezielt Dissident*innen aus. Auch in Deutschland, ...

Kurs auf einen neuen Handelskrieg: USA nehmen Vietnams Handels- und Währungspraktiken ins Visier

06.10.2020 (RT) - Die Regierung unter US-Präsident Donald Trump untersucht die Handelspraktiken Vietnams, eines seiner größten Handelspartner. Anwendung findet dasselbe Gesetz, das es den USA erlaubt, Zölle im Wert mehrerer Milliarden US-Dollar auf Importe aus China zu erheben. ...

Trinh Ba Phuong: A video portrait of a Vietnamese land rights activist

05.10.2020 (Global Voices) - Trinh Ba Phuong shared his story in his own words, shortly before he was arrested. This interview with land rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong was conducted shortly before his June 2020 arrest. ...

Sur le Mont de Phnom Srey

03.10.2020 (Opinion internationale) - A la suite de la parution de la Chronique de la nouvelle époque de Jean-Philippe de Garate consacrée à Douch, bourreau khmer rouge pendant le génocide cambodgien, nous avons reçu ce poème émouvant de Monsieur Nguyên Hoàng Bao Viêt, poète et écrivain vietnamien en exil ...

Die anderen Ossis: Wie es Vietnamesen im Osten heute geht

03.10.2020 (BR) - In den DDR-Kombinaten mussten zigtausende Vertragsarbeiter aus sozialistischen Bruderländern, vor allem aus Vietnam, arbeiten. Heute stellen die Vietnamesen die größte Migrationsgruppe in Ostdeutschland dar. ...

Vietnam - Énergie: Le plus grand parc éolien terrestre du pays va voir le jour

03.10.2020 (Gavroche Thaïlande) - Le Vietnam met le cap sur les énergies renouvelables. Le pays, très dépendant des importations d'hydrocarbures, espère beaucoup de l'énergie solaire et de l'éolien. ...

US probes whether Vietnam undervalues its currency

03.10.2020 (Nikkei Asia) - WASHINGTON/HANOI - The United States is opening an investigation into whether Vietnam has been undervaluing its currency and harming U.S. commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said in a statement on Friday. ...

Could Trump Soon Raise Costs on Shoes Coming From Vietnam?

02.10.2020 By Samantha McDonald (Footwear News) - America’s largest footwear trade organization has expressed concerns that the cost of shoe imports from Vietnam could skyrocket following reports that the White House is preparing to launch an investigation into the country’s currency practices. ...

Produktionspreis Sehsüchte 2020: TRADING HAPPINESS von Duc Ngo Ngoc

02.10.2020 (berliner filmfestivals) - Im Programm der diesjährigen Ausgabe der Sehsüchte, dem internationalen Studentenfilmfestival, lief der aktuelle Kurzfilm TRADING HAPPINESS des vietnamesischen Regie-Studenten Duc Ngo Ngoc. ...

Vietnam: Beijing’s South China Sea drills may hurt China-Asean maritime code talks

01.10.2020 (SCMP) - China started military exercises along its coast this week, including near the Paracel Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam ...

Vietnamese University Professor Arrested for ‘Slandering’ Local Party Chief

30.09.2020 (RFA) - Police in Vietnam arrested a Ho Chi Minh City university professor on Wednesday on charges of slandering a local Communist Party official by accusing him of plagiarizing the thesis he wrote for his doctoral degree, according to state media reports. ...

Viet Thanh Nguyen, 1st Asian American Pulitzer board member, on how his new role transcends literature

29.09.2020 By Victoria Namkung (NBC News) - Viet Thanh Nguyen's life changed when he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2016 for his startling debut novel, "The Sympathizer." ...

Videoportal lässt sich missbrauchen: Wenn Youtube bei der Zensur hilft

28.09.2020 Sven Hansen (taz) BERLIN - Vietnams Regime nutzt angebliche Verletzungen von Persönlichkeitsrechten und Datenschutz, um kritische Videos aus Deutschland entfernen zu lassen. ...

Droits humains au Vietnam : la situation fait froid dans le dos

25.09.2020 Saskia Bricmont (saskiabricmont.eu) - Vous vous souviendrez peut-être que le premier gros dossier qui m’a été confié dans la commission du commerce international fut l’accord de libre-échange entre l’UE et le Vietnam ? Mes critiques de l’accord se fondaient essentiellement sur la situation sur le plan des droits humains ...

Pastor und Kämpfer für Glaubensfreiheit freigelassen

25.09.2020 (idea) - Hanoi/Washington – Der vietnamesische Pastor A Dao ist am 18. September vorzeitig aus der Haft entlassen worden. Das bestätigte die US-Kommission für Internationale Religionsfreiheit (Washington). Die Behörden warfen ihm offiziell illegale Fluchthilfe ins Ausland vor, was Dao zurückwies. Am 27. April 2017 verurteilte ein Gericht den Pastor zu fünf Jahren Gefängnis. ...

US Lawmaker ‘Adopts’ Jailed Vietnamese Journalist as Prisoner of Conscience

25.09.2020 (RFA) - U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal announced on Friday that he has officially adopted Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Van Hoa, an RFA contributor jailed for seven years in Vietnam, as a prisoner of conscience under the Defending Freedoms Project, a project of the congressional Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. ...

Vietnamese Political Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike

24.09.2020 (RFA) - Three detained activists in Vietnam are said to have recently begun a hunger strike to protest conditions in prison, sources in the country told RFA. ...

Südchinesisches Meer: Auch in Europa wächst Widerstand gegen Chinas Aggressionspolitik

23.09.2020 von Reinhard Werner (Epoch Times) - In einem gemeinsamen Statement haben Großbritannien, Frankreich und Deutschland dem KP-Regime in China bescheinigt, dass es für dessen Behauptung „historischer Rechte“ im Südchinesischen Meer keine Grundlage gebe. ...

Vietnamese pastor released from prison after more than 4 years behind bars

22.09.2020 by Kelly Valencia (Premier Christian News) - Pastor A Dao was arrested in 2016 while on his way to visit some members of his church, having just attended a religious freedom conference, according to persecution watchdog Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). ...

How is Little Saigon curbing coronavirus? By respecting elders, authorities and masks

22.09.2020 By ANH DO (Los Angeles Times) - Dr. Quynh Kieu has a three-part theory to explain why Little Saigon has been relatively successful in stemming the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

IEEFA report: Vietnam’s new power development plan must optimize renewables and avoid fossil fuel lock-in

22.09.2020 (IEEFA Vietnam): Implementing Vietnam’s soon-to-be-launched next Power Development Plan will ultimately depend on the country’s ability to mobilize more innovative sources of offshore financing, finds a new report by think tank the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). ...

Vietnam jails 20 for terrorism over police station bombs

22.09.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - A Vietnamese court sentenced 20 people to between two and 24 years in prison on terrorism charges on Tuesday over their involvement in a police station bombing two years ago, their lawyer and state media said. ...

Dürre am Mekong: Südostasiens Lebensader trocknet aus

21.09.2020 (SZ) - Phnom Penh (dpa) - Der Mekong ist Mythos und Lebensader zugleich. Doch das Sehnsuchtsziel vieler Asien-Fans ist zunehmend von Dürren und Dämmen bedroht. ...

VIETNAM - JUSTICE: L'Union européenne dénonce la condamnation à mort de deux responsables des émeutes de Dong Tam

19.09.2020 (Gavroche Thailande) - La situation des droits de l'homme dans les pays de l'ASEAN et la répression en vigueur mérite toujours du recul. Avant la manifestation du 19 septembre, la Thaïlande est dans le collimateur. Mais au Vietnam, une condamnation à mort vient de rappeler combien il peut être risqué d'affronter les forces de l'ordre. ...

Vietnam: la force dans la persécution

19.09.2020 (Portes Ouvertes) - Comment la persécution a renforcé l’Église au Vietnam? Le pasteur Ngoc répond.

Ngoc (pseudonyme) est un chrétien courageux qui a lui-même vécu une intense persécution de la part du gouvernement. Il dirige aujourd’hui une église florissante. ...

Vietnam resumes int’l flights after 5 months

19.09.2020 By IANS (WeForNews) - Vietnam on Saturday resumed international flights after a five-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Vietnamese Police Detain Man for Facebook Criticism of Government in Land Rights Case

18.09.2020 (RFA) - Authorities in Vietnam have arrested a Facebook user for sharing his grievances about how the local government has handled a dispute over his family’s land, RFA has learned. ...

Hanoi Shophouses Reveal City’s Communist and Capitalist History

18.09.2020 By John Boudreau and Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen (Bloomberg) - Hanoi’s shophouses, narrow, terraced structures lining alleyway-like streets bustling with vendors and motorbikes, have survived foreign occupation of the country, wars and revolution. Now they are under pressure from a modernizing economy. ...

Expertin: Chinas Regime nutzt Tibets Flüsse als Waffe und blockiert Asiens Wasserversorgung

18.09.2020 Von Cathy He / Jan Jekielek (Epoch Times USA) - "Asien befindet sich in einer Wasserkrise", meint die China-Expertin Maura Moynihan. Denn Chinas Regime habe eine neue Waffe entdeckt: Die vielen Flüsse Tibets, die stromabwärts gelegene Länder mit Wasser versorgen. ...

Meet the Heroic Vietnamese Warrior Sisters Who Led a Rebellion Against the Han Dynasty

18.09.2020 Kimberly Nguyen (NextShark) - Mulan isn’t the only heroic female warrior in history. Many others are deserving of international recognition, including the two sisters who fought to liberate Vietnam from initial Chinese rule centuries ago. ...

Vietnam: Statement by the Spokesperson on two death sentences

18.09.2020 (EEAS) - On 14 September 2020, the Hanoi People’s Court handed down death sentences to defendants Le Dinh Cong and Le Dinh Chuc over their involvement in the tragic confrontation between civilians and security forces at Dong Tam commune on 9 January 2020. ...

Asian Americans Protest ICE Head Tony Pham, Vietnamese Refugee

18.09.2020 Conor McCormick-Cavanagh (WestWord) - When Lisa Tran first heard about the background of Tony Pham, the new interim head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, she says her mind was blown. ...

Tropical Storm Noul Makes Landfall in Central Vietnam

18.09.2020 (VOA) - Tropical storm Noul made landfall Friday in central Vietnam, killing at least one person and triggering heavy rain in the central parts of the country. ...

Das Problem mit dem Marxismus

17.09.2020 Von Ian Gentles (Epoch Times) - Wir sind lebendig; wir sind bewusste Wesen - wir sind selbstbewusste Wesen. Wir können über uns selbst reflektieren und nachdenken. ...

«PRO Global Talk»: Südostasiens Position im chinesisch-amerikanischen Machtkampf

17.09.2020 Michael Settelen (NZZ) - Immer mehr Menschen in Südostasien wünschen sich ein Gegengewicht zum rasch wachsenden Einfluss Chinas. ...

UK, Germany, France Rebuke Beijing over South China Sea

17.09.2020 Drake Long (BenarNews) - The United Kingdom, France and Germany have signed a joint note denouncing China’s claims in the South China Sea, in a sign of growing European interest in the maritime disputes there and China’s militarization of occupied islets. ...

Vietnam beginnt mit Agrarexporten in die EU

17.09.2020 (Twittersmash) - Vietnam hat im Rahmen eines Handelsabkommens mit der EU begonnen, seine landwirtschaftlichen Produkte auf europäische Märkte zu exportieren ...

U.S. rebukes China by joining Vietnam in strengthening South China Sea marine management - Follow the fish and the law in South China Sea

16.09.2020 By James Borton (Washington Times) - Frigate mackerel, red soldier fish, yellow fin and bigeye tuna are jumping again after Beijing’s three-and-a-half-month summer fishing ban in the roiling South China Sea. ...

Le diable et Karl Marx

16.09.2020 par Walter E. Williams (The Epoch  Times) - Paul Kengor, professeur de sciences politiques américain, vient de publier son livre The Devil and Karl Marx (Le diable et Karl Marx) – une analyse scrupuleuse du côté diabolique de Karl Marx. ...

Le régime chinois se sert des fleuves du Tibet comme d’une «arme», empêchant l’approvisionnement en eau de l’Asie, selon un expert

16.09.2020 par Cathy He et Jan Jekielek (The Epoch  Times) - Le plateau tibétain, qui abrite la source de dix grands fleuves d’Asie, fournit de l’eau à des centaines de millions de personnes sur le continent. ...

Scientists solving Vietnam’s environmental challenges

16.09.2020 By Sandra Perrett (CSIRO) - Australian and Vietnamese researchers are teaming up to tackle Vietnam’s biggest environmental challenges. ...

Vietnam meldet 24 neue COVID-19 Fälle, 1 weiterer Todesfall

16.09.2020 (Twittersmash) - HANOI - (Xinhua). Vietnam meldete am Freitag 24 neue COVID-19-Fälle, womit die Gesamtzahl der bestätigten Fälle auf 929 gestiegen ist ...

Vor den Galapagosinseln, Iran oder Nordkorea: Die chinesischen Schiffe fischen, wo es ihnen gefällt. Das steckt dahinter

16.09.2020 Vanessa Möller, Katrin Büchenbacher, Adina Renner (NZZ) - China hat die weltweit grösste Flotte für Hochseefischerei. Umweltschützer warnen vor der Zerstörung der Ozeane, lokale Fischer fürchten um ihre Existenz – und geben den Chinesen die Schuld. Zu Recht? ...

Taiwan arrests 33 Vietnamese stowaways

16.09.2020 (The Standard) - Taiwan Coast Guard and police have arrested another five Vietnamese stowaways who went into hiding on a beach in Pingtung county, a day after they jumped from a Taiwanese fishing boat to avoid arrest. The latest additions meant that a total of 33 Vietnamese have been arrested ...

Todesurteile bei Landkonflikt

15.09.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - BERLIN - In Hanoi hat ein Volksgericht am Montag zwei Brüder zum Tode und 27 weitere Angeklagte zu langen Haft- und Bewährungsstrafen verurteilt. Alle sind Bauern des Dorfes Dong Tam im Speckgürtel der vietnamesischen Hauptstadt. ...

EU "lacks in-depth knowledge about Chinese & Vietnamese totalitarian regimes

15.09.2020 Hoang Hai Nguyen (EUToday) - The EU is well aware of the human rights situation in Vietnam, for example, Pham Chi Dung, an independent journalist, was detained and charged with “making, storing, disseminating or propagandising information, materials and products that aim to oppose the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. ...

Le Festival de Dresde annonce ses gagnants

15/09/2020 par Vladan Petkovic (Cineuropa) - Parmi les lauréats figurent Zorg 2 d’Auden Lincoln-Vogel, The Physics of Sorrow de Theodore Ushev, Stay Awake, Be Ready de Pham Tien An, Masel Tov Cocktail d’Arkadij Khaet et Mickey Paatzsch. ...

Erste Haftstrafen wegen des Todes von Migranten im Kühllaster

15.09.2020 (Die Zeit) - Im Fall der 39 vietnamesischen Migrantinnen und Migranten, die vor einem Jahr in Großbritannien in einem Kühllaster tot aufgefunden worden waren, hat es erste Haftstrafen gegeben. In Vietnam sind vier Angeklagte im Alter zwischen 26 und 36 Jahren zu Gefängnisstrafen zwischen zweieinhalb und siebeneinhalb Jahren verurteilt worden ...

Conflit foncier. Au Vietnam, la peine de mort prononcée contre deux villageois

15.09.2020 (Yahoo Actualités) - Deux frères habitants de Dong Tam ont été reconnus coupables dans le meurtre de trois policiers en janvier. Leur père avait été tué peu avant par les forces de l’ordre dans un affrontement lié à un ancien conflit foncier. ...

Justiz in Vietnam : Todesurteile bei Landkonflikt

15.09.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - BERLIN - In Hanoi hat ein Volksgericht am Montag zwei Brüder zum Tode und 27 weitere Angeklagte zu langen Haft- und Bewährungsstrafen verurteilt. ...

Vietnam’s Dong Tam Incident: the Curtain Falls

14.09.2020 By David Brown (Asia Sentinel) - The verdicts have been handed down in the Dong Tam Incident, a brief but bloody clash between police and a persistently oppositional band of Vietnamese farmers. ...

Dong Tam case: Two sentenced to death in Vietnam over police killings

14.09.2020 (BBC) - A court in Vietnam has sentenced two brothers to death for their role in the killing of three policemen in a notorious land dispute in January. ...

Vietnamese Police Detain Man for Facebook Criticism of Government in Land Rights Case

14.09.2020 (RFA) - Authorities in Vietnam have arrested a Facebook user for sharing his grievances about how the local government has handled a dispute over his family’s land, ...

MENSCHENRECHTE - Vietnam: Drakonische Strafen nach Protesten von Dorfbewohnern

14.09.2020 (evangelisch.de) - Frankfurt a.M., Hanoi (epd). Ein vietnamesisches Gericht hat mehrere Bewohner eines Dorfes wegen des Mordes an Polizisten zu drakonischen Strafen verurteilt. Zwei der insgesamt 29 Angeklagten erhielten die Todesstrafe, wie Human Rights Watch mitteilte. ...

Economics and water, Washington forging an alliance with lower Mekong countries

14.09.2020 by Ngoc Linh (AsiaNews) - Hanoi – The Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) between the United States and countries in the downstream of Mekong River seeks to promote greater economic ties, better water and natural resource management, ...

Die Gewinner des Deutschen Radiopreises 2020

10.09.2020 (Deutscher Radiopreis) - Der Deutsche Radiopreis 2020 hat ganz bewusst trotz der Corona-Pandemie stattgefunden. In der Kategorie "Beste*r Newcomer*in" geht der Deutsche Radiopreis 2020 an Anh Tran vom Deutschlandfunk. ...

Viet Thanh Nguyen Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

08.09.2020 (The Pulitzer Prizes) - New York, NY — Viet Thanh Nguyen, novelist and professor of English, Comparative Literature, and American Studies and Ethnicity at University of Southern California, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today. ...

Vietnam begins trial of 29 villagers in deadly land dispute

07.09.2020 (Daily Mail) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese court on Monday began the trial of 29 villagers accused of involvement in a deadly clash with police over a land dispute, state media reported.

Vietnam cracks down on minorities amid pandemic

04.09.2020 Kasthuri Patto (The Jakarta Post) - Vietnam’s actions during the first wave were globally praised from a public health perspective. But Vietnam used other countries’ preoccupation with the pandemic to deepen its own rights crackdown, using its strong system of surveillance. ...

NGOs Call on UN to Press Vietnam for a Fair Trial in Dong Tam Case

04.09.2020 (RFA) - Eleven civil society organizations called on the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council in an open letter on Friday to condemn next week’s trial in Vietnam of 29 villagers detained after a deadly land clash near Hanoi, saying the group had only tried to defend their property against a government land grab. ...

China’s Military Set to Increase Presence in South China Sea: Pentagon

02.09.2020 Drake Long (BenarNews) - China is set to greatly increase its military presence in the South China Sea, according to a new U.S. Department of Defense report. ...

Inside view of Vietnam’s Covid second wave

01.09.2020 By Hugh Bohane (Asia Times) - DA NANG – Vietnam has become the epicenter for a second deadly outbreak of Covid-19, with new cases originating from the tourist hot spot of Da Nang. The country recorded a mere 1,044 coronavirus cases with 34 fatalities as of September 2. ...

Initiative in Mönchengladbach: Cap-Anamur-Flüchtling hilft Baby-Hospital

28.08.2020 (RP Online) - Mönchengladbach - Der Mönchengladbacher Van Ri Nguyen verließ 1981 als Bootsflüchtling das kommunistische Vietnam mit seiner Frau und den damals vier Kindern. Seitdem hat er in Deutschland eine neue Heimat gefunden. ...

Seltene Erdmetalle: Chinas Waffe im Handelskrieg könnte zum Bumerang werden

28.08.2020 (Epoch Times) - Die USA arbeiten daran, ihre Vorräte an Seltenerdmetallen sicherzustellen. Diese werden unter anderem für die Industrie und die Waffenproduktion gebraucht. ...

Top 5 Custom Software Development Companies in Vietnam - Selected by The European Business Review

28.08.2020 (Business Wire) - HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - When it comes to using software in streamlining business operations, there is no “one size fits all.” ...

Südchinesisches Meer: China protestiert gegen amerikanisches Kriegsschiff

28.08.2020 (FAZ) - China hat gegen einen Zwischenfall mit einem amerikanischen Kriegsschiff im umstrittenen Südchinesischen Meer protestiert. ...

Le Pentagone accuse Pékin d'actes «déstabilisateurs» en mer de Chine

27.08.2020 (Le Figaro) - Les récents tirs de missiles effectués par l'armée chinoise en mer de Chine méridionale contribuent à déstabiliser une région où plusieurs pays se disputent la souveraineté d'îles stratégiques, a estimé jeudi 27 août le Pentagone. ...

Dong Tam, 29 Vietnamese who had their lands expropriated on trial

27.08.2020 (Asia News) - Hanoi- The village lands were seized for military, industrial and real estate speculation purposes. The village elder in clashes with the police. But his death is attributed to relatives, who participated in the revolt against the police. ...

Father of Vietnamese Hunger Striker Turned Away, Threatened by Police

27.08.2020 (RFA) - The father of a Vietnamese prisoner awaiting trial for his role in a deadly clash over land rights outside Hanoi was turned away by camp police after asking about the condition of his son, who has been on hunger strike for over 20 days ...

Südchinesisches Meer: China schießt zwei Mittelstreckenraketen ins Meer

27.08.2020 (Die Zeit) - Chinas Militär hat zwei Mittelstreckenraketen in das umstrittene Südchinesische Meer geschossen. Das berichtet die Hongkonger Zeitung South China Morning Post. ...

VN ‘violates’ border with concrete shelter

27.08.2020 Niem Chheng (The Phnompenh Post) - Kandal provincial authorities said the Vietnamese military are turning one of their 10 makeshift tents along the border into a concrete shelter. ...

Chinas neue Offensive: Die Impfstoff-Diplomatie – Voreilig nicht zugelassenen Impfstoff eingesetzt

26.08.2020 Von Lisa Lee (Epoch Times) - Papua-Neuguinea verweigerte kürzlich einem Flugzeug die Landung – ein Novum. An Bord waren 48 Mitarbeiter des chinesischen Bergbaukonzerns MCC, die mit einem nicht zugelassenen Impfstoff gegen SARS-CoV-2 geimpft wurden. ...

COVID-19 brings three-decade economic boom to a sudden halt in Vietnam

26.08.2020 by John Boudreau and Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen, Bloomberg (The Japan Times) - For the past three decades, Vietnam has known only good — or great — economic news. ...

US Sanctions Chinese Companies Over South China Sea Dispute

26.08.2020 By Nike Ching (VOA) - The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on 24 Chinese companies and several people who allegedly participated in building and militarizing disputed artificial islands in the South China Sea. ...

Vietnam condemns new Chinese military drills in South China Sea

26.08.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam on Wednesday accused China of violating its sovereignty by conducting military drills in a disputed part of the South China Sea ...

Vietnam Weighs World Court Arbitration Against China if Maritime Diplomacy Fails

26.08.2020 By Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Vietnam is exploring the launch of an international arbitration case against China over a series of mishaps in a disputed sea if diplomacy fails, analysts believe. ...

Le Trésor américain accuse le Vietnam d'avoir dévalué sa devise

26/08/2020 (Le Figaro) - (AOF) - Dans une lettre adressée au département du commerce américain lundi soir, le département du Trésor a révélé, à la suite d'une enquête, que le Vietnam avait délibérément dévalué sa monnaie d'environ 4,7% face au dollar en 2019. ...

Exclusive: Tony Pham, a Saigon refugee, will take over ICE

25.08.2020 by Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter (Washington Examiner) - The Department of Homeland Security is expected to name Tony H. Pham as the new leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Washington Examiner learned Tuesday afternoon. ...

U.S. Finds Vietnam Manipulated Currency

25.08.2020 By Josh Zumbrun (The Wall Street Journal) - Treasury Department’s finding opens doors to punitive tariffs on tire imports from Vietnam. ...

Philippine minister accuses China of fabricating its South China sea claims

25.08.2020 (The Taipei Times) - China’s “nine-dash line” used to claim most of the South China Sea is a fabrication, the Philippine secretary of national defense said, as he accused Beijing of illegally occupying Philippine maritime territory ...

Vietnam Condemns China For Air Presence On Disputed Islands, It 'Jeopardizes Peace'

21.08.2020 By James Patterson (IBT) - Chinas Militär wurde erneut auf den Paracel-Inseln gesichtet, diesmal mit Luftwaffe anstelle früherer Eingriffe von Marineschiffen. Die vietnamesische Regierung sagte, "gefährdet den Frieden". ...

Philippines protests China actions vs. fishermen, aircraft

21.08.2020 (Asahi Shimbun) - MANILA -- The Philippine government filed a diplomatic protest after Chinese forces seized fishing equipment set up by Filipinos in a disputed shoal in their latest territorial spat in the South China Sea. ...

Mekong Countries Must Confront China Over Dam Impact, Experts Say Ahead of China-Led Meeting

20.08.2020 (RFA) - China’s extensive damming of the upper Mekong River has reduced water flows, threatening downstream countries Cambodia and Vietnam with environmental harm and food shortages, said experts in advance of a summit meeting of the multilateral  Mekong-Lancang Cooperation group. ...

Hopes and fears for religious freedom in Vietnam

20.08.2020 by James W. Carr and Rep. Glenn Grothman (The Hill) - ... Religious leaders provide spiritual nourishment and guidance to believers. They are also often called to speak out on issues that impact their community. One such leader is A Dao, ...

Vietnam's COVID-19 infections pass 1,000 mark

20.08.2020 (CNA) - HANOI: Vietnam's tally of coronavirus infections since January passed the 1,000 mark on Thursday (Aug 20), after 14 new cases were reported. Vietnam's tally now stands at 1,007 infections and 25 deaths, ...

Friend of Foe? Asean-China Ties Tested by South China Sea Disputes

19.08.2020 by: Suresh Somu (Jakarta Globe) - It’s not all calm waters in the South China Sea. It’s nervy times in recent months as China flexes its muscles to a territorial maritime dominance. ...

Arbeitsbedingungen: Apple lässt sich bei Fertigungsausbau in Vietnam wohl Zeit

18.08.2020 Von Ben Schwan (Heise Medien) - Medienberichten zufolge beobachtet Apple die Produktionsstätten in dem südostasiatischen Land zunächst genau, bevor die iPhone-Fertigung startet. ...

7000 Amerikaner betrogen - Online-Bluff mit Desinfektionsmitteln

18.08.2020 (Weser-Kurier) - Desinfektionsmittel stehen in den Zeiten von Corona hoch im Kurs. Eine Betrügerbande aus Vietnam wollte damit Kasse machen - auch ohne Ware. Es kam fast eine Million Dollar zusammen. ...

COVID-19 Pandemic - 3 Vietnamese Suspects Arrested in Coronavirus-Related Fraud Targeting US Citizens

18.08.2020 (VOA) - Vietnamese authorities have been arrested and charged three people with wire fraud involving a scheme related to the novel coronavirus pandemic that defrauded thousands of Americans out of nearly $1 million. ...

Vietnam demands Malaysia probe fatal shooting of fisherman

18.08.2020 (Daily Mail) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has asked Malaysia to investigate a coast guard vessel that fired shots at two Vietnamese fishing boats, killing one fisherman. ...

In world's biggest drill, Pacific navies play out China scenarios

18.08.2020 Wajahat Khan and Ken Moriyasu (Nikkei Asian Review) - NEW YORK -- RIMPAC 2020's more exclusive guest list reflects core US alliance. The U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific international maritime exercise, or RIMPAC 2020, kicked off Monday in a scaled-back form with China conspicuously absent from the guest list. ...

Vietnamese blogger Truong Duy Nhat’s 10-year jail sentence upheld on appeal

17.08.2020 (CPJ) - Bangkok, August 17, 2020 –  A court in Hanoi upheld Vietnamese blogger Truong Duy Nhat’s 10-year prison sentence in a one-day hearing on August 14, according to news reports and CPJ’s communication with the journalist’s family. ...

Thiên An Huế monks threatened and humiliated by People's Committee, Cross Hill seized

17.08.2020 by Tran Hung (AsiaNews) - At least 50 gangsters, thugs and local officials have seized some of the monastery's land. Some went inside the cloister, disturbing the monks' prayers and life. ...

Vietnam Appeals Court Upholds 10-Year Sentence for RFA Blogger

14.08.2020 (RFA) - A court in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Friday upheld the 10-year sentence imposed earlier this year on RFA blogger Truong Duy Nhat in what he has called a case of political persecution against him, rejecting his appeal and sending him back to prison to serve his full term, his lawyer told RFA. ...

Vietnam will russischen Impfstoff 'Sputnik V' kaufen

14.08.2020 (Börse Online) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Vietnam hat sich für den Kauf des russischen Corona-Impfstoffs "Sputnik V" registriert. Das südostasiatische Land wolle für eine großangelegte Kampagne 50 bis 150 Millionen Impfdosen ankaufen ...

Vietnam Will Never Forget Its 1979 War With China

14.08.2020 by Sebastien Roblin (The National Interest) - The Sino-Vietnamese war is generally perceived in the West as humiliating for Chinese forces. Undeniably, the PLA sustained heavy casualties, took longer than it expected to achieve its objectives, and demonstrated the obsolesces of its equipment, doctrine and organization. ...

Asleep at the Wheel: Cargo Ship Runs Aground in Philippines

13.08.2020 by Mike Schuler (gCaptain) - A Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship has run aground in the Philippines after the officer on watch fell asleep, the Philippines Coast Guard reports. ...

Open Letter – Vietnam: Immediately and unconditionally release Mr. Nguyễn Bắc Truyển

13.08.2020 (APHR) - We, the undersigned parliamentarians from around the world, have the honour to write to Your Excellency to request that Your Excellency take all the necessary measures to secure the immediate and unconditional release of religious freedom advocate, Mr. Nguyễn Bắc Truyển, and to allow all independent religious organisations in Viet Nam to freely conduct religious activities without fear of persecution, harassment and imprisonment ...

The Conviction of Eight Members of the Hien Phap Group in Vietnam

13.08.2020 (US Department of State) - The U.S. government is deeply concerned about the Vietnam’s conviction and sentencing of eight members of the Hien Phap civil society organization in Vietnam to more than 40 years in prison.

The United States calls on Vietnam to release all those who have been unjustly detained and to allow all individuals in Vietnam to express their views freely, without fear of retaliation ...

Vietnam: Benediktinermönche bedroht

13.08.2020 (Vatican News) - Benediktinermönche der Abtei Thien An sind am vergangenen Montag und Dienstag tätlich angegriffen worden. Eine Gruppe Menschen warf Steine auf die Ordensleute ...

On the ground in Vietnam's new COVID epicenter of Danang

13.08.2020 Hugh Bohane (Nikkei Asian Review) - DANANG, Vietnam -- Just weeks ago, things were looking up for residents of the Vietnamese coastal city of Danang. Their country was winning rave reviews globally for effectively handling the coronavirus pandemic, keeping infections low and being one of the few places hit to have avoided any deaths. ...

Asleep at the Wheel: Cargo Ship Runs Aground in Philippines

13.08.2020 by Mike Schuler (gCaptain) - A Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship has run aground in the Philippines after the officer on watch fell asleep, the Philippines Coast Guard reports. ...

Imperiales Gehabe: ASEAN-Länder fordern Einhaltung internationaler Regeln von China – Krieg möglich

12.08.2020 (The Epoch Times) - Vielen Staaten ist Chinas imperiales Gehabe mehr und mehr ein Dorn im Auge. Unter den ASEAN-Ländern im Südchinesischen Meer formiert sich der Widerstand. ...

Dozens Gather at Catholic Monastery in Vietnam to Demand Church ‘Return’ Commune Land

12.08.2020 (RFA) - Protesters including police in plain clothes gathered in large numbers this week at a Catholic monastery in north-central Vietnam’s Thua Thien Hue province to demand the “return” of land from the parish church, where another mob had torn down a large cross three years ago, sources said. ...

#FreeThemAll: Ngo Van Dung

12.08.2020 (ROG) - Die Organisation Reporter ohne Grenzen hat die vietnamesischen Behörden dazu aufgefordert, die Freilassung des Journalisten Ngo Van Dung zu veranlassen. Nach fast zwei Jahren in „Untersuchungshaft“ war Ngo Van Dung Ende Juli zu einer fünfjährigen Haftstrafe verurteilt worden. ...

Backlash over anti-racist billboard challenges Houston’s Vietnamese American community

12.08.2020 By Elizabeth Trovall (The World from PRX) - In southwest Houston, a Vietnamese American businessman received death threats and a boycott when he put up a bilingual Black Lives Matter billboard. ...

Taiwan drops Vietnam from list of low-risk countries

12.08.2020 By Keoni Everington (Taiwan News) - TAIPEI — In the wake of new local outbreaks of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) in Vietnam, Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has changed its classification from low to medium-risk, meaning that business people from the country will need to undergo a longer quarantine. ...

Chatbots and Telemedicine Join Vietnam’s COVID-19 Fight

10.08.2020 (VOA) - An idea is percolating in Vietnam as it fights COVID-19: “send in the robots.”  The pandemic has brought artificial intelligence (AI) more of a spotlight as nations around the world look for uses ...

Vietnam reports 6 more COVID-19 infections, 2 deaths

10.08.2020 (CNA) - HANOI: Vietnam's health ministry reported six new COVID-19 infections and two more deaths on Monday (Aug 10), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 847, with 13 fatalities. ...

Indians, Vietnamese, Tibetans and Taiwanese hold anti-China protest at Capitol Hill

10.08.2020 By Reena Bhardwaj (ANI) - Washington - Vietnamese  Americans and members of the Tibetan community joined a group of Indian-origin Americans in 'America Protest Against Communist China' demonstration outside the Capitol Hill  on Sunday (local time). ...

Vietnam rejects Chinese aggression in the South China Sea

08.08.2020 Author: Nguyen Khac Giang (East Asia Forum) - As countries in the region are busy dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, China is stirring the pot in the South China Sea. This includes harassing other claimants’ normal economic activities, conducting large-scale drills, consolidating military bases on artificial islands ...

Coronavirus in Vietnam: Auslöschen statt abflachen

07.08.2020 Von Mathias Peer, Bangkok (Die Zeit) - Die Methoden, mit denen Vietnam gegen die Corona-Pandemie vorgeht, wären in vielen westlichen Ländern schwer vermittelbar. Aber sie sind erfolgreich. ...

Mekong River Commission Urges More Data Sharing in Lower Mekong

07.08.2020 Eugene Whong (BenarNews) - As water levels in the lower-Mekong region hit record lows for the second year in a row, a report published Friday by the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission urged China, Myanmar and its member countries to share more data about hydroelectric dam operations to enable all parties to prepare for droughts and floods. ...

Vietnam converts Danang stadium into field hospital as it battles COVID-19 outbreak

06.08.2020 Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen (The Globe and Mail) - Vietnam is close to completing the conversion of a sports stadium into a 1,000-bed field hospital in its new coronavirus epicentre Danang, the health ministry said on Thursday, as it battles an outbreak that has spread to at least 11 locations. ...

Au Vietnam, la liberté d'expression mise en péril

05.08.2020 Antoine Oury (ActuaLitté) - Plusieurs organisations internationales, dont Amnesty, PEN America ou encore l'Union internationale des éditeurs, dénoncent l'attitude des autorités vietnamiennes face à la liberté d'expression. ...

Vietnam reports more Covid-19 cases

05.08.2020 (TTR WEEKLY) - HANOI: Vietnam’s National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control confirmed, Tuesday, 10 new Covid-19 cases bringing the patient tally to 652. ...

Vietnam deploys elite team to Danang to curb new wave of COVID-19

05.08.2020 Tomoya Onishi (Nikkei Asian Review) - HANOI - Hanoi tightens border control as illegal Chinese migrants reportedly surge. - Vietnam's government has dispatched a team of what officials called the country's "most experienced" medical workers to Danang, in an effort to stem a resurgence of coronavirus infections. ...

Grosse inquiétude concernant le coronavirus: une nouvelle souche plus contagieuse identifiée au Vietnam, le taux de reproduction serait de 5 à 6!

05.08.2020 (Sudinfo) - L’inquiétude est grande au Vietnam, où une nouvelle souche du coronavirus aurait été identifiée par les autorités sanitaires. ...

Inside the Epicenter of Vietnam’s COVID-19 Resurgence

05.08.2020 By Hugh Bohane (The Diplomat) - In Da Nang, residents broadly welcome the Vietnamese government’s aggressive response to the shocking resurgence of COVID-19. ...

Vietnam reports 41 new coronavirus infections, total cases reach 713

05.08.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam’s health ministry on Wednesday reported an additional 41 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total to 713 infections, with 8 deaths. ...

Vietnam says contagion ‘under control’ in virus epicenter, but 2 more provinces affected

05.08.2020 (RT) - A new coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam spread to two more provinces on Wednesday, the country’s health minister said. However, the country’s Covid-19 task force declared the contagion “under control” in the central city where the outbreak began. ...

South China Sea: The Battle of the Diplomatic Notes Continues

04.08.2020 By Nguyen Hong Thao (The Diplomat) - The latest round of diplomatic note exchanges resurrected the 2016 arbitral tribunal award. The Malaysia-Vietnam Joint Submission and Vietnam’s Partial Submission on May 6 and 7, 2009, respectively, to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) started the first legal battle in the South China Sea. ...

La capital de Vietnam enfrenta escasez de pruebas rápidas de coronavirus

04.08.2020 Sputnik (El Pais) - Hanói - La capital de Vietnam, Hanói, vive una escasez de pruebas rápidas de coronavirus, por lo que las autoridades pidieron a los residentes que sigan por sí mismos los síntomas de la enfermedad, comunicó el medio local VN Express, que cita al Ministerio de Salud del país. ...

Residents Worry About Livelihoods as Vietnam Prepares to Reenter Coronavirus Lockdown

04.08.2020 (RFA) - Vietnam has ordered an all-out fight against COVID-19 as cases surged, state media said, while in the coastal resort city where a new outbreak erupted in the Southeast Asian country, people fear a new lockdown will bring fresh pain to a struggling tourist industry. ...

Vietnamese journalist Ngo Van Dung gets five years in prison

03.08.2020 (Reporters sans frontières) - In view of the flimsiness of the prosecution case against him, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Ngo Van Dung, a journalist and member of a Vietnamese press freedom collective who has just been given a long jail term for alledgedly planning protests. ...

Le reporter vietnamien Ngô Van Dung condamné à cinq ans de prison

03.08.2020 (Reporters sans frontières) - Journaliste et membre d’un collectif de défense de la liberté de la presse, Ngô Van Dung est accusé d’avoir voulu fomenter un mouvement de protestation. Compte tenu de l'inconsistance des actes d’accusation, Reporters sans frontières (RSF) demande sa libération immédiate. ...

Vietnam Hit By New Strain Of Coronavirus Three Times More Infectious Than Original, Says Health Minister

03.08.2020 (Inquisitr) - Health officials in Vietnam said on Monday that a new strain of the novel coronavirus, which is currently ravaging the nation, may be three times more infectious than its predecessor, Business Insider reported. ...

Vietnamesische Behörden verhaften vier Aktivisten für Landrechte

02.08.2020 Geschrieben von Loa, Übersetzt von Hans H. Knauf (Global Voices) - Vietnams Vorgehen gegen Aktivisten bringt vier weitere Stimmen zum Schweigen. ...

Vietnam says origin of Danang coronavirus outbreak hard to track as cases rise by another 34

02.08.2020 (The Straits Times) - HANOI (REUTERS) - Vietnamese authorities said on Sunday (Aug 2) that they were finding it hard to track the origin of a fresh coronavirus outbreak that began in the central city of Danang ...

Vietnam kämpft gegen die rätselhafte zweite Welle

02.08.2020 Mathias Peer (NZZ) - Das südostasiatische Land hat sich monatelang erfolgreich vom Coronavirus abgeschottet. Doch nun macht ein mysteriöser Ausbruch der Regierung in Hanoi zu schaffen. ...

Vietnam reports more than 3 dozen new cases, 3rd death

02.08.2020 by Hau Dinh (Medical Xpress) - Vietnam reported more than three dozen new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, while a third person died of COVID-19 complications a day after the country reported its first-ever death from the disease. ...

Freihandelsabkommen in Kraft - In Vietnam fallen Zölle für EU-Waren

01.08.2020 (ARD) - Autos, Chemikalien Maschinen: Ab sofort können europäische Firmen viele Waren zollfrei nach Vietnam exportieren. ...

Fear of rivers drives China to tame even Mekong river

01.08.2020 (ANI) - Bangkok [Thailand] : As China  perceives rivers as dangerous and wild natural systems that need to be tamed to be productive for mankind, the Beijing government constructed a dam on the Mekong  river, thus, impacting the food and economic security of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. ...

Wie das chinesische Regime Flüsse zur Waffe macht – mit über 87.000 Dämmen

31.07.2020 Von Szilvia Akbar (The Epoch Times) - "Das chinesische Regime macht Wasser zur Waffe", meinen Experten nach jahrelanger Beobachtung in Südostasien. ...

Malaysia rebukes Beijing as South China Sea ‘lawfare’ heats up

30.07.2020 Tashny Sukumaran and Bhavan Jaipragas (SCMP) - Unusually strong statement by Malaysia takes issue with Beijing for claiming it had no right to seek establishment of continental shelf in northern waters ...

In just days, Vietnam shifts from virus-free paradise to panic

30.07.2020 James Pearson (Reuters) - HANOI - There had been so few coronavirus cases in Vietnam that every patient was known by a number: Patient 17 brought the virus back from Europe after an initial wave of infections from Wuhan. ...

War with China over West PH Sea? Look at Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, says Carpio

28.07.2020 Sofia Tomacruz (Rappler) - Retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte and refuted his claim that asserting the Philippines’ rights in the West Philippine Sea will only lead to war with China. ...

Vietnam locks down its 3rd largest city as virus cases grow

28.07.2020 (Daily Mail) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam on Tuesday locked down its third-largest city for two weeks after 22 cases of COVID-19 were found linked to a hospital, the government said. ...

Vietnam to evacuate 80,000 from Danang after virus outbreak

27.07.2020 (The Asahi Shimbun) - HANOI -- Vietnam is evacuating 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, from the central tourism hot spot of Danang after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus at the weekend ...

Coronavirus: Regierung will Stadt in Vietnam evakuieren - Zehntausende Touristen betroffen

27.07.2020 (Der Spiegel) - Nachdem mehrere Bewohner in Zentralvietnam positiv auf das Coronavirus getestet worden sind, will die Regierung 80.000 Menschen aus einer Stadt herausholen - vor allem Touristen. ...

Water wars: Mekong River another front in US-China rivalry

24.07.2020 (AsiaOne) - BANGKOK - The Mekong River has become a new front in US-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, ...

Australia Joins Nations Rejecting China’s South China Sea Claims

24.07.2020 Drake Long (BenarNews) - Australia sent a diplomatic note to the United Nations rejecting China’s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea, joining the growing list of nations that have pushed back against Beijing’s presumption of “historic rights” to the disputed waters. ...

L'Église du Vietnam démolit une cathédrale du XIXe siècle de style baroque

24.07.2020 (Le Figaro) - Dans le nord du Vietnam, les travaux de démolition de la cathédrale Notre-Dame-Reine-du-Rosaire érigée en 1885 sous l'égide de Mgr Wenceslao Onate, ont commencé il y a une semaine, le 17 juillet. ...

Von Pangolin bis Zibetkatze: Vietnam verbietet Handel mit Wildtieren

24.07.2020 (Börse-Online) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Vietnam will den Wildtier-Handel beenden: Künftig sind sowohl der Import bedrohter Arten wie Pangoline (Schuppentiere) und Zibetkatzen verboten als auch der Handel auf Wildtier-Märkten. ...

The cost of friendship with China

23.07.2020 By Ng Weng Hoong (Asia Times) - President Xi Jinping has expanded China's global influence at a high and rising price. “What does it mean to be a friend of China?” ...

Lorry driver extradited to face charges over deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in Essex

23.07.2020 Kit Heren (Evening Standard) - A lorry driver has been extradited to the UK to face charges over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a shipping container in Essex last year. ...

China’s Pressure Costs Vietnam $1 Billion in the South China Sea

22.07.2020 By Bill Hayton (The Diplomat) - Vietnam is compensating international oil companies after cancelling their contracts in the dispute region over pressure from China. ...

Demolition of Historic Vietnam Cathedral Is Underway

22.07.2020 By Richard C. Paddock (NYT) - BANGKOK — The historic Bui Chu Cathedral in Vietnam, a 135-year-old church considered by many an architectural gem, is being demolished to make room for a bigger cathedral despite last-ditch efforts to save it. ...

US move pits China vs Vietnam in South China Sea

20.07.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - Analysts believe China could test US resolve to back tough new rhetoric on sea claims in a warm-up fight with Vietnam. ...

Did China Block Vietnam Offshore Oil Contract?

20.07.2020 By Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - The sudden cancellation of an offshore drilling project commissioned by Vietnam is raising fears that the Chinese government pressured it to stop, part of Beijing’s ongoing maritime sovereignty spat with Hanoi. ...

Das zweite Mal in zwei Wochen: USA schicken erneut Flugzeugträger ins Südchinesische Meer

18.07.2020 (RT Deutsch) - Die USA haben zum zweiten Mal innerhalb von zwei Wochen zwei Flugzeugträger-Verbände im Südchinesischen Meer stationiert, während Peking und Washington sich gegenseitig beschuldigen, die Spannungen in der Region zu schüren. ...

Vietnam: Presse-Museum in Hanoi eröffnet - Fokus auf Geschichte

18.07.2020 (Euronews) - In der vietnamesischen Hauptstadt Hanoi hat ein Museum eröffnet, das den Fokus ganz auf den Journalismus setzt. Die Ausstellung widmet sich dem Kampf um die Pressefreiheit während der französischen Kolonialzeit. Ebenso wird die Arbeit der Presse während des Vietnamkriegs dokumentiert. ...

Le Vietnam, qui emprisonne des journalistes, crée un musée de la presse

18.07.2020 (Euronews) - Malgré son rang lamentable dans le classement mondial de la liberté de la presse, le Vietnam a ouvert un musée dédié au journalisme dans sa capitale Hanoï. ...

Un nuevo Museo de la Prensa en Hanoi documenta la cobertura de la Guerra de Vietnam

18.07.2020 (Euronews) - Hanoi, acoge un nuevo museo de la prensa para documentar la lucha por la libertad de prensa durante la época colonial francesa y las actividades periodísticas durante la guerra de Vietnam. ...

China Wants Ownership of the South China Sea. Here's Why That Can't Happen

17.07.2020 by James Holmes (The National Interest) - Know this: Surrendering the South China Sea would embolden other coastal states to repeal the law of the sea by fiat if they felt strongly about offshore seas and possessed sufficient physical might to enforce their will. ...

Vietnam, where independent media is outlawed, opens press museum

17.07.2020 by Agence France-Presse (Manila Bulletin) - Undeterred by its dismal ranking in media freedom and grim reputation for jailing reporters who stray from the government line, Vietnam has launched a museum dedicated to the open press. ...

Detained Vietnamese Blogger Beaten, Forcibly Injected

16.07.2020 (RFA) - A Vietnamese blogger held in a psychiatric hospital while awaiting trial for criticizing Vietnam’s one-party communist state in postings online has been beaten, tied to his bed, and forcibly injected for refusing to take medication for his supposed mental illness, Vietnamese sources say. ...

China’s post-COVID aggression is reshaping Asia

16.07.2020 Lindsey W. Ford, Julian Gewirtz (The Hindu) - Beijing’s blatant aggressiveness is accelerating long-standing debates about the underlying costs of reliance on China and spurring support for closer coordination between other Indo-Pacific partners. ...

Das „Recht des Stärkeren“: China drangsaliert Staaten im Südchinesischen Meer

16.07.2020 (Epoch Times) - Laut dem US-Außenministerium folgt das chinesische Regime im Südchinesischen Meer der Prämisse vom „Recht des Stärkeren“. ...

Malaysia and Vietnam must unite against China, not fight each other

16.07.2020 Richard Heydarian (Nikkei Asian Review) - Beijing’s brazen opportunism should unify ASEAN in South China Sea. ...

How Vietnam hopes to open to trade – by opening up its prisons to scrutiny

15.07.2020 Chris Humphrey and Bac Pham in Hanoi (The Guardian) - As a lucrative deal with the EU looms the country is rushing to repair its reputation on human rights, which has been plagued by reports of forced labour. ...

Catholics and Buddhists helping ex-soldiers in Saigon amid the COVID-19 outbreak

14.07.2020 by Joseph Truong Tam (Asia News) - Ho Chi Minh City – Catholics and Buddhists have joined forces during the ongoing pandemic making it possible to bring help and comfort to ex-soldiers of the Republic of Vietnam, who are among the most isolated and marginalised people by Vietnam’s Communist regime. ...

De la prisión al exilio: Entrevista con la activista vietnamita Tran Thi Nga

14.07.2020 Escrito por The 88 Project, Traducido por Marta Capua (Global Voices) - The 88 Project tuvo la oportunidad de entrevistar a la exprisionera política Tran Thi Nga sobre su experiencia y las condiciones para mujeres y niños en prisión. ...

Südchinesisches Meer: Amerika sieht Gebietsansprüche Chinas als illegal an

14.07.2020 (FAZ) - Die Vereinigten Staaten haben Gebietsansprüche Chinas im Südchinesischen Meer als illegal zurückgewiesen. ...

Konflikt im Südchinesischen Meer - USA werten Chinas Gebietsansprüche als illegal

14.07.2020 (Der Spiegel) - China beansprucht das Südchinesische Meer für sich. Die USA halten das für "vollkommen rechtswidrig". Peking reagiert darauf verärgert und wirft Washington vor, den regionalen Frieden zu sabotieren. ...

Oil Company Pulls Out of Vietnamese Oil Field as China Puts the Squeeze on Vietnam

13.07.2020 By Drake Long (RFA) - Vietnam has cancelled its contract with an oil rig originally meant to begin exploring at an oil field near Vanguard Bank, off Vietnam’s southeastern coast, the owner of the rig has confirmed. ...

Was ist zu Hause?

12.07.2020 Von Ornella Cosenza (SZ) - Lisa Nguyen, 21, dokumentiert Geschichten der Menschen, die aus Vietnam nach Deutschland gekommen sind. Ein Sommertag im Juni. Lisa Nguyen fotografiert Familie Pham in deren Haus in Prien am Chiemsee. Nicht zum Spaß, sondern für ihre Semesterarbeit an der Uni. ...

The Chinese decade: Coronavirus has given Beijing a strategic opportunity

12.07.2020 Ross Douthat (NYT) - It is quite extraordinary that a pandemic originating in a Chinese province, a disease whose initial cover-up briefly seemed likely to deal a grave blow to the Communist regime, has instead given China a geopolitical opportunity unlike any enjoyed by an American rival since at least the Vietnam War. ...

Acclaimed Vietnam Journalist Pham Doan Trang Quits Publishing House After Harassment

10.07.2020 (RFA) - Outspoken Vietnamese journalist and author Pham Doan Trang has withdrawn from an independent publisher of books on politics because of intense harassment by police over her work and the abduction and abuse of colleagues ...

Vom Gefängnis ins Exil: Ein Interview mit der vietnamesischen Aktivistin Tran Thi Nga

10.07.2020 Geschrieben von The 88 Project, Übersetzt von Hans H. Knauf (Global Voices) - Das Project 88 (Projekt 88) hatte die Gelegenheit, die ehemalige politische Gefangene Tran Thi Nga über ihre Erfahrungen im Gefängnis und die Haftbedingungen für Frauen und Kinder zu interviewen. ...

Tempel in Tokyo nimmt obdachlose vietnamesische Arbeitskräfte auf

09.07.2020 Von: Benks Hunter (Sumikai) - Auch wenn sich in Japan die wirtschaftliche Lage allmählich entspannt, kämpfen viele Unternehmen weiterhin ums Überleben. Ein Tempel in Tokyo versucht deswegen zu helfen und nimmt obdachlose Ausländer auf. ...

'Boycott China' grows: Traders switch sourcing to Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam - at higher cost

09.07.2020 Nirbhay Kumar (Business Today) - There's a growing demand to shun imports from China in wake of bloody skirmishes on the border. Some traders and manufacturers are negotiating with suppliers in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam instead of China. ...

After Hong Kong, now China provokes Vietnam

08.07.2020 (aninews) -  A Chinese Coast Guard ship has once again shown up at Vanguard Bank in the South Sea, a known flashpoint between  and China , as per data cited by vessel-tracking software. ...

Diphtheria Is Spreading Fast in Vietnam’s Main Coffee Region

08.07.2020 Mai Ngoc Chau (Bloomberg News) - Diphtheria is spreading quickly and more widely in Vietnam’s major coffee region than in previous years, according to the government. Ten more people in the Central Highlands were found to have contracted the disease on Tuesday, bringing the total in the main coffee belt to more than 60 ...

Why China Wants Trump to Win

07.07.2020 Michael Schuman (The Atlantic) - Four more years might present tantalizing opportunities for Beijing to expand its influence around East Asia and the world. ...

Sozialismus "verunglimpft": Vietnamese zu acht Jahren Haft verurteilt

07.07.2020 (Kurier) - Das Gericht hat die pro-demokratischen Facebook-Postings des Mannes als Gefahr für die Gesellschaft eingestuft. So geht Sozialismus: In Vietnam ist ein Facebook-Nutzer wegen pro-demokratischer Äußerungen am Dienstag zu acht Jahren Haft verurteilt worden. ...

Facebook-Nutzer in Vietnam zu acht Jahren Haft verurteilt

07.07.2020 (DerStandard) - Urteil wegen angeblicher Verleumdung führender Politiker. In Vietnam ist ein Facebook-Nutzer wegen pro-demokratischer Äußerungen am Dienstag zu acht Jahren Haft verurteilt worden. ...

Vietnam jails Facebook user for 8 years over 'anti-state' posts

07.07.2020 (Bangkok Post) - HANOI: A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a man to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of uploading anti-state posts on his Facebook account, the security ministry said. ...

Vietnam.- Condenados a prisión en Vietnam cuatro activistas políticos

07.07.2020 (notimérica) - HANÓI - Los tribunales de Vietnam han condenado a distintas penas de prisión a tres activistas políticos por un supuesto intento de derrocar al Gobierno y a otro activista defensor de la democracia por difundir propaganda contraria a las instituciones del Estado, según han informado grupos de defensa de los Derechos Humanos y la prensa estatal. ...

Vietnam : un jeune internaute condamné à huit ans de prison pour ses opinions démocrates

07.07.2020 (RTBF) - Un jeune Vietnamien accusé d'avoir "diffamé" les dirigeants de son pays en faisant état de ses opinions pro-démocratie sur Facebook a été condamné à huit ans de prison mardi, après un procès-éclair dénoncé par des militants des droits de l'homme. ...

Vietnam condena a tres activistas a 19 años de prisión por intentar "derrocar" al Gobierno

07.07.2020 (infobae) - Vietnam.- Tres activistas vietnamitas miembros de un grupo político subversivo calificado de organización terrorista en Hanói han sido condenados este martes a 19 años de prisión entre todos por participar en actividades destinadas a "derrocar" al Gobierno de Vietnam, según ha informado la prensa del país. ...

Vietnamese authorities arrest four land rights activists

07.07.2020 (Global Voices) - Vietnam's crackdown on activists has silenced four more voices. In the early morning of June 24, land rights activist Trịnh Bá Phương narrated his impending arrest in a video posted to Facebook. ...

DFHV: Freihandelsabkommen mit Vietnam

07.07.2020 (Fruchtportal) - Das Freihandelsabkommen mit Vietnam wurde bereits am 30. März 2020 formell vom Rat der Europäischen Union beschlossen. ...

How the Soviets fought against the Americans in Vietnam

07.07.2020 (Russia Beyond) - Soviet servicemen had no small part to play in what was to become the most bitter defeat in U.S. history. In April 1965, just a month after the United States had started sustained aerial bombardment of North Vietnam, the first Soviet air defense missile systems and military specialists servicing them began arriving in the country, at the request of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. ...

China beklagt US-Manöver vor seiner Küste

07.07.2020 (Stern) - China hat die Entsendung von zwei Flugzeugträgern der USA zu Manövern in das umstrittene Südchinesische Meer scharf kritisiert. Außenamtssprecher Zhao Lijian sprach am Montag vor der Presse in Peking ...

Vietnam Sentences Three Members of Exile Group to 19 Years Total for Spreading ‘Propaganda’

06.07.2020 (RFA) - A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced three members of an exile group Hanoi calls a terrorist organization to a total of 19 years in jail for sharing information critical of the government. ...

VN firm implicated in lake poisoning

06.07.2020 Khorn Savi (The Phnom Penh Post) - Ratanakkiri provincial environment officers plan to inspect a lake after a fishing community accused a Vietnamese company of dumping bananas and plastic waste in it, poisoning the fish. ...

Vietnam’s environmental challenges risk EU free trade

06.07.2020 Author: Thang Nam Do, ANU (East Asia forum) - Vietnam needs to address environmental challenges to fully reap the benefits from its new free trade and investment agreements with the European Union. ...

Des baskets fabriquées à partir de marc de café

06.07.2020 (Zegreenweb) - Son Chu et Jesse Tran, deux entrepreneurs d’Helsinki, sont des obsédés de baskets. Cependant, soucieux de l’impact environnemental de leurs achats, ils trouvaient difficilement des baskets fabriquées de manière durable ...

Toulouse. Il pensait avoir deux simples posters, ses tableaux ont été vendus plus de 300 000 euros

06.07.2020 (actu) - Vendredi 3 juillet 2020, deux tableaux venus du Vietnam, estimés entre 50 000 et 80 000 euros, ont finalement été vendus pour plus de 300 000 euros à Toulouse. ...

Les réfugiés du Mékong - Cambodgiens, Laotiens et Vietnamiens en France, Karine Meslin

06.07.2020 Adélaïde Martin (OpenEdition Journals) - S'appuyant sur de nombreux entretiens avec des réfugiés, ce livre raconte la fuite tragique, l’accueil et l’installation en France de ceux que l’on a nommés les Boat people ...

Kompromisslose Gebietsansprüche

05.07.2020 (Neues Deutschland) - Im Südchinesischen Meer regt sich Widerstand gegen die rücksichtslos vorangetriebenen Besitzansprüche Chinas. ...

U.S. sends carriers to S. China Sea during Chinese drills

05.07.2020 (The Asahi Shimbun) - Two U.S. aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, the U.S. navy said, as China also carried out military drills that have been criticized by the Pentagon and neighboring states. ...

Deux porte-avions américains en exercices en mer de Chine méridionale

04.07.2020 (RT France) - Deux porte-avions américains ont mené des exercices en mer de Chine méridionale, après que Washington s'est inquiété de manœuvres militaires chinoises autour d'un archipel dont Pékin, le Vietnam et Taïwan se disputent la souveraineté. ...

USA schicken zwei Flugzeugträger ins Südchinesische Meer

04.07.2020 (NZZ) - Im Südchinesischen Meer gibt es immer wieder Gebietsstreitigkeiten. Wegen einer chinesischen Militärübung nahe der Paracel-Inseln warf Washington der Führung in Peking vor, die Situation weiter zu destabilisieren. Nun schicken die USA sechs Kriegsschiffe in die Region. ...

Defend the Defenders’ Latest Statistics: Vietnam Holds 276 Prisoners of Conscience

03.07.2020 (Defend the Defenders) - According to Defend the Defenders’ statistics, as of June 30, 2020, Vietnam’s communist regime is holding at least 276 prisoners of conscience in prisons or other forms of detention. ...

Pentagon criticises Chinese military drills in disputed South China Sea

03.07.2020 (CNA) - WASHINGTON: The United States Defence Department expressed concern on Thursday (Jul 2) about China holding military exercises in the South China Sea, saying the move will further destabilise the situation in the disputed waters. ...

Südchinesisches Meer - USA kritisieren chinesische Militärübungen

03.07.2020 (Der Spiegel) - Die Paracel-Inseln im Südchinesischen Meer sind winzig - aber von strategischer Bedeutung. Nun läuft dort ein chinesisches Armeemanöver. Die Reaktion aus Washington ist deutlich. ...

Le Pentagone dénonce des exercices militaires chinois en mer de Chine méridionale

03.07.2020 (Europe1) - Le Pentagone s'est opposé jeudi à la décision de la Chine de se lancer dans des exercices militaires chinois près de l'archipel des Paracels, situé en mer de Chine méridionale. ...

Economic Reality May End More Big Mekong Dams

02.07.2020 By: David Brown (Asia Sentinel) - Politics, economics, environmentalism deliver good news. Environmentalists have said that damming the Mekong is a bad idea for years and they're right. ...

Vietnam geht verstärkt gegen Kritiker vor

02.07.2020 Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Im Vorfeld des Kongress der regierenden KP in Vietnam verhaften und drangsalieren Sicherheitsorgane Kritiker und Dissidenten. Deutschland und die EU haben mit dem Freihandelsabkommen die Möglichkeit Druck auszuüben ...

US Again Patrols Near Chinese Survey Ship In South China Sea

02.07.2020 By Drake Long (RFA) - An American Navy combat ship this week conducted “routine operations” near a Chinese geological survey ship in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said, after the Chinese vessel in June entered an area where Vietnam has shown interest in exploring for oil. ...

China started military drill in South China Sea

02.07.2020 (AsiaNews) - Chinese warships and coastguard vessels are in the waters around the Paracel Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. For some analysts, Beijing wants to demonstrate its strength by showing they can land and seize islands in the area. ...

De la prison à l'exil : entretien avec l'activiste vietnamienne Tran Thi Nga

01.07.2020 Ecrit par The 88 Project, Traduit par Jade Dussart (Global Voices) - The 88 Project a eu l'opportunité d'interviewer l'ancienne prisonnière politique Tran Thi Nga, qui revient pour eux sur son expérience carcérale et sur les conséquences que peut avoir la prison sur les femmes et leurs enfants. ...

New Law on Enterprises 2020 for Companies in Vietnam

30.06.2020 Venture North Law (Lexology) - In June 2020, the National Assembly passed a new Law on Enterprises 2020 (Enterprise Law 2020) to replace the Enterprise Law 2014 from 1 January 2021. The Enterprise Law 2020 offers less protection to companies’ owners and managers by making it easier for Government authorities to interfere or even suspend the operation of a company. ...

ASEAN Takes a Subtle Stance Against China’s Maritime Claims

30.06.2020 By Jerome A. Cohen (Jerry's Blog) - On Saturday, ASEAN member states took a subtle but important step forward toward asserting the all-encompassing authority of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) over PRC claims. ...

Sharp completes 45-MW solar power plant in Vietnam

30.06.2020 (Renewables Now) - Sharp Energy Solutions Corporation (SESJ) said today it has completed a 45-MW direct current (DC) solar power project in Vietnam. ...

Vietnam approves 7 GW of new wind projects

29.06.2020 By Tim Ha (Eco-Business) - Vietnam has given the green light to almost a hundred new wind energy installations ...

Vietnam’s Economy Unexpectedly Expands Even as Exports Slump

29.06.2020 Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen (Bloomberg) - Vietnam’s economy unexpectedly grew in the second quarter despite a slump in trade amid the coronavirus outbreak. ...

China Puts Huge Warship at Woody Island Ahead of Naval Exercise

29.06.2020 Drake Long (BenarNews) - China has docked what looks to be a Type 071 warship in service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy at Woody Island, China’s main administrative center and military base in the South China Sea’s Paracel Islands. ...

Southeast Asian leaders focus on COVID-19 measures

27.06.2020 Omer Faruk Yildiz (Anadolu Agency) - KUALA LUMPUR - 36th edition of summit held virtually due to pandemic. Hosted by Vietnam, this year’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit was held online with a focus on coronavirus measures. ...

Asean takes position vs China's vast historical sea claims

27.06.2020 (The Times Of India) - The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations took the position in a statement issued by Vietnam  Saturday on behalf of the 10-nation bloc. ...

Amid pandemic, ASEAN warn of 'alarming' South China Sea incidents

27.06.2020 (The Japan Times) - HANOI – Vietnam and the Philippines raised concerns over repeated violations of maritime rules at a summit of Southeast Asian leaders amid growing grievances with China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea. ...

From prison to exile: An interview with Vietnamese activist Tran Thi Nga

26.06.2020 Written by The 88 Project (Global Voices) - They broke her bones in one attack, but never her spirit.

The 88 Project had the opportunity to interview former political prisoner Tran Thi Nga about her experience in prison and conditions in prison for women and children. ...

Vietnam Indicts 25 Dong Tam Protesters on Murder-Related Charges

26.06.2020 (RFA) - Authorities in Vietnam indicted 25 people on murder-related charges for their involvement in a deadly clash over land rights that left three police officers and a protest leader dead, in January at the Dong Tam commune outside Hanoi. ...

China Resumes Dredging at South China Sea’s Woody Island

26.06.2020 Drake Long (BenarNews) - China is dredging in a bay at Woody Island, its biggest settlement in the South China Sea, a likely effort to expand the artificial island’s northwest corner, satellite imagery shows. ...

Southeast Asia Leaders Sound Alarm on South China Sea Tensions

26.06.2020 Nguyen Xuan Quynh, Andreo Calonzo, Suttinee Yuvejwattana and Philip J. Heijmans (Bloomberg) - Vietnam and the Philippines raised concerns over repeated violations of maritime rules at a summit of Southeast Asian leaders amid growing grievances with China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea. ...

Philippine President Duterte Warns of 'Alarming Incidents' in the South China Sea

26.06.2020 (Sputnik) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed concerns on Friday about China ramping up activity in the disputed South China Sea while the region is busy struggling with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ...

Um der Hitze zu trotzen, pflanzen die vietnamesischen Reisbauern nachts

26.06.2020 (Tekk) - HANOI – Unter einem pechschwarzen Nachthimmel pflanzte eine Gruppe vietnamesischer Bauern diese Woche Reis auf einem Reisfeld am Rande der Hauptstadt Hanoi mit Scheinwerfern ...

Vinfast startet Autoproduktion - Vietnamesen nehmen USA ins Visier

26.06.2020 (Stern) - Auf dem Pariser Autosalon vor knapp zwei Jahren hatte Vinfast seinen ersten großen Aufschlag. Jetzt nimmt der Autoableger der Vingroup in erster Linie die USA ins Visier ...

Vietnamese family held after speading news of deadly land dispute

25.06.2020 (CNA) - HANOI: Four members of a Vietnamese family who spread news online about a deadly land dispute have been arrested, authorities said Thursday (Jun 25), as the communist government cracks down on dissent ahead of its party congress. ...

As Investors Move from China, Vietnam Adds EU Trade Pact to Arsenal

25.06.2020 (VOA) - Volvo from Sweden, Adidas from Germany, and Zara from Spain are all European companies that have increased their investment in Vietnam in recent years. Analysts expect that trend to deepen when the Vietnam-European Union trade deal approved earlier this month ...

Vietnam mantiene cero muertes por la COVID-19 al recuperarse su paciente más grave

24.06.2020 (RPP) - Con una estrategia de contención y rastreo exhaustivo de contagiados, el país asiático ha conseguido recuperar la normalidad interna, con apenas 349 caso ...

Quand le Québec s’est montré solidaire envers les réfugiés vietnamiens des années 70

23.06.2020 (Radio Canada) - « Les Québécois ont très souvent fait preuve de générosité dans leur histoire », dit l'historien Éric Bédard, en faisant référence aux réfugiés de la mer (boat people) accueillis par le Québec ...

For Vietnam’s Poor, Access To Relief Aid Key To Joining Re-Opening Economy

23.06.2020 (VOA) - Vietnam has received favorable recognition worldwide for containing the spread of the novel coronavirus and reopening the nation’s economy, but that good news is small comfort for Tran Thi Hien, who collects scrap metal she can resell for cash. ...

Estrategias de censura opacan la exitosa respuesta de Vietnam contra el COVID-19

23.06.2020 Escrito por The 88 Project, Traducido por Romina Navarro (Global Voices) - La pandemia dio una oportunidad única al estado policial para endurecer controles. ...

EVFTA : une nouvelle ère pour les relations commerciales UE-Vietnam ?

23.06.2020 Par Philippe Avocat (Le Petit Journal) - Approuvé lundi 8 juin par l'Assemblée nationale vietnamienne, l'accord de libre-échange entre l'Union européenne et le Vietnam (EVFTA) entrera en vigueur août 2020. ...

EVFTA Introduces New Standards for Intellectual Property Enforcement in Vietnam

23.06.2020 Linh Duy Mai (Lexology) - While Vietnam’s economy has grown quiet during the first half of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s legal framework for intellectual property enforcement seems to be exploding with the entry of new legal instruments. ...

Vietnam Indicts Facebook User For Anti-State Documents

22.06.2020 By Miriam Jackson (The Union Journal) - Authorities in Vietnam indicted detained businessman Nguyen Duc Quoc Vuong for allegedly spreading information against the state and slandering its leaders on Facebook, Nguyen’s lawyer told RFA Monday. ...

Some thoughts on Vietnam’s Covid-19 repression

22.06.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - While Vietnam's battle against Covid-19 has been a success, its fight against free speech is questionable. ...

History Lesson: Yes, Vietnam Did Halt China's 1979 Invasion - That one didn't go how Beijing had planned

22.06.2020 by Charlie Gao (The National Interest) - Chinese operations against Vietnam in the 1980s are often divided into four phases. ...

How young people are combating anti-black racism in their immigrant communities

22.06.2020 By Terry Nguyen (Vox) - Second-generation Americans are organizing online to translate educational resources, combat disinformation, and express solidarity with the black community. ...

Norway supports competition how to fight marine garbage in Vietnam and Thailand

22.06.2020 by Zazithorn Ruengchinda (ScandAsia) - The United Nation Development (UNDP) Vietnam announced an invitation for all to participate in a challenge aiming to stop marine litter in Halong Bay and Koh Samui, funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on 19 June 2020. ...

Electricity deficit can place EU-Vietnam trade agreement at risk

22.06.2020 By Soundaram Ramanathan (Down To Earth) - Ensuring clean electricity production to power growth is need of the hour ...

Vietnam Ratifies EU Free Trade Agreement, What’s Next?

22.06.2020 by Thoi Nguyen (The Diplomat) - Hopes are high that the EVFTA will have a big impact. ... The agreements will gradually reduce most tariffs, regulatory barriers, and red tape and promote should create opportunities for EU entrepreneurs to do business and invest in Vietnam. ...

China Sends Ship as Warning to Vietnam: No Court Case, No Oil Drilling

22.06.2020 By Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - China sent a survey vessel through waters claimed by its maritime sovereignty rival Vietnam this month to warn Hanoi against starting new energy exploration projects and filing any motions in an international court, observers say. ...

Les Américains asiatiques solidaires du mouvement Black Lives Matter

22.06.2020 (La Libre) - Viet Hoai Tran savait exactement ce qu'il voulait mettre sur sa pancarte brandie lors des manifestations antiracistes qui ont secoué les Etats-Unis depuis la mort de George Floyd: "Le péril jaune soutient le +Black Power+". ...

Coronavirus In South-East Asia: Health, Political And Economic Impact

22.06.2020 Written by Martin Russell (European Parliamentary Research Service Blog) - Coronavirus has affected the 10 south-east Asian countries in very different ways. ...

How Did Vietnam Become Biggest Nation Without Coronavirus Deaths?

21.06.2020 (VOA) - In Vietnam, those who enter a cafe have a good chance of meeting a security guard who sprays their hands with disinfectant. ...

Unimedizin Rostock: Ausbildung von vietnamesischen Pflegern

20.06.2020 (SZ) - Rostock (dpa/mv) - An der Universitätsmedizin Rostock wird Ende August der dritte Jahrgang von jungen vietnamesischen Pflegeauszubildenden erwartet. ...

China drängte nach Rekordtiefwasserständen auf Mekong-Staudämme

20.06.2020 (tekk) - Laos, Thailand, Kambodscha und Vietnam hatten im vergangenen Jahr alle mit einer schweren Dürre zu kämpfen, als die Flut des Flusses auf ein Rekordtief sank – dabei wurden Felsen freigelegt, Fische getötet und Millionen von Lebensgrundlagen bedroht. ...

South China Sea: if Vietnam files suit, China may take part in legal proceedings

20.06.2020 Laura Zhou (SCMP) - Participating in an arbitration would be a shift from tactics in the case Beijing lost unanimously to the Philippines in 2016. ...

Australia hints at Chinese cyberattack; Japan, Vietnam too riled by Beijing

20.06.2020 (Times of India) - Last week, Vietnam’s foreign ministry said two Chinese ships had attacked a Vietnamese fishing boat in the South China Sea. ...

Vietnam : Durcissement de la répression de la dissidence pacifique

19.06.2020 (Human Rights Watch) - La nouvelle vague d'arrestations survient durant la période précédant la tenue du 13ème congrès du Parti communiste ...

Vietnam: Crackdown on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies - New Wave of Arrests Ahead of the 13th Party Congress

19.06.2020 (Human Rights Watch) - The Vietnamese government is intensifying a crackdown on human rights activists and dissidents ahead of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 13th party congress scheduled for January 2021, Human Rights Watch said ...

Cao Dai Church in Vietnam Resists Takeover Bid by Followers of State-Controlled Branch

18.06.2020 (RFA) - Followers of Vietnam’s Cao Dai religion confronted supporters of a state-sanctioned branch of the church who came to take over their facilities on Thursday, with church members barring the door against the intruders amid heated arguments with local authorities ...

Arrests, Suspension of Vietnam Media Signal Crackdown

18.06.2020 By An Hai (VOA) - WASHINGTON - A wave of arrests and a one-month publishing ban on a news site over its investigations into environmental damage signal that Vietnam is suppressing criticism ahead of the country’s Party Congress, press freedom groups said. ...

Jakarta: ‘No reason to negotiate’ with Beijing on South China Sea

18.06.2020 Tia Asmara (BenarNews) - The Indonesian foreign minister said Thursday there was “no reason to negotiate” as she reaffirmed Jakarta’s stance that it has no overlapping claims with Beijing in the South China Sea ...

Markteintritt von Mercedes-Benz Busse in Vietnam

18.06.2020 von Götz Fuchslocher (Automobil Produktion) - Daimler Buses baut sein Busgeschäft in Südostasien aus und startet den Verkauf von Mercedes-Benz-Fahrgestellen in Vietnam. ...

Vietnamese Police Arrest Two Facebook Users Linked to Popular Discussion Group

17.06.2020 (RFA) - Police in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City last week arrested two Facebook users connected to an online discussion group, charging them with “abusing democratic freedoms” ...

Wasserkrieg im Hochgebirge

17.06.2020 Von Alexander Isele (Neues Deutschland) - Für China ist das Wasser aus dem Himalaya überlebenswichtig, sagt der Soziologe Boike Rehbein. Für viele andere Staaten in Asien ebenso. ...

Zensur überschattet Vietnams erfolgreiches Vorgehen gegen COVID-19-Pandemie

16.06.2020 Geschrieben von The 88 Project, Übersetzt von Hans H. Knauf  (Global Voices) - Während die Pandemie weiterhin den Planeten verwüstet, erzielte Vietnam im Umgang mit COVID-19 große Erfolge. ...

Vietnam Assembly Committee Seeks Review of Appeal in Death Row Case

16.06.2020 (RFA) - The judicial committee of Vietnam’s National Assembly on Tuesday agreed to seek a review of a court rejection last month the appeal of a death row prisoner,in a rare case of public disagreement between branches of the one-party communist state. ...

Chinese Survey Ship Ventures near Vietnam’s EEZ

16.06.2020 Drake Long (BenarNews) - A Chinese government-owned survey ship appears to have been sent into Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ...

Vietnam’s judicial system on trial

16.06.2020 Author: Duy Dinh, IHEID (East Asia Forum) - On 14 January 2008, two female postal workers were found murdered inside a small post office where they also resided in Vietnam’s Long An province. ...

China pressed on Mekong dams after record low water levels

16.06.2020 (Phys.org) - Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam all battled severe drought last year as the tide of the river fell to record lows—exposing rocks, killing fish and threatening millions of livelihoods. ...

Journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan arrested on anti-state charge in Vietnam

15.06.2020 (CPJ) - Bangkok, June 15, 2020 – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan and drop the charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalist said today. ...

Another independent journalist arrested in Vietnam

15.06.2020 (Reporters Without Borders) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arrest of Le Huu Minh Tuan, the fourth member of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) to be detained since last November in what seems to be a sign of nervousness within Vietnam’s ruling elite. ...

Vietnam : RSF condamne l’arrestation du reporter indépendant Le Tuan

15.06.2020  (Reporters sans frontières) - De son vrai nom Le Huu Minh Tuan, il est le quatrième membre de l’Association des journalistes indépendants du Vietnam (IJAVN) à être placé en détention depuis novembre 2019. ...

Diên Trường parish: building community in a time of need

15.06.2020 by Paul Nguyen Hung (AsiaNews) - The Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected the economic activities and lives of the residents. Many families are in difficulty. The poor lack food. The pastor fosters social and charitable activities to help poor families in this community. ...

Why EU-Vietnam free-trade deal can’t topple China as world’s factory

14.06.2020 (SCMP) - Agreement to slash tariffs should boost European investment in Asia’s ‘export rock star’, but is no silver bullet for post-coronavirus recovery, experts say ...

Vietnam boat detained for illegal fishing in Brunei

14.06.2020 (The Star) - A Vietnamese fishing vessel with five crew members who allegedly encroached the waters of Brunei Darussalam for illegal fishing was detained by Royal Brunei Navy personnel, said officials. ...

Consortium to build new Asia-Pacific submarine cable

14.06.2020 (Japan Today) - TOKYO - NEC Corp has announced that the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium is building a high-performance submarine cable connecting China (Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. ...

China Rams Vietnamese Fishing Vessel Near Paracel Islands

13.06.2020 (Philippines News) - A Chinese ship rammed a Vietnamese fishing boat operating in the Paracel Islands, Vietnamese state media reported Friday, in what may be the first case of China enforcing its unilateral fishing ban in parts of the South China Sea against vessels of another nation. ...

Vietnam Police Call For Murder Charges Against 25 Dong Tam Detainees

12.06.2020 (RFA) - Vietnamese authorities will now file murder charges against 25 villagers held since a deadly police raid in January on the Dong Tam commune outside Hanoi in which three police officers and a village leader died ...

Another young prisoner of conscience

12.06.2020 By Pham Doan Trang (Facebook Will Nguyen) - This morning (June 12th, 2020), the Ho Chi Minh City Security Bureau of Investigation arrested another member of the Independent Journalists’ Association: Le Huu Minh Tuan, usually known as Le Tuan. ...

Vietnam schoolgirl creates art from the chaos of the coronavirus

12.06.2020 Thinh Nguyen (Reuters) - HANOI - Stuck at home with school suspended, Nguyen Doi Chung Anh made the most of a lockdown in Vietnam by using art to demonstrate tragedy, resilience and chaos in the world’s battle against the coronavirus. ...

Naval Air: Chinese South China Sea ASW

12.06.2020 (StrategyPage) - China is apparently operating some of its Y-8FQ ASW (Anti-submarine Warfare) aircraft from a 3,100 meter (10,000 foot) airstrip on the Fiery Cross (Yongshu) Reef airbase. This base was completed in 2016 by dredging up enough sand to create a 271 hectare (677 acre) artificial island. ...

Vietnam: groups call for the release of arrested writers and bloggers

11.06.2020 (PEN International) - While the world focused on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic over the past few weeks, the Vietnamese government has increased suppression on freedom of information and speech by continuing to detain independent journalists and human rights defenders. ...

Vietnamese rubber giant razes indigenous lands as Cambodian government grapples with legacy land issues

11.06.2020 By Tim Ha (Eco-Business) - When the indigenous Kreung and Kachok communities locked down their villages in Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province in March to keep safe from the novel coronavirus, no one knew change was afoot in their ancestral forest. ...

Agriculture 4.0 in Vietnam

11.06.2020 By James Borton (Geopolitical Monitor) - In Vietnam’s Mekong delta, getting rice from a sticky mud field to bowl, isn’t a simple process. ...

Censorship tactics overshadow Vietnam's successful COVID-19 response

10.06.2020 Written by The 88 Project (Global Voices) - The pandemic has offered an opportunity for the police state to flex its muscles. ...

Can Vietnam Stop Its Trade in Endangered Wild Animals?

09.06.2020 Dan Southerland (RFA) - Vietnam is considering a plan to end the poaching and consumption of the Southeast Asian nation’s wild animals. ...

Vietnam und der Fall Trinh Xuan Thanh: Entführung indirekt eingeräumt

09.06.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - BERLIN - Erstmals hat ein hoher Beamter des vietnamesischen Innenministeriums eingestanden, dass der frühere Wirtschaftsfunktionär Trinh Xuan Thanh 2017 von Berlin nach Hanoi entführt wurde. ...

Schwangerschaftsabbrüche in Asien - Vietnam hat eine der höchsten Abtreibungsraten der Welt

09.06.2020 Katrin Büchenbacher (NZZ) - In Vietnam hat sich die Zahl der Abtreibungen zwischen 2002 und 2014 vervierfacht. ...

Vietnams exzellente Coronabilanz - Wettbewerbsvorteil und Emanzipation von China

09.06.2020 Von Lena Bodewein (Deutschlandfunk Kultur) - Ein erstaunlicher Erfolg: Dank entschiedener Corona-Maßnahmen und eines starken Sinns für das Gemeinwohl gab es in Vietnam nur wenige hundert Infizierte. Damit wächst das Vertrauen ausländischer Investoren ...

Vietnam: Des chrétiens privés d’aide alimentaire et médicale en raison de leur foi

08.06.2020 (Évangéliques.info) - Dans le nord du Vietnam, des chrétiens en situation de précarité n’ont pas pu recevoir l’aide alimentaire et médicale de l’Etat, rapporte l’ONG Portes Ouvertes le 28 mai. ...

Vietnam ratifies major trade deal with the EU

08.06.2020 (DW) - Vietnam ratified a landmark free trade agreement with the European Union on Monday, in a move that is set to boost the country's economy as it looks to maneuver through the coronavirus crisis. ...

Vietnam stimmt Freihandel zu

08.06.2020 Von Björn Finke (SZ) - Alle waren dafür: Die Nationalversammlung in Hanoi, das Parlament der Sozialistischen Republik Vietnam, hat am Montag dem Handelsvertrag mit der EU zugestimmt - ohne Gegenstimme. ...

Le Vietnam ratifie l'accord de libre-échange avec l'Union européenne

08.06.2020 (RTBF) - L’Assemblée nationale vietnamienne a ratifié, lundi, un accord de libre-échange avec l’Union européenne (UE). Celui-ci prendra effet plus tard dans l’année. ...

Vietnam punishes operators over SIM violations

08.06.2020 Joseph Waring (Mobile World Live) - Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) penalised the four largest mobile operators in the nation for illegally registering prepaid subscribers, issuing fines totalling VND777 million ...

Vietnam/ COVID-19 | Plus de 7 millions de travailleurs vietnamiens peuvent perdre leur emploi

08.06.2020 (Le Reporter) - Le ministère vietnamien du Travail a estimé que 7,2 millions de travailleurs pourraient perdre leur emploi et 90% des entreprises seraient touchées pendant le reste de l’année si la pandémie de Covid-19 s’aggrave. ...

Vietnamese fishing boat seized, crew arrested

08.06.2020 (The Nationthailand) - The 2nd Naval Area Command, or Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre 2, has seized a Vietnamese fishing boat and arrested its crew of six who were found fishing illegally in Thai territorial waters. ...

Vietnam greenlights EU trade pact in bid for China-exit deals

08.06.2020 Tomoya Onishi (Nikkei Asian Review) HANOI -- Vietnam's National Assembly approved a free trade agreement with the European Union on Monday, ...

Fünf Speisen aus Vietnam: Etwas schwer zu schlucken für Nicht-Vietnamesen

07.06.2020 Geschrieben von Loa, Übersetzt von Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner (Global Voices) - Jedes Land hat seine eigenen einzigartigen, manche würden sogar sagen eigenartigen, Speisen. ...

Jailed Australian democracy activist has 'disappeared' inside Vietnam's prison system

06.06.2020 Ben Doherty (The Guardian) - A 70-year-old Australian democracy activist has “disappeared” inside Vietnam’s prison system: no one from his family or the Australian government has been allowed to see or speak with him for nearly four months. ...

Developing Vietnam’s Renewable Energy Industry

06.06.2020 By Thoi Nguyen (The Diplomat) - Renewable energy is a fast-growing sector in Asian countries, broadly, and Vietnam could benefit from investment in the sector. ...

South China Sea: United States urges United Nations to reject China’s claims

03.06.2020 Kristin Huang (SCMP) - The United States has added its voice to growing calls at the United Nations objecting to China’s claims over the strategically important and resource-rich South China Sea. ...

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Coronavirus: l'ONU critique le durcissement de la censure dans plusieurs pays d'Asie

03.06.2020 (Monaco-Matin) - La Haut-Commissaire de l'ONU aux droits de l'Homme, Michelle Bachelet, a estimé mercredi 3 juin que la Chine et d'autres pays d'Asie comme le Cambodge et les Philippines avaient durci leur "censure" depuis la pandémie de Covid-19. ...

UNO kritisiert Zunahme von Zensur in China während Corona-Pandemie

03.06.2020 (Epoch Times) - UN-Menschenrechtskommissarin Michelle Bachelet hat China und anderen asiatischen Staaten vorgeworfen, in der Corona-Krise die Meinungsfreiheit zu beschneiden. ...

Liberal Publishing House, maison d'édition au Vietnam, reçoit le Prix Voltaire 2020

03.06.2020 (ActuaLitté) - La maison d'édition vietnamienne Liberal Publishing House, fondée en 2019 à Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (Saïgon) par un groupe de dissidents pour tenir tête au contrôle politique de l'édition, a reçu le Prix Voltaire 2020, qui salue chaque année la liberté de publier exercée par un éditeur dans le monde. ...

Vietnam's Liberal Publishing House Wins Prix Voltaire

03.06.2020 By Ed Nawotka (Publishers Weekly) - Vietnam's Liberal Publishing House has been awarded the 2020 Prix Voltaire from the International Publishers Association. The publishing house was founded in February 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City by a group of dissidents as a direct challenge to the Vietnamese government’s control of the publishing industry. ...

Prix Voltaire an Verlag aus Vietnam

03.06.2020 (Börsenblatt) - Das Liberal Publishing House aus Vietnam wird mit dem Prix Voltaire 2020 der International Publishers Association ausgezeichnet, wie die IPA heute bekannt gegeben hat. Mit dem Preis wird der Einsatz von Verlegern oder Verlagen für die Publikations- und Meinungsfreiheit geehrt. ...

Vietnamese publisher named as 2020 Prix Voltaire winner

03.06.2020 by Ruth Comerford (The Bookseller) - Vietnam's Liberal Publishing House has been announced as this year's International Publisher's Association's Prix Voltaire laureate, which celebrates presses that publish work despite pressure and intimidation from authority. ...

Vietnam’s Liberal Publishing House awarded 2020 Prix Voltaire

03.06.2020 (IPA) - The International Publishers Association took to a virtual stage on June 3 to unveil the laureate of the 2020 Prix Voltaire which supports defenders of freedom to publish: Liberal Publishing House (Vietnam). ...

Vietnamese Villagers Detained in Dong Tam Land Clash Are Still Denied Family Visits

02.06.2020 (RFA) - Villagers detained by authorities during a deadly police raid five months ago on the Dong Tam commune outside the Vietnamese capital Hanoi are being denied visits by family members, who are also restricted in what they can send their loved ones to support them in custody, sources say. ...

COVID-19 au Vietnam : sur les 328 cas, 30 sont encore actifs

02.06.2020 (Le Petit Journal) - Quatre patients à Hanoi et un à Ho Chi Minh Ville sont sortis de l’hôpital ce mardi 2 juin, ce qui porte à 30 le nombre de cas de COVID-19 encore actifs au Vietnam. ...

Four Arrested and Three Injured as Thousands Strike at Taiwanese-owned Adidas Supplier in Vietnam

01.06.2020 (RFA) - At least four people were detained and one other injured as thousands of workers in Vietnam’s Binh Duong province went on strike last week ...

Beijing’s plans for South China Sea air defence identification zone cover Pratas, Paracel and Spratly islands, PLA source says

31.05.2020 Minnie Chan (SCMP) - US military aircraft, including RC-135U reconnaissance planes (pictured), conducted at least nine sorties and patrol operations over the South China Sea in April. ...

World cannot ignore Chinese aggression in South China Sea - Beijing has been pressuring neighbors and building up fleet strength

30.05.2020 James Stavridis (Nikkei Asian Review) - Most recently, China has been using its naval forces to pressure the littoral nations, especially Vietnam and the Philippines. A month ago, China sank a Vietnamese fishing vessel, ...

Chinese Incursions Into Vietnamese Waters, Security Implications for the Region, and the Potential Role of India

29.05.2020 By: Rajaram Panda (The Jamestown Foundation) - The outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has not deterred the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from pursuing its long-term strategic vision of asserting its sovereignty in the South China Sea ...

Vietnam’s Widely Praised COVID-19 Response Harms Religious Minorities

29.05.2020 By Kelsey Zorzi (RealClearReligion) - With just over three-hundred cases and no deaths reported, Vietnam is on track to have one of the best pandemic response records in the world, despite the fact that the country borders China and has a population of over 97 million. ...

In Letter to UN Chief, Indonesia Takes Stand on South China Sea

28.05.2020 Ika Inggas and John Bechtel, Washington (Benar News) - Indonesia added its weight to recent diplomatic moves by ASEAN members opposing Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sending a rare diplomatic note to the head of the United Nations earlier this week. ...

26 arrests made in connection with Essex lorry deaths

27.05.2020 By Vincent Kearney (RTÉ) - Twenty six suspected members of a major smuggling gang have been arrested in Belgium and France as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in a lorry trailer in England last year. ...

Camion charnier en Angleterre : 26 arrestations en France et en Belgique

27.05.2020 (Liberation) - Les personnes gardées à vue sont soupçonnées de participer à un vaste trafic d’êtres humains entre la France, la Belgique et le Royaume-Uni. Mardi, 11 Vietnamiens et deux Marocains ont été arrêtés en Belgique ...

Two journalists detained on anti-state charges in Vietnam

26.05.2020 (CPJ) - Bangkok, May 26, 2020 -- Vietnam should immediately release journalists Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Pham Chi Thanh, and drop all charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. ...

Vietnam arrests two leading members of independent journalists group

26.05.2020 (RSF) - Nguyen Tuong Thuy, a 68-year-old blogger and IJAVN vice-president, was arrested on 23 May in Hanoi, where he lives, and was immediately transported 1,700 km south of the capital to Ho Chi Minh City, where he continues to be held. ...

La police vietnamienne arrête deux membres éminents de l’Association des journalistes indépendants

26.05.2020 (RSF) - Les deux arrestations sont intervenues à deux jours d'intervalle. Reporters sans frontières (RSF) exige la libération immédiate des deux journalistes interpellés et demande aux partenaires commerciaux de Hanoi, UE et Etats-Unis en tête, de faire pression pour que cesse cette nouvelle campagne de répression. ...

Declaration of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam on the arrest of Mr. Thuy Tuong Nguyen by authority in Vietnam

26.05.2020 (IJAVN) - On May 23, the Investigation Security Agency of Ho Chi Minh City, announced the prosecution and arrested Mr. Thuy Tuong Nguyen, Vice President of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam ...

Chinesische Staudämme halten einen Großteil des Mekong-Wassers zurück

26.05.2020 (STIN) - Mehrere Wissenschaftler befürchten, dass in diesem Jahr chinesische Staudämme einen Großteil des Mekong-Wassers zurückhalten werden und das die Dürre im Nordosten Thailands, in Laos, Kambodscha und Vietnam verschlimmern werden könnte. ...

Vietnamese firm ‘destroys’ indigenous land

25.05.2020 Khouth Sophak Chakrya (The Phnom Penh Post) - A giant Vietnamese agribusiness company is destroying indigenous land in Cambodia’s Ratanakkiri province, said a joint press release from Equitable Cambodia and Inclusive Development International that was published on Monday. ...

As Jakarta Trims Defense, Beijing Makes Waves in the South China Sea

24.05.2020 By Aristyo Rizka Darmawan (The Maritime Executive) - The Covid-19 outbreak has hit hard for Southeast Asian economies. Anticipating more shocks to come, several countries have already moved to cut defence spending, seeing the military as a budget line that can be readily reduced. ...

Journalisten-Verbandschef in Vietnam festgenommen

23.05.2020 (DW) - Im kommunistischen Vietnam ist der amtierende Vorsitzende einer unabhängigen Journalistenvereinigung in Gewahrsam genommen worden. Nguyen Tuong Thuy wird staatsfeindliche Propaganda vorgeworfen. ...

Una ONG denuncia el arresto en Vietnam del presidente de una organización de periodistas independientes

23.05.2020 (Europa Press) - La Policía vietnamita ha detenido este sábado al presidente en funciones de la Asociación de Periodistas Independientes de Vietnam (IJAVN), una organización no autorizada por el Gobierno vietnamita, seis meses después del arresto de su presidente, según ha anunciado un grupo pro Derechos Humanos y confirmado la familia del detenido. ...

Vietnamese Blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy Arrested For Holding ‘Anti-State’ Documents

23.05.2020 (RFA) - Police in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi arrested RFA blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy Saturday, accusing him of “making, storing, and disseminating documents and materials for anti-state purposes,” his wife told RFA. ...

Vietnam detains independent journalist on 'anti-state' charge

23.05.2020 (The Star) - HANOI: Vietnamese police on Saturday (May 22) detained the acting president of the unsanctioned Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN) six months after the arrest of its president, a rights group and his family said. ...

La consommation d’électricité au Vietnam en forte hausse

22.05.2020 (LePetitJournal) - Electricity of Vietnam, première entreprise publique d’électricité du pays, a alerté sur une forte hausse de la consommation électrique ces derniers jours pouvant causer des incidents sur le réseau électrique. ...

Some thoughts on Vietnam’s Covid-19 repression - While Vietnam's battle against Covid-19 has been a success, its fight against free speech is questionable

22.05.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - On Thursday, Pham Chi Thanh, a Vietnamese writer and blogger, was arrested for “producing, storing, and disseminating information and documents against the Vietnamese state.” The following day, Nguyen Anh Tuan, a well-known pro-democracy activist and writer, was detained in Hanoi. ...

The Disproportionate Effect of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in ASEAN

22.05.2020 By Camille Bismonte (The Diplomat) - Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam approached the intertwined issues of COVID-19 and migrant workers quite differently. ...

La Chine poursuit la hausse de son budget militaire

22.05.2020 (Journal de Quebec) - BEIJING - La Chine a annoncé vendredi une légère décélération de ses dépenses militaires pour 2020 ...

Flucht aus Vietnam: Eine Handvoll Reis

22.05.2020 von Caroline Neumann, Megina-Gymnasium (FAZ) - Die Flucht mit ihrem ungeborenen Kind über das Meer war lebensgefährlich: Gespräch mit einem vietnamesischen Paar, das in der Eifel eine Heimat gefunden hat. ...

Vietnamese Dissidents Deprived of Fresh Air, Medicine in Prison

22.05.2020 (RFA) - Political prisoners held in northern Vietnam’s Nam Ha Prison are suffering in temperatures soaring in their cells to over 100 degrees (37 C), the wife of one prisoner said, adding that her husband has also not been allowed to receive medicine sent to him by his family. ...

Hanoi police arrest the dissident writer and blogger Pham Chi Thanh

22.05.2020 (AsiaNews) - Hanoi  - Vietnamese police in Hanoi have arrested a famous dissident writer and blogger. He is being charged with having produced and distributed information criticizing the government in the context of an escalation in the communist authorities’ repression of critical voices. ...

Why ‘Made in Vietnam’ won’t replace ‘Made in China’

21.05.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - As US seeks to decouple from China, it's a reach to think Vietnam will easily become the world's next factory floor. ...

Vietnam jails ex-deputy defence minister over land scandal

21.05.2020 (CNA) - HANOI: A military court in Vietnam on Thursday (May 21) sentenced a former deputy defence minister accused of allowing three plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred to private investors from the navy to four years in prison. ...

Vietnamese tourism hit hard by coronavirus, prompting cut-price rates and potential 'travel bubble'

20.05.2020 (AsiaOne) - In Phu Quoc, a Vietnamese island off the coast of Cambodia, posters warning tourists of the dangers of Covid-19 have long since faded in the powerful sunshine, along with the throngs of international travellers that used to dot its beaches. ...

Vietnam verlängert die Aufenthaltserlaubnis für Ausländer, die aufgrund von COVID-19 gestrandet sind

20.05.2020 (TwitterSmash) - Ausländer, die nach dem 1. März im Rahmen von Programmen zur Befreiung von der Visumpflicht, E-Visa oder Touristenvisa nach Vietnam einreisen, erhalten automatisch eine kostenlose Verlängerung der Aufenthaltserlaubnis bis zum 30. Juni Dienstag ...

Vietnam: Libreros Independientes, Torturados Por La Policía

19.05.2020 (Amnistía Internacional) - Desde comienzos de octubre de 2019, la policía ha hostigado e intimidado a decenas de personas relacionadas con Nhà Xuất Bản Tự Do en lo que parece una campaña selectiva. El acoso ha tenido lugar en al menos tres grandes ciudades además de en dieversas provincias. ...

Family Member of Slain Vietnamese Community Leader Petitions Police for Return of Belongings

19.05.2020 (RFA) - A close relative of an elderly community leader killed by Vietnamese police during a land protest outside Hanoi in January has petitioned authorities for the return of a car and other valuables that disappeared from her home after the clash, the woman said. ...

Dams upstream of the Mekong damage 70 million people

19.05.2020 by Nguyen Hung (AsiaNews) - Despite the warnings, plans push ahead for new barriers, to the detriment of people living in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The worst off are the millions of Vietnamese who live in the Mekong delta, the lowest lying area on ​​the majestic river. ...

As Jakarta trims defence, Beijing makes waves in the South China Sea

19.05.2020 by Aristyo Rizka Darmawan (The Interpreter) - The Covid-19 outbreak has hit hard for Southeast Asian economies. Anticipating more shocks to come, several countries have already moved to cut defence spending, seeing the military as a budget line that can be readily reduced. ...

Vietnam’s textile and garment industry hit hard by COVID-19

19.05.2020 Authors: Jason Q Nguyen and Quan V Le, Vin University (East Asia Forum) - With a supply chain that over relies on only a few key partners, Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is among the country’s hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Une extension automatique de résidence temporaire pour les étrangers

19.05.2020 (Le Petit Journal) - Les étrangers arrivés au Vietnam entre le 1er et le 3 mars pourront bénéficier d’une "extension automatique de résidence temporaire" jusqu’au 30 juin 2020. ...

Vietnams bestätigte Fälle von COVID-19 erreichen 324

18.05.2020 (TwitterSmash) - HANOI, 18. Mai (Xinhua). Das vietnamesische Gesundheitsministerium bestätigte am späten Montagnachmittag vier neue Fälle von COVID-19-Infektionen und erhöhte die Gesamtzahl im Land auf 324. ...

Keep Fishing, Vietnam Tells Citizens After China Ban in Disputed Sea

18.05.2020 (VOA) - After China attempted to put limits on the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam responded with a message to its fishermen: just keep fishing, within the law. ...

Vietnam Publisher Recovering From Torture, Daughter Released-Writer

18.05.2020 (RFA) - A Vietnamese man arrested and beaten by police for delivering books from a publishing house targeted by authorities for putting out proscribed political books is recovering and his daughter has been released, a writer from the group told RFA on Monday. ...

Vietnams bestätigte COVID-19-Fälle steigen auf 318

17.05.2020 (TwitterSmash) - HANOI - Das vietnamesische Gesundheitsministerium bestätigte am späten Samstagnachmittag vier neue Fälle von COVID-19-Infektionen. ...

"Pray for Me"

17.05.2020 Von Khuê Phạm & Vanessa Vu (Die Zeit) - In October 2019, British police discovered a truck with 39 dead bodies. All from Vietnam. Who were they? How did they get there? The story of twins, one of whom died. ...

Tourists back in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay as domestic travel opens

16.05.2020 (France24) - Vietnamese flocked to scenic spots and beaches Saturday, leaping at the chance to travel as the communist government eases restrictions on domestic movement to revive a tourism sector devastated by the coronavirus. ...  

Histamine poisoning in Sweden linked to tuna from Vietnam

15.05.2020 By Joe Whitworth (Food Safety News) - Thirty people in Sweden fell ill with scombroid poisoning after eating tuna from Vietnam earlier this month. ...  

SETZT EUCH FÜR THỦY TUẤT UND SEINE TOCHTER EIN! - VERLEGER IN HAFT MISSHANDELT

14.05.2020 (Amnesty International) - Zwei Personen, die zu dem Verlagshaus Liberal Publishing House gehören, sind in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt von der Polizei inhaftiert und misshandelt worden. ...

URGENT ACTION - VIET NAM: INDEPENDENT BOOK SELLERS TORTURED BY POLICE

14.05.2020 (Amnesty International) - Two members of the Liberal Publishing House - a local independent publisher that sells books considered sensitive by the government – have been detained and tortured by police in Ho Chi Minh City. ...

ACTION URGENTE - VIÊT-NAM: DES LIBRAIRES INDÉPENDANTS TORTURÉS PAR LA POLICE

14.05.2020 (Amnesty International) - Deux membres de la Liberal Publishing House – maison d’édition locale indépendante qui vend des livres considérés comme sensibles par le gouvernement – ont été détenus et torturés par la police d’Ho Chi Minh-Ville. ...

Under Cover of Pandemic, China Steps Up Brinkmanship in South China Sea

14.05.2020 by Robert A. Manning, Patrick M. Cronin (Foreign Policy) - Beijing has increased pressure on its nervous neighbors in its quest to dominate the entire South China Sea. ...

Pékin profite de la pandémie mondiale pour renforcer ses positions en mer de Chine du Sud

14.05.2020 Par Bruno Philip (Le Monde) - Les manœuvres chinoises répétées ont suscité une vaste réprobation de la part de ses proches voisins et des Etats-Unis. ...

Wie ausländische Praktikanten in Japan missbraucht werden

13.05.2020 Sonja Blaschke, Text und Bilder, Hashima (NZZ) - Das überalterte Japan benötigt dringend Arbeitskräfte und lädt junge Leute aus China und Südostasien zu Ausbildungsprogrammen ein. Dort erwartet sie manchmal jedoch, was Kritiker «moderne Sklaverei» nennen. ...  

It’s time for Vietnam and ASEAN to challenge Beijing in the South China Sea

13.05.2020 Nguyen Quang Dy (ASPI) - On 14 April, as China’s Haiyang Dizhi 8 survey group sailed into the South China Sea again, Taiwan scrambled ships to monitor the passage of the Chinese navy’s Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group as it went through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa and turned south. ...  

China steps up maritime activity with eye on post-pandemic order

13.05.2020 Tsukasa Hadano and Alex Fang (Nikkei Asian Review) - BEIJING/NEW YORK -- In April, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning passed between two Japanese islands ...  

COVID-19 can fuel more anti-Chinese resentment than Mekong dams

13.05.2020 (AsiaNews) - The pandemic is likely to make life worse for Thai fishermen as well as Vietnamese and Cambodian farmers. Restrictions resulting from the virus could limit food supply. The food security of 60 million people in the lower part of the Mekong River is in danger ...  

Vietnamese Prisoners Beaten For Requesting More Hours of Outside Work

13.05.2020 (RFA) - Guards in Vietnam’s Xuan Loc Prison recently beat six political prisoners, later throwing them into isolation cells, for requesting outdoor working hours on weekends ...  

Vietnam’s Coronavirus Success Is Built on Repression

12.05.2020 by Bill Hayton, Tro Ly Ngheo (Foreign Policy) - The Communist Party’s tools of control made for effective virus-fighting weapons. ...

EU, French agency support Việt Nam’s resilience to climate change, COVID-19

12.05.2020 (ReliefWeb) - The European Union (EU) and the French Development Agency (AFD) have reached an agreement to strengthen their joint-cooperation for increasing Việt Nam’s resilience to climate change ...  

Vietnamese Catholics pray with the universal Church for the end of the pandemic

12.05.2020 by Ngoc Lan (AsiaNews) - The government has announced the easing of epidemic restriction measures. Therefore the offices of the dioceses informed the priests, religious and the faithful about the "normalization of religious activities". ...  

Vietnam Encourages Fishermen to Defy China South China Sea Ban

12.05.2020 By Drake Long (RFA) - Vietnam’s government on Tuesday encouraged the nation’s fishermen to keep operating around the disputed Paracel Islands despite China’s unilaterally-imposed fishing ban in the South China Sea ...  

Vietnam’s Top Court Rejects Request to Reinvestigate Death-row Inmate’s Case

11.05.2020 (RFA) - Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Court has rejected a request by the country’s Supreme People’s Procuracy to reinvestigate the case of death-row inmate Ho Duy Hai, prompting his family members to petition lawmakers over the decision Monday. ...  

China Expected to Ignore Philippine Protest over Upgrade of a Disputed Islet

11.05.2020 By Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - China is expected to ignore a Philippine protest against creation of an "administrative center" on a disputed islet because Manila has few means to follow up, but the outcry could throttle Beijing’s eventual pursuit of more legal control over  Asia’s most hotly disputed sea. ...  

As a baby she was one of 3,628 Vietnamese refugees rescued at sea; 45 years on, she meets air force sergeant who saved her

11.05.2020 Joseph Lam (SCMP) - The refugees were saved from a ship adrift in the South China Sea in 1975; the daring mission is documented in filmmaker Duc Nguyen’s new project. A sick baby needed an urgent air pickup; now a successful fashion designer, she recently spoke with one of the rescue crew for the first time. ...

Français adoptés, ils sont retournés vivre au Vietnam

11.05.2020 Par Loanne Jeunet (Le PetitJournal) - Amandine, Hien, Clément et Aurélien sont Français nés au Vietnam. Enfants, ils ont été adoptés à Saigon ; adultes, ils ont fait le choix de revenir vivre dans leur pays natal. ...

Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs

11.05.2020 (The Asahi Shimbun) -  REUTERS - HANOI--Authorities at kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children’s temperatures at the gates when they reopened on Monday from a months-long closure over the coronavirus pandemic, following last week’s partial re-opening of other schools. ...

Apple will Millionen AirPods in Vietnam produzieren

10.05.2020 Andreas Krämer (Apfelnews) - Im laufenden zweiten Quartal plant Apple die Produktion seiner AirPods in Vietnam, wie die Onlinezeitung Nikkei Asian Review berichtete. ...

Mekong nations face growing threat to food security amid claims China’s dams exacerbate effects of drought

10.05.2020 Laura Zhou (SCMP) - Drought, erratic water levels along 4,300km river are disrupting rice yields and fish catches, raising costs for farmers. Beijing rejects claim Chinese dams behind drought hitting countries downstream. ...

Les États-Unis envoient deux navires de guerre en mer de Chine méridionale

10.05.2020 (45eNord) - La marine américaine a envoyé deux navires pour patrouiller à proximité d’une zone qui est l’objet d’un différend sur les droits miniers entre la Malaisie et la Chine dans la mer de Chine méridionale pour la deuxième fois en un mois ...

How Covid-19 will and won’t change Vietnam

08.05.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - Communist Party has transparently handled the virus crisis, a shift some hope will carry over into more open politics. ...

Vietnamese Man Arrested For Gambling Dies in Jailhouse Beating

08.05.2020 (RFA) - A Vietnamese man jailed on a gambling charge died in custody on Friday three days after beginning a six-month prison term, with authorities saying he was beaten to death by fellow inmates, and family members vowing to seek justice. ...

In Vietnam gut enthaltene afrikanische Schweinepest, die wahrscheinlich wieder auftritt

08.05.2020 (Twittersmash) - HANOI (Xinhua) - Die afrikanische Schweinepest ist in Vietnam gut eingedämmt, doch laut dem Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und ländliche Entwicklung des Landes am Mittwoch ist es sehr wahrscheinlich, dass sie erneut auftritt und sich in großem Umfang ausbreitet. ...

Apple to produce millions of AirPods in Vietnam amid pandemic - US tech giant hastens shift away from China

08.05.2020 Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li (Nikkei Asian Review) - TAIPEI -- Apple will produce millions of its popular AirPods wireless earphones in Vietnam for the first time this quarter, ...

Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville : des jeunes catholiques vietnamiens se mettent au service des plus démunis face à la crise

08.05.2020 (Eglises d'Asie) - Depuis début avril, la paroisse de Phu Trung, à Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville, dans le sud du Vietnam, distribue des repas gratuits à près de 400 personnes par jour, dans les rues des six districts les plus peuplés de la mégalopole de 13 millions d’habitants. ...

Vietnam’s Government Is Using COVID-19 to Crack Down on Freedom of Expression

08.05.2020 By Anthony Nguyen (Slate) - In the wake of COVID-19’s spread across the world, countries are dealing with the rise of both intentional fake news and well-meaning misinformation about the virus. Some hard-hit countries have enacted new laws related to the spread of misinformation, while others are reckoning with constitutional limits on free speech. ...

Vietnam weist Fischfangverbot Chinas in umstrittenem Seegebiet ab

08.05.2020 (Der Farang) - HANOI:  Die vietnamesische Regierung hat einen einseitigen Beschluss Chinas zurückgewiesen, ein Fischfangverbot für das Südchinesische Meer zu verhängen. ...

Vietnam protests Beijing’s ‘unilateral fishing ban’ in S. China Sea

08.05.2020 (RT) - Hanoi protested on Friday against what it described as Beijing’s unilateral fishing ban, which it’s imposed in the disputed South China Sea from May 1 to August 16. ...

Gia Lai faces water shortage

07.05.2020 (ReliefWeb) - GIA LAI — Drought in the Central Highlands region has seriously affected daily lives of residents in Gia Lai Province. ...

Le Vietnam signale 17 nouveaux cas de coronavirus, tous importés

07.05.2020 HANOI (Reuters) – Le Vietnam a signalé jeudi 17 nouveaux cas de coronavirus, tous des infections importées impliquant des citoyens vietnamiens rapatriés ...

Vietnam may soon sue China on South China Sea

07.05.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - Hanoi is weighing an international arbitration case against Beijing to settle their hotly contested sea claims. ...

How China Is Slow Conquering the South China Sea

07.05.2020 by Denny Roy (The National Interest) - The Chinese government has consistently built-up false assurance by presenting a façade of commitment to peace, harmony and moral principle. ...

Chinese spies hop from one hacked government network to another in Asia Pacific, researchers say

07.05.2020 Written by Sean Lyngaas (Cyberscoop) - Nearly five years ago, researchers unmasked a Chinese hacking group, pinpointing the unit of the People’s Liberation Army that was allegedly sponsoring it. The so-called Naikon group was key to China’s spying efforts in the South China Sea, targeting government agencies from the Philippines to Vietnam ...

This Asia-Pacific Cyber Espionage Campaign Went Undetected for 5 Years

07.05.2020 Ravie Lakshmanan (The Hacker News) - An advanced group of Chinese hackers has recently been spotted to be behind a sustained cyber espionage campaign targeting government entities in Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Brunei ...

Gia Lai faces water shortage

07.05.2020 (ReliefWeb) - GIA LAI — Drought in the Central Highlands region has seriously affected daily lives of residents in Gia Lai Province. ...

Le Vietnam signale 17 nouveaux cas de coronavirus, tous importés

07.05.2020 HANOI (Reuters) – Le Vietnam a signalé jeudi 17 nouveaux cas de coronavirus, tous des infections importées impliquant des citoyens vietnamiens rapatriés ...

Verurteilter vietnamesischer Flüchtling kämpft nach 30…

06.05.2020 (Twittersmash) - Drei Jahrzehnte, nachdem er als Flüchtlingskind an der Küste von Hongkong gelandet war, kämpft Vo Van Hung darum, ihn nach Vietnam zu deportieren, nachdem er eine lange Haftstrafe verhängt hat – wegen Mordes. ...

China's Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Is Training for War in the South China Sea

06.05.2020 by Peter Suciu (The National Interest) - After a month of training in the South China Sea, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning returned to its homeport of Qingdao last week. The South China Morning Post reported that the ship was joined by at least five escort vessels ...

Vietnams Telefonexport stieg in 4 Monaten leicht an

05.05.2020 (Twitter) - HANOI (Xinhua). Vietnam verdiente in den ersten vier Monaten dieses Jahres fast 16,2 Milliarden US-Dollar durch den Export von Telefonen und Komponenten. ...

Vietnam Wants to Put Couples in the Mood for Love and Babies

05.05.2020 Nguyen Kieu Giang and Nguyen Xuan Quynh (Bloomberg News) - Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is nudging young people to tie the knot before they turn 30 and start having babies as officials worry about low fertility rates in some parts of the country. ...

Reviewing Vietnam’s ‘Struggle’ Options in the South China Sea - What are Hanoi’s options to push back on Beijing?

05.05.2020 By Derek Grossman (The Diplomat) - Once again, Chinese assertiveness against Vietnam in the South China Sea is on the rise. ...

Vietnam’s Note Verbale On The South China Sea

05.05.2020 by Vo Ngoc Diep (AMTI) - Malaysia’s recent submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has triggered a note-verbale debate between claimants in the South China Sea. ...

China erhebt Anspruch auf 80 Prozent des Südchinesischen Meeres

04.05.2020 Von Kathrin Sumpf (Epoch Times) - Mitten im Südchinesischen Meer richtete China zwei neue Verwaltungsbezirke ein und erhebt nun Anspruch auf 80 Prozent des Meeres - während die Welt mit Corona beschäftigt ist. ...

Convicted Vietnam refugee fights deportation after 30 years in Hong Kong

04.05.2020 (CNA) - HONG KONG: Three decades after he landed on Hong Kong shores as a child refugee, Vo Van Hung is fighting efforts to deport him to Vietnam now that he has finished a lengthy jail sentence - for murder. ...

Kinder in Vietnam gehen nach Corona-Pause wieder in die Schule

04.05.2020 (Börse Online) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Nach mehr als drei Monaten Zwangspause zum Schutz vor dem Coronavirus hat in Vietnam am Montag der Schulunterricht in allen 63 Provinzen wieder begonnen. ...

Vietnam's old soldiers struggle to survive

03.05.2020 UCA News reporter (UCA News) -  Church lends a helping hand to veterans who have fallen on hard times, worsened by a nationwide lockdown. ...

Meet the Artist – Die Autorin Kim Thúy

01.05.2020 (DW) - Zwischen zwei Welten zuhause sein, Heimat in der Fremde finden: Davon erzählen Kim Thúys Romane. Sie ist zehn, als sie mit ihrer Familie aus einem Flüchtlingslager nach Kanada flieht. ...

Kim Thúy: The Voice of the Others

01.05.2020 (DW) - Living between two worlds, finding a home as a refugee. That is the subject of Kim Thúy's novels. She was ten years old when her family fled from Vietnam to a refugee camp and then to Canada. ...

Will Vietnam Be ASEAN Chair for Another Year?

01.05.2020 By David Hutt (The Diplomat) - There are rumors that Vietnam wants an extra year as chair, to make up for the COVID-19 disruption. Would the rest of ASEAN agree to that? ...

Guerre du Vietnam : une romancière fait entendre la voix des femmes

30.04.2020 (La Presse) - (Hong Kong) Les femmes ont porté une grande partie du fardeau de la guerre du Vietnam, mais leurs voix ont longtemps été absentes de la littérature traitant de cette période, regrette l’auteure vietnamienne Nguyen Phan Que Mai qui dit avoir voulu y remédier dans son nouveau roman. ...

Nach aggressiven Massentests sagt Vietnam, dass es…

30.04.2020 Von Khanh Vu, Phuong Nguyen und James Pearson  (Twittersmash) - HANOI – Der Geschäftsmann Phan Quoc Viet betete in einer Pagode in Tay Ninh, einer Provinz im Süden Vietnams, wie üblich, als der Anruf des Regierungsbeamten kam. ...

China: Machtpolitik im Windschatten des Virus

29.04.2020 Von Lea Deuber, Peking, und Arne Perras, Singapur (SZ) - Während die Kräfte vieler Nachbarstaaten im Kampf gegen Corona an Land gebunden sind, versucht Peking, im Südchinesischen Meer Fakten zu schaffen. ...

China is making the most of the coronavirus to dislodge the US as the world’s main superpower

29.04.2020 James Pasley (Business Insider) - China is aggressively pushing its foreign policy agenda while the world is focused on the coronavirus. ...

USA: Coronavirus fordert mehr Todesopfer als Vietnam-Krieg

29.04.2020 (T-Online) - Die Zahl der Todesopfer in den USA durch das Coronavirus hat nach Angaben der Johns-Hopkins-Universität inzwischen die Zahl der während des Vietnam-Krieges getöteten US-Bürger überschritten. ...

The US coronavirus death toll now exceeds Americans killed in the Vietnam War

29.04.2020 (SBS) - The United States' death toll from the novel coronavirus has exceeded the 58,220 American lives lost during the Vietnam War as cases topped one million, according to a Reuters tally. ...

Davantage d'Américains sont morts du coronavirus qu'à la guerre du Vietnam

29.04.2020 (Le Figaro) - Le nombre de malades décédés en deux mois du nouveau coronavirus aux Etats-Unis dépasse désormais celui des soldats américains tués en deux décennies lors du conflit au Vietnam ...

Study reveals rich genetic diversity of Vietnam

29.04.2020 by Oxford University Press (Phys.org) - Vietnam features extensive ethnolinguistic diversity and occupies a key position in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). ...

Studie: China trägt Schuld an historischer Dürre entlang des Mekong

28.04.2020 Michael Settelen / Martin Kölling (NZZ) - Das ist passiert: Lange hatte man es befürchtet, nun liefert eine neue Studie der US-Beratungsfirma Eyes on Earth den Beweis: Die in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten errichteten Staudämme im chinesischen Teil des Mekong-Flusses halten das Wasser zurück, das in den südostasiatischen Staaten so lebensnotwendig ist. ...

Vietnamese hackers exploited Google Play Store for espionage campaign

28.04.2020 Written by Shannon Vavra (cyberscoop) - Hackers with suspected links to the Vietnamese government have been using the Google Play Store to distribute malicious software for the last four years, according to Kaspersky research published Tuesday. ...

CPJ, 73 media and rights groups urge Asian heads of state to release jailed journalists

27.04.2020 (CPJ) - We the 74 undersigned media, press freedom, and human rights organizations are writing to call on your respective governments to release all jailed journalists amid the sweeping COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Facebook Falls in Line for Vietnam Censors - Profit first for Zuckerberg

27.04.2020 By: David Brown (Asia Sentinel) - When I phoned her, Giao Chi was winding up a 14-hour workday, spent connecting with staff and editing and posting stories. ...

Erneuerbare Energien: Windkraftanlagen - Vestas erhält Großauftrag für die Lieferung von Windkraftanlagen aus Vietnam

27.04.2020 (IT-Times) - AARHUS - Der dänische Windkraftanlagen-Produzent Vestas Wind Systems hat einen Großauftrag für die Lieferung von Windturbinen und die Übernahme von Services bekannt gegeben. ...

Chinese aircraft carrier maneuver aimed at achieving multiple results

26.04.2020 (Focus Taiwan) - Taipei, April 26 (CNA) A recent training mission of the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, which sailed through waters near Japan and Taiwan and into the South China Sea near Vietnam, has been seen by a Taiwanese defense analyst as a maneuver with the aim of "hitting three birds with one stone." ...

Vietnamesische Vertragsarbeiter/innen in Deutschland

24.04.2020 von Marina Mai (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung) - Vor vierzig Jahren schlossen die DDR und Vietnam ein Abkommen zur Übernahme von "Vertragsarbeitern". 16.000 sind nach dem Ende der DDR in Deutschland geblieben. In der Geschichtsschreibung gern vergessen, prägen sie doch heute unsere kulturelle Vielfalt mit. ...

The rising cost of religious freedom in Vietnam

24.04.2020 by USCIRF Commissioner Anurima Bhargava and Rep. Harley Rouda (The Hill) - In March 2019, Ms. Bui Thi Kim Phuong, a Hoa Hao Buddhist from Vietnam, prepared to board a flight to the United States for a series of meetings on the deteriorating human rights and religious freedom conditions in Vietnam. Ms. Phuong was stopped by Vietnamese security authorities at Tan Son Nhat airport and forced to return home. Her offense: she is married to Nguyen Bac Truyen, a prominent prisoner of conscience and religious freedom advocate. ...

Vietnamese Police Arrest Dissident Writer for Connection With Democracy Group

24.04.2020 (RFA) - Police in Vietnam have arrested dissident writer Tran Duc Thach, known for his writings that expose the corruption, injustice and human rights abuses of the Vietnamese government ...

Die Welt geht jetzt auf Distanz zu China

23.04.2020 Matthias Koch (RND) - Anfangs dachten viele, China werde der Gewinner der Viruskrise sein, weltpolitisch und wirtschaftlich. Doch danach sieht es nicht mehr aus, Xi Jingpings High-Tech-Diktatur ist unter Druck geraten wie noch nie. ...

Amnesty International wirft Facebook Beteiligung an Zensur vor

23.04.2020 (Spiegel-Online) - Mehr als die Hälfte der Vietnamesen hat Facebook-Accounts, das Netzwerk ist wichtig für Aktivisten. Menschenrechtler warnen Facebook nun davor, mit seiner Moderation der Regierung zu sehr entgegenzukommen. ...

Vietnam told to sue China over marine invasionBishop Hop and priests sign statement demanding action over Chinese moves to claim islands

23.04.2020 (UCA News) - Hanoi  - Religious and civil groups and activists have asked Vietnam’s government to take legal action to get back its islands invaded by China and to respect the people’s patriotic activities. ...

Vietnams Kriegserklärung an Corona

23.04.2020 Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Vietnam ist ein dicht bevölkertes Nachbarland Chinas. Das Gesundheitssystem ist nicht sehr robust und dem Staat mangelt es an Kapital, um das Virus zu bekämpfen. Trotzdem ist die Infektionsrate in Vietnam niedrig. Wieso? ...

Au Vietnam, le gouvernement a ralenti l’accès à Facebook pour imposer de nouvelles règles de censure

23.04.2020 (Le Monde) - Des serveurs utilisés par Facebook au Vietnam ont été mis hors-ligne en début d’année, à la demande du gouvernement vietnamien, selon des sources internes au réseau social citées par l’agence Reuters. ...

Vietnam: Facebook, Pressured, Censors Dissent

23.04.2020 (Human Rights Watch) - (New York) – Facebook has bowed to pressure by the government of Vietnam and agreed to restrict posts by dissidents, setting a bad precedent for both human rights and its global policies, Human Rights Watch said today. ...

Black cats killed and eaten in Vietnam – over rumours they treat COVID-19

23.04.2020 by Joe Mellor (The London Economic) - "In Vietnam and Indonesia, the practice of eating dogs and cats and exotic wildlife is still highly prevalent. Traders have been promoting ' exotic' meats as a cure to coronavirus. ...

Le secret des Vietnamiennes

23.04.2020 Par: Clémence Denavit (RFI) - « Dès que vous traversez le seuil d’une maison vietnamienne, vous êtes immédiatement bombardé par les variations d’une seule et même question : "Tu as déjà mangé ?" ; ...

Vietnam lockert Corona-Beschränkungen nach sechs Tagen in Folge ohne Neuinfektion

23.04.2020 (Deutschland Today) - Hanoi (AFP) - Nur 268 offiziell bestätigte Infektionen mit dem neuartigen Coronavirus und keine Todesfälle - angesichts dieser vorläufigen Bilanz hat Chinas Nachbarland Vietnam damit begonnen, die Ausgangsbeschränkungen zu lockern. ...

Vietnam comienza a salir del confinamiento, orgulloso de su aparente éxito ante covid-19

23.04.2020 (Infobae) - Vuetnam comenzó a levantar el confinamiento luego de una estricta cuarentena con seguimiento de personas infectadas, que parece haber contenido la epidemia de COVID-19 que provocó menos de 300 casos y ninguna muerte. ...

Memories Of Tragedy Stay With Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai

22.04.2020 By Gaiutra Bahadur (NPR) - Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai is a poet and world traveler whose first novel, The Mountains Sing, is about four generations of a Vietnamese family enduring many hardships — something she understands well. ...

Viet Nam: Facebook must cease complicity with government censorship

22.04.2020 (Amnesty International) - Facebook must immediately reverse its decision to censor posts deemed critical of the government in Viet Nam, said Amnesty International today. ...

Facebook: Vietnam erzwingt Zensurverschärfung mit Serverblockade

22.04.2020 Von Martin Holland (heise online) - Nachdem staatliche Provider in Vietnam den Traffic zu Facebook wochenlang gedrosselt haben, hat sich das soziale Netzwerk bereit erklärt, die Zensur "staatsfeindlicher" Inhalte in dem Land deutlich zu verschärfen. ...

Zuck loves free speech so much Facebook will censor 'anti-state' content in Vietnam after telcos 'crippled' access

22.04.2020 By Katyanna Quach (The Register) Fine, fine, we'll ban whatever the government says is illegal, just give us back access, says US giant. ...

Au Vietnam, le gouvernement a ralenti l’accès à Facebook pour imposer de nouvelles règles de censure

22.04.2020 (Le Monde) - En pleine pandémie, l’accès à Facebook, Messenger et Instagram a été très fortement restreint, jusqu’à ce que le réseau social accepte de bloquer davantage de messages. ...

Facebook agreed to censor posts after Vietnam slowed traffic, sources say

22.04.2020 (The Japan Times) - HANOI – Facebook’s local servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a crawl until it agreed to significantly increase the censorship of “anti-state” posts for local users, two sources at the company said Tuesday. ...

Vietnam Blogger Crackdown Continues with Harsh Supreme Court Ruling, More Arrests

22.04.2020 By An Hai (VOA) - WASHINGTON - An appeals court in Vietnam has upheld a lower court decision to sentence a music teacher to 11 years in prison for criticizing the government on Facebook. ...

Music teacher Nguyễn Năng Tĩnh, on a hunger strike because he was not allowed to see a priest, gets 11 years in prison

22.04.2020 by Joseph Trich (AsiaNnews) - The appeal trial took place amid the ongoing epidemic. Tĩnh’s wife was unable to be in the courtroom due to country-wide travel restrictions. Nguyễn Năng Tĩnh, 44, defended Vietnam against industrial pollution and China's abuses in the South China Sea. ...

Science Shows Chinese Dams Are Devastating the Mekong

22.04.2020 by Brian Eyler (Foreign Policy) - New data demonstrates a devastating effect on downstream water supplies that feed millions of people. Eleven massive dams straddle the mighty Mekong River before it leaves China and flows into Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and on into Vietnam. ...

Vietnam arrests seven over procurement 'wrongdoings' during coronavirus crisis

22.04.2020 (Reuters) - Vietnam arrested seven people, including three officials from the Hanoi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, on Wednesday for “wrongdoings” linked to procurement during the coronavirus crisis, ...

Kritik an China: "Zensur über Gesundheit gestellt"

21.04.2020 (Tagesschau) - Die Organisation Reporter ohne Grenzen (ROG) hat China in der Corona-Krise massive Verletzungen der Pressefreiheit mit fatalen Konsequenzen vorgeworfen. ...

Vietnam: IBAHRI and Geneva Bar condemn restrictive measures against human rights defender during Covid-19 quarantine

21.04.2020 (International Bar Association) - The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Geneva Bar Association condemn the reported abuse of Covid-19 quarantine measures against a human rights defender in the Quảng Bình Province of Vietnam. On returning to the country on 26 March 2020, Trương Thị Hà was quarantined alongside other travellers as part of the Vietnamese government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

U.S. Warships Enter Disputed Waters of South China Sea as Tensions With China Escalate

21.04.2020 By Hannah Beech (NYT) - The move comes as a war of words between the United States and China over the coronavirus pandemic intensifies. ...

How Southeast Asian American refugees helped shape America's resettlement system

20.04.2020 by Agnes Constante (nbcnews) - 2020 is the 45th anniversary of Southeast Asian American refugees' arrival in the U.S., still the largest group to be resettled since then. Two days before the end of the Vietnam War, Le Xuan Khoa boarded a plane with his family to start a new life in the United States. ...

Vietnam protests Beijing's expansion in disputed South China Sea as world remains occupied with coronavirus

20.04.2020 (ABC) - Beijing claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, directly challenging the territorial claims of its neighbours — the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and Malaysia. ...

China Steps up Patrols in Disputed Sea; Here’s What Malaysia and Vietnam Will do

20.04.2020 By Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Malaysia and Vietnam, militarily weaker than China, are expected to protest through diplomatic channels over a Chinese survey ship fleet that entered disputed waters this month, inviting a long but nonviolent standoff. ...

Chinese Are Slaughtered In A War Of Memes & Politics

20.04.2020 Richard S. Ehrlich (Scoop) - BANGKOK, Thailand -- A vicious, hilarious, political war has erupted on the Internet between Thailand's satirical dissidents and China's outraged nationalists, prompting the Chinese embassy in Bangkok to complain, apparently in vain. ...

COVID-19 au Vietnam : aucun cas signalé depuis quatre jours

20.04.2020 (LePetitJournal) - Au matin du lundi 20 avril, le Vietnam n’avait toujours pas enregistré de nouvelle infection au COVID-19 depuis quatre jours, pour la première fois depuis le début du mois de mars. ...

Xi Dreading US, Japan Exit From China As Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia Vie For Opportunities

19.04.2020 (EurAsian Times) - China’s pivoting role in the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic has earned it the fury of countries across the globe. ...

Vietnam asked to release prisoners of conscience

19.04.2020 UCA News reporter, Hanoi (UCA News) - Relatives of prisoners of conscience in Vietnam have called on government leaders to free inmates who are highly vulnerable to Covid-19 infection. ...

Pekings Krisenpropaganda

18.04.2020 von Severin Weiland und Matthias Gebauer (Der Spiegel) - China nutzt die Coronakrise, um sich international mit Hilfsaktionen zu profilieren, auch in Deutschland. Die Bundesregierung spricht intern von einer gezielten Desinformationskampagne. ...

‘Missing’ interns from Vietnam fear coronavirus but can’t go home

18.04.2020 by Ari Hirayama (Asahi Shimbun) - With attention in Japan focused on the public at large trying to protect themselves from the new coronavirus pandemic, one group of people has largely fallen through the safety net: foreign technical intern trainees who are going it alone after fleeing from companies with draconian working conditions. ...

Vietnams Wirtschaft schneidet in Corona-Krise bisher gut ab

18.04.2020 Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Die Weltwirtschaft steht wegen der Corona-Pandemie vor einer Rezession. Asien bleibt nicht verschont. Vietnam stemmt sich mit aller Kraft dagegen. Bisher mit einigem Erfolg. ...

Hanoi winning the fight against coronavirus

18.04.2020 (AsiaNews) - Vietnam has only 268 COVID-19 cases and no deaths. The secret of its success lies in the speed of intervention. ...

The Secret to Vietnam’s COVID-19 Response Success - A review of Vietnam’s response to COVID-19 and its implications

18.04.2020 By Minh Vu and Bich T. Tran (The Diplomat) - Vietnam planned to have a year packed with activities as the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2020 and a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 term. ...

Bild-Chef schreibt an Chinas Staatschef: „Sie gefährden die ganze Welt“

16.04.2020 von Julian Reichelt (Bild) - Sehr geehrter Herr Präsident Xi Jinping,

Ihre Botschaft in Berlin hat sich in einem offenen Brief an mich gewandt, weil wir in BILD die Frage gestellt haben, ob China für den gigantischen wirtschaftlichen Schaden aufkommen sollte, den das Corona-Virus derzeit weltweit anrichtet. ...

Why Philippines Solidarity With Vietnam in South China Sea Fishing Row Matters

16.04.2020 By Lucio Blanco Pitlo III (The Diplomat) - Philippines expresses concern and solidarity with Vietnam over a fishing row with China in the South China Sea. ...

Chinese ship seen moving south near Malaysia amid rising South China Sea tensions

16.04.2020 Rozanna Latiff, James Pearson (Reuters) - KUALA LUMPUR/HANOI - A Chinese government survey ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels moved south near Malaysia, shipping data showed Thursday ...

Asia Coffee: Trade remains frozen in Vietnam amid lockdown easing in some parts

16.04.2020 Phuong Nguyen, Mas Alina Arifin (Reuters) - HANOI/BANDAR LAMPUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Coffee trading in Vietnam remained frozen even as the government eased a 15-day lockdown for some parts of the Southeast Asian country, while fresh beans had started to come in Indonesia, traders said on Thursday. ...

Vietnam to Give the U.S. 200,000 Locally Made Medical Masks

16.04.2020 Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen (Bloomberg News) -  Vietnam is donating 200,000 domestically made medical masks to the U.S., which has seen deaths from the novel coronavirus top 30,000. ...

How The 1979 China-Vietnam War Forever Reshaped Asia - The region was never the same again

15.04.2020 by Sebastien Roblin (The National Interest) - Here's What You Need To Remember: Party Chairman Deng Xiaoping used the PLA’s demonstrated shortcomings to consolidate political power and begin a modernization effort, downsizing it by over a million personnel to improve its quality. ...

Chinese ship back in waters within Vietnam’s EEZ

15.04.2020 (Taipei Times) - A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam, as the US accused China of pushing its presence in the South China Sea while other claimants are preoccupied with the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Vietnam extends coronavirus lockdown in 12 high-risk locations

15.04.2020 Tomoya Onishi (Nikkei Asian Review) - HANOI -- Hanoi on Wednesday announced that social distancing measures in 12 cities and provinces will be extended to at least April 22 and possibly April 30. ...

South China Sea: Vietnam approaches UN against China

14.04.2020 S D Pradhan (The Times of India) - Realising that the International Community is now focused on the Coronavirus war, China has intensified its aggressive activities to usurp the entire South China Sea. ...

Vietnam May Extend Social Distancing Ban in Some Cities

14.04.2020 Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen (Bloomberg News) - Vietnam may extend its social distancing order in provinces and cities that have a high risk of the spread of the novel coronavirus spread, ...

Brit, 60, who thought he was 'cured' tests positive for coronavirus after flight

14.04.2020 By Michael Leidig (Mirror) - The British man had been hospitalised in Danang City in Vietnam but after being declared healthy and free of coronavirus he headed for a flight home from Tan Son Nhat Airport. ...

Vietnam, Laos Arrest Facebookers on COVID-19-Related Charges

13.04.2020 (RFA) - Authorities in Vietnam and Laos have arrested several Facebook users on charges related to the coronavirus, with Hanoi punishing posts that challenge official reporting on the pandemic and Vientiane acting against a lockdown violation streamed live. ...

Kiên Giang residents face consequences of drought

13.04.2020 (ReliefWeb) - KIÊN GIANG — Local people living in the buffer zone next to U Minh Thượng National Park in Kiên Giang Province have been suffering from severe drought in recent times. ...

Le "cas 262" de COVID-19 fait craindre une propagation de l’épidémie

13.04.2020 (LePetitJournal) - Le "patient 262" découvert dans le village de Ha Loi aurait été en contact avec plus de 100 personnes et fait redouter un nouveau foyer épidémique de COVID-19 au Vietnam. ...

Vietnam's total coronavirus cases climb to 265 but no deaths

13.04.2020 (The Star) - HANOI: Vietnam's health ministry reported five more confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases on Monday (April 13), taking the country's tally to 265, with no deaths. ...

Virus Outbreak: Vietnam enters virus diplomacy fray

11.04.2020 (Taipei Times) - Vietnam has given 390,000 masks to Cambodia and 340,000 to Laos, old allies with whom its influence has waned while China’s has expanded. Vietnam, despite its lack of resources compared with its giant neighbor, has donated 550,000 face masks to ...

Vietnamesische Vertragsarbeiter in DDR: Sie blieben

11.04.2020 Marina Mai (tz) - Vor 40 Jahren, am 11. April 1980, schlossen die DDR und Vietnam einen Vertrag über die Entsendung von Vertragsarbeitern. Ende 1989 lebten 60.000 Vertragsarbeiter aus dem südostasiatischen Staat zwischen Elbe und Oder. ...

Coronavirus: Vietnam to resume rice export

11.04.2020 (The Straits Times) - HANOI (XINHUA) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed with a plan to resume the country's rice export after the government announced an export ban in March to ensure national food security amid the Covid-19 epidemic, ...

Southeast Asian ministers endorse plans for pandemic fund

10.04.2020 By Jim Gomez (AP) - MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asian foreign ministers have endorsed the setting up of a regional fund to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and discussed a planned video summit of their leaders with counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea. ...

Vietnam challenges China's monopoly on virus diplomacy

10.04.2020 James Pearson (Reuters) - HANOI- Vietnam is challenging China’s dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits. ...

Dong Tam shows that Vietnam land laws are unjust and grassroots democracy is failing

10.04.2020 Author: Toan Le, Monash University (East Asia Forum) - On 9 January 2020, thousands of police entered the Dong Tam commune in Hanoi. A clash erupted, leading to the killing of three policemen and a civilian later named as Le Dinh Kinh ...

Vietnam in talks to borrow $1 billion as budget deficit seen widening

10.04.2020 (Reuters) -  HANOI - Vietnam plans to borrow $1 billion from foreign lenders this year, the Ministry of Finance said Friday, adding that the country’s budget deficit is seen widening this year due to the coronavirus outbreak. ...

Deserted beaches show coronavirus hit to Vietnam's tourism sector

09.04.2020 Hugh Bohane (Nikkei Asian Review) - DA NANG, Vietnam -- A handful of lifeguards patrolled the main beach of Vietnamese resort city of Da Nang, but not a single sun worshipper. ...

3 Vietnamese students likely to be deported for violating self-quarantine rules

09.04.2020 By Yonhap (The Korea Herald) - The Justice Ministry said Thursday that it is considering deporting three Vietnamese students from South Korea for violating self-quarantine rules. ...

Krankenhaus in Vietnam spendet Leipzig Schutzausrüstung

09.04.2020 (T-Online) - Leipzig hat medizinische Schutzausrüstung aus Vietnam erhalten. Wie die Stadt am Donnerstag mitteilte, spendete das Militärhospital 175 in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt 10 000 Gesichtsmasken ...

Dichter Ocean Vuong: Odysseus' queerer Sohn

09.04.2020 Ronald Pohl (Der Standard) - Er bemächtigte sich als Einwandererkind aus Vietnam voller Elan der US-Literatursprache: Ocean Vuongs Gedichtband "Nachthimmel mit Austrittswunden" öffnet Augen. ...

Philippines backs Vietnam after China sinks fishing boat

08.04.2020 (Washington Post) - MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Vietnam after Hanoi protested what it said was the ramming and sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea. ...

Essex: Lkw-Fahrer bekennt sich wegen Totschlags schuldig

08.04.2020 (Die Zeit) - Im Oktober 2019 sind 39 Menschen aus Vietnam tot in einem Kühllaster gefunden worden. Der Fahrer hat sich nun schuldig bekannt. ...

Vietnam's COVID-19 cases increase to 251

08.04.2020 (MENAFN) - The health ministry of Vietnam said on Wednesday that two more patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus, increasing the total number of coronavirus cases in Vietnam to 251. ...

The river–groundwater interface as a hotspot for arsenic release

07.04.2020 Ilka Wallis, Henning Prommer, Michael Berg, Adam J. Siade, Jing Sun & Rolf Kipfer (Nature) - Geogenic groundwater arsenic (As) contamination is pervasive in many aquifers in south and southeast Asia. ...

Vietnam's total coronavirus cases rise to 249, no deaths

07.04.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam’s health ministry reported four more confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the country’s total to 249, with no deaths. ...

South China Sea: US State Department Criticizes China for Reported Ramming, Sinking of Vietnamese Fishing Boat

07.04.2020 By Ankit Panda (The Diplomat) - On Monday, the U.S. State Department criticized China after reports emerged that a Vietnamese fishing vessel had been sunk near the disputed Paracel Islands. ...

Vietnam donates 550,000 masks to EU countries in coronavirus fight

07.04.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam donated 550,000 face masks to five European countries on Tuesday to support their fight against the coronavirus that has killed more than 75,000 people worldwide. ...

La vida imaginada: "Ru", un viaje a Vietnam por los recuerdos

06.04.2020 (rtve) - Una historia de confinamiento, huídas, dolor y esperanza. "Ru", de la autora vietnamita Kim Thúy, publicado por Periférica y traducido del francés por Manuel Serrat Crespo. ...

NEUE REGELN IN VIETNAM - Homo-Verbot im Knast

06.04.2020 von: Marco Schenk (Bild) - Wie die BBC berichtet, gibt es in vietnamesischen Gefängnissen neue Regelungen. So sind „homosexuellen Handlungen“ unter Häftlingen ab sofort verboten ...

En quarantaine, la détresse de plusieurs Français dans l’attente

04.04.2020 (Le Petit Journal) - Confiné dans une école militaire depuis une semaine, un expatrié français témoigne de conditions de quarantaine difficiles et impute au Consulat général de France un manque total de soutien. ...

Vietnam: Two new cases reported bringing nationwide total to 239

04.04.2020 (Eleven) - HANOI (Viet Nam News/ANN) — Two new COVID-19 cases, including one relating to Hà Nội’s Bạch Mai Hospital, were reported by the Ministry of Health Saturday morning. ...

Dragon’s global strategic game plan: Coronavirus and sinking of the Vietnamese boat

04.04.2020 (The Times of India) - The world is facing the challenges caused not only by the Coronavirus that originated in China but also the Chinese aggressive actions aimed at establishing its hegemony on seas from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. ...

Vietnam protests Beijing's sinking of South China Sea boat

04.04.2020 Khanh Vu (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam has lodged an official protest with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat it said had been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel near islands in the disputed South China Sea. ...

China was once the cradle of the coronavirus pandemic but it has bounced back with astonishing speed, writes EDWARD LUCAS as he reveals the country may have won the war for global supremacy as well

03.04.2020 by Edward Lucas (Daily Mail) - China has — it seems — won its battle against the coronavirus. It may have won the war for global supremacy as well. ...

Vietnam's total coronavirus cases rise to 237, no deaths: health ministry

03.04.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam’s health ministry reported 10 more coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally to 237. ...

Vietnam's Dung Quat oil refinery cuts output on virus-hit demand

03.04.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam’s Dung Quat oil refinery plans to cut output because of weaker domestic fuel demand caused by the coronavirus oubreak ...

Vietnam charges China with sinking one of its fishing vessels in South China Sea

03.04.2020 by Joel Gehrke (Washington Examiner) - China rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the disputed waters of the South China Sea and detained the crew, according to Vietnamese officials. ...

Vietnamesische Community in Berlin: Solidarisch an der Nähmaschine

03.04.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - BERLIN | Die Erwerbsgrundlage vieler Vietnamesen ist mit Corona zusammengebrochen. Während die einen Masken nähen, wollen andere zurück nach Vietnam ...

Vietnam charges China with sinking one of its fishing vessels in South China Sea

03.04.2020 by Joel Gehrke (Washington Examiner) - China rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the disputed waters of the South China Sea and detained the crew, according to Vietnamese officials. ...

China sees chance to expand global influence amid pandemic

02.04.2020 by Olivia Beavers (The Hill) - China is seeking to expand its global influence during the coronavirus pandemic by painting itself as a powerful benefactor at a time when Beijing is facing accusations of concealing information about the initial outbreak. ...

Völkerrechtswidrige Entführung bei geheimdienstlicher Agententätigkeit (Berliner Vietnamesenfall 17)

02.04.2020 RA Daniel Lehnert (anwalt.de) - § 99 StGB bestraft die „einfache“ nachrichtendienstliche Tätigkeit ohne Beschränkung auf Staatsgeheimnisse im Inland.

Der vietnamesische Geheimdienst hat 2017 einen früheren Geschäftsführer eines staatlichen vietnamesischen Unternehmens aus Deutschland nach Vietnam entführt, dessen Auslieferung war vorher gescheitert. ...

Vietnam bans posting fake news online - About coronavirus or anything else

02.04.2020 By Robbie Harb (The Register) - Vietnam will fine people posting fake news on social media in an effort to crack down on the spread of both general misinformation and falsehoods about the novel coronavirus. ...

L’injustice de naître femme dans le Vietnam rural du XIXe siècle

02.04.2020 Hubert Heyrendt (La Libre.be) - Sorti en Premium VOD ce 1er avril, The Third Wife est un premier film vietnamien sensible mais fort sur la condition des femmes. ...

Kölner Paar reist durch Vietnam und wird beschimpft und ausgegrenzt

01.04.2020 Carolina Bosch (Express) - Köln - Den lange geplanten Vietnam-Urlaub verschieben oder gar absagen? Das kam für mich Anfang März nicht in Frage. Bereits seit zwei Monaten war mein Freund in Asien unterwegs gewesen und hatte von dem Virus nicht viel mitbekommen. ...

Coronavirus Outbreak - Vietnam Imposes Hefty Fines for Going Maskless

01.04.2020 By Ha Nguyen (VOA) - WASHINGTON - While U.S. health authorities are debating whether or not wearing masks will help slow the spread of COVID-19, Vietnamese authorities are handing out steep fines to those who disregard the mandate to wear them at all times, just about everywhere. ...

Bart- und Tattoo-Verbot für vietnamesische Häftlinge

01.04.2020 (Nau.ch) - In Vietnam werden die Regeln für Gefängnisinsassen verschärft. Künftig sind unter anderem Tattoos, Bärte oder geschorene Köpfe verboten. ...

Vietnam's coronavirus cases climb to 218, no deaths: health ministry

01.04.2020 (Reuters) HANOI - Vietnam’s health ministry reported 11 more confirmed coronavirus cases ...

Covid-19 in Vietnam: Ist niedrigen Zahlen zu trauen?

31.03.2020 Von Mathias Brunner (SpeedWeek) - ​Am 5. April sollte der erste Formel-1-GP von Vietnam stattfinden. Wann es nun einen WM-Lauf geben wird, weiss keiner. Die Covid-19-Zahlen sind auffallend gering. Aber ist diesen Zahlen zu trauen? ...

Coronavirus Outbreak - Vietnam Orders National Isolation After Initial Containment of Coronavirus

31.03.2020 (VOA) - Vietnam has announced a national lockdown to fight COVID-19, with nearly 100 million people ordered not to go outside except for food and medical needs, ...

Vietnam to implement 15 days of social distancing in coronavirus battle

31.03.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam will begin 15 days of social distancing from Wednesday ...

VIRUS/Vietnam: Hanoi und Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt droht Lockdown

30.03.2020 (boerse.de) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Wegen der Coronavirus-Pandemie müssen sich die Einwohner der beiden größten Städte in Vietnam laut Ministerpräsident Nguyen Xuan Phuc auf Ausgangssperren vorbereiten. ...

Vietnam says to suspend public transport to curb coronavirus spread

30.03.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday ordered the suspension to public transport services ...

Europäischer Rat gibt grünes Licht für Freihandelsabkommen mit Vietnam

30.03.2020 (Zeit Online) - Die Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union haben dem Freihandelsabkommen mit Vietnam zugestimmt. ...

US, EU buyers tell Vietnamese firms to suspend delivery

30.03.2020 (Fibre2Fashion) - Many US and European Union (EU) partners have sent notices to Vietnamese garment and textile businesses informing they will temporarily stop receiving goods for three to four weeks. ...

Vietnams Kriegserklärung an Corona

30.03.2020 Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Vietnam ist ein dicht bevölkertes Nachbarland Chinas. Das Gesundheitssystem ist nicht sehr robust und dem Staat mangelt es an Kapital, um das Virus zu bekämpfen. Trotzdem ist die Infektionsrate in Vietnam niedrig. Wieso? ...

Hanoi und Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt droht Lockdown

30.03.2020 (Börse Online) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Wegen der Coronavirus-Pandemie müssen sich die Einwohner der beiden größten Städte in Vietnam laut Ministerpräsident Nguyen Xuan Phuc auf Ausgangssperren vorbereiten. ...

Vietnamese Catholics pray with the Pope for an end to the pandemic

30.03.2020 by Trung Tin (AsiaNews) - Ho Chi Minh City – The coronavirus outbreak has upturned the religious life of many Vietnamese Catholics. ...

Coronavirus lockdown: top Hanoi hospital linked to Vietnam’s biggest cluster

29.03.2020 (SCMP) - Vietnam has locked down one of its largest hospitals and main treatment centres for Covid-19 after the nation's biggest cluster of cases was linked to the facility, the government said. ...

Hanoi’s Largest Hospital Locked Down on Virus Outbreak Fears

28.03.2020 John Boudreau and Nguyen Xuan Quynh (Bloomberg News) - Vietnam officials ordered one of the nation’s largest medical centers to be locked down and demanded thousands of employees and people who recently visited Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital be tested for Covid-19 after nurses and other staff contracted the disease. ...

Vietnam reports rise of 11 coronavirus cases to 174: health ministry

28.03.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam’s health ministry reported an additional 11 coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total number in the Southeast Asian country to 174. ...

Vietnam orders non-essential businesses to close for 2 weeks

27.03.2020 (AP) - HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s government on Friday ordered all non-essential businesses to close for at least two weeks ...

Vietnam’s Coronavirus Struggle: The Import Dimension

27.03.2020 By Thoi Nguyen (The Diplomat) - Vietnam has been increasing its effort to contain the coronavirus as the new number of confirmed cases have been rising steadily since the last few weeks. ...

Vietnam Quarantines Tens of Thousands in Coronavirus Camps

26.03.2020 by Gabrielle Reyes (Breitbart) - Travelers returning home to Vietnam from overseas are shipped to government sites if suspected of carrying the Chinese coronavirus. This aggressive tactic of sending newly arrived travelers to mass quarantine camps was first seen in China, where the virus originated. ...

Siemens Gamesa erhält 113 MW Großauftrag für Windturbinen aus Vietnam

26.03.2020 (IT-Times) - MÜNCHEN - Der Münchner Erneuerbare Energien - Spezialist Siemens Gamesa meldet eine Order über zahlreiche Windkraftanlagen für ein Windenergieprojekt in Vietnam. ...

'Made in Vietnam' Goods Increasingly Popular in US

26.03.2020 (VOA) - “Made in Vietnam” cell phones, lounge chairs and clothing have become more popular with Americans than ever before. U.S. imports from the Southeast Asian nation have increased to record levels ...

Mekong Delta water shortages threaten 180,000 households

25.03.2020 by Peter Tran (AsiaNews) - The region has suffered from drought since 2016. Five provinces have declared a state of emergency earlier this month. ...

VIRUS/Corona-Krise und Dürre: Vietnam exportiert keinen Reis mehr

25.03.2020 (Börse Online) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Vietnam stoppt vorerst seine Reisexporte, um die Nahrungsmittelversorgung der eigenen Bevölkerung sicherzustellen. ...

China Sends Ships, Planes over Disputed Seas to Show Strength after COVID-19 Outbreak

25.03.2020 By Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - China is asserting itself in disputed waters around Asia this month to look strong after containing the world’s first coronavirus outbreak as the rest of the world grapples with the disease now. ...

Bold action needed to address Vietnam’s air pollution

24.03.2020 Author: Thang Nam Do, ANU (East Asia Forum) - Vietnam is struggling with alarming air pollution. Its two biggest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, are now among the top 15 polluted cities in Southeast Asia. ...

Coronavirus: Vietnam closes Ho Chi Minh City restaurants to curb virus outbreak

24.03.2020 (The Straits Times) - HANOI (REUTERS) - Restaurants in Vietnam's business hub, Ho Chi Minh City, must close until March 31 to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, the city's ruling body said on Tuesday (March 24). ...

Banh Mi: Ein animiertes Google-Doodle zu Ehren des leckeren vietnamesischen Baguette-Sandwichs

24.03.2020 Jens (Google Watch Blog) - Es gibt Essen! Am heutigen 24. März ehrt Google das Banh Mi auf einigen internationalen Startseiten mit einem sehr leckeren Doodle in animierter Form ...

Vietnam confirms three more Covid-19 cases, 121 in total

23.03.2020 (The Star) - HANOI: Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Monday afternoon (March 23) confirmed three new cases of Covid-19 infection in its southern Ho Chi Minh City, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 121. ...

31 Vietnamese nabbed on Taiwanese boat quarantined for coronavirus

23.03.2020 by Keoni Everington (Taiwan News)- TAIPEI - As imported cases of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) rise in Taiwan, 31 Vietnamese nationals were arrested after being found to have been smuggled on a fishing boat on Saturday (March 21). ...

Vietnam PM says risk of coronavirus community infection 'very high'

23.03.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam needs to strictly enforce restrictions on all air, sea and land movements within the country to curb the spread of coronavirus as the risk of community infection is “very high,” the Southeast Asian country’s prime minister said on Monday. ...

Coronavirus: Le Vietnam ferme ses frontières

21.03.2020 (YahooNews) - HANOI (Reuters) - Le Vietnam interdira l'accès au pays à tous les étrangers à partir de dimanche, ...

VIRUS: Vietnam schließt seine Grenzen fast vollständig

21.03.2020 (Börse Online) - HANOI (dpa-AFX) - Vietnam hat zur Bekämpfung des Coronavirus seine Grenzen fast vollständig geschlossen. ...

Vietnam cancela todos los vuelos internacionales por el coronavirus

21.03.2020 (europa press) - HANÓI (DPA/EP) - El Gobierno de Vietnam ha anunciado este sábado la cancelación de todos los vuelos internacionales para atajar el contagio del nuevo coronavirus. ...

Vietnam bars entry to all foreigners from Sunday

21.03.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam will bar entry for all foreigners from Sunday, except for special cases, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to contain the spread of coronavirus, the government said. ...

Vietnam to quarantine all foreign arrivals from Mar.21

20.03.2020 (Reuters) -  HANOI - Vietnam will quarantine all international arrivals from March 21 to curb the spread of the coronavirus, its health ministry said on Friday. ...

Vietnamese Woman and Brother Allegedly Assaulted for Wearing a Face Mask in Australia

20.03.2020 Carl Samson (Next Shark) - A Vietnamese woman living in Australia has reportedly become a recent victim of the racism and violence that Asians are experiencing amid the COVID-19 outbreak. ...

Vietnam jails two Hmong men for life on charge of trying to overthrow state

18.03.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI  - A court in Vietnam jailed two men from the Hmong ethnic minority for life after finding them guilty on Wednesday of attempting to overthrow the state and set up a state of their own in a northern province, state media reported on Wednesday. ...

Vietnam’s Coronavirus Struggle: Managing the Economic Impact

17.03.2020 By Thoi Nguyen (The Diplomat) - Despite initial notable steps, until the government can fully contain the outbreak, it will be difficult to achieve economic growth targets set out previously. ...

British tourist, 68, tells of coronavirus quarantine hell in 'prison like' Vietnam hotel where 27 people are forced to share one toilet with no hot water to shower or wash hands

17.03.2020 By Terri-Ann Williams (Daily Mail) - A group of British tourists stranded in coronavirus quarantine in Vietnam are being forced to share a toilet between 27 people in 'prison like conditions'. ...

Vietnam to quarantine visitors in coronavirus battle

17.03.2020 Phuong Nguyen (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam will stop issuing new visas for foreign visitors and will quarantine visitors from countries including the United States in the fight against the coronavirus, ...

Armed Police Attack Residents Blocking Entry to Vietnam Waste Plant

16.03.2020 (RFA) - Armed police in south-central Vietnam’s coastal Quang Ngai province attacked a crowd of people blocking garbage trucks from entering a long-disputed waste-processing plant over the weekend ...

#FreeThemAll: Truong Duy Nhat

16.03.2020 (Reporter ohne Grenzen) - In Vietnam ist der Bürgerjournalist und Blogger Truong Duy Nhat zu einer Haftstrafe von zehn Jahren verurteilt worden. Ein Gericht in Hanoi sprach Nhat schuldig, ...

US demands Vietnam free blogger handed 10-year term

16.03.2020 By AFP (Daily Mail) - The United States on Monday demanded that Vietnam immediately free a blogger who was sentenced to 10 years in prison after posts critical of the government. ...

Vietnam's coronavirus cases rise to 57 - health ministry

15.03.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam has confirmed four more cases of coronavirus, all among foreign nationals, its health ministry said on Sunday, bringing its total number of cases to 57. ...

Former Vietnamese Refugee Visits Morocco to Bring Migrants Hope

15.03.2020 By Nicole Ronchetti (Morocco World News) - Rabat – The former Vietnamese refugee is telling her story in Morocco and advocating for people in transition. ...

Hanoi Court Postpones Appeal of Imprisoned Human Rights Activist Nguyen Nang Tinh

14.03.2020 (Defend The Defenders) - The Higher People’s Court in Hanoi has postponed the appeal of jailed human rights activist and environmental campaigner Nguyen Nang Tinh scheduled on March 18 without giving an explanation. ...

VIRUS: Einreiseverbote für Europäer auch in Südostasien

14.03.2020 (Börse-Online) - BANGKOK (dpa-AFX) - Gegen eine Ausbreitung des Coronavirus setzen auch Regierungen in Südostasien auf Einreiseverbote für europäische Bürger und Schulschließungen. Vietnam und Kambodscha schlossen von Samstag an für einen Monat ihre Grenzen für Reisende aus mehreren europäischen Ländern, darunter auch aus Deutschland. ...

Vietnam to refuse visitors from UK, Schengen countries: government

13.03.2020 (Reuters) HANOI - Vietnam will deny entry and stop issuing tourist visas to citizens from Europe’s Schengen visa-free area and Britain starting from Sunday, amid concerns over the spreading coronavirus ...

Coronavirus: London backpackers quarantined in Vietnam

13.03.2020 By Sarah Lee (BBC) - Three young women being quarantined in an abandoned Vietnamese hospital say they are keeping positive despite language barriers and strange foods. ...

Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions

13.03.2020 By Carol J. Clouse (Eco-Business) - For nearly a decade now, Vietnam has made “payment for forest ecosystem services” its key strategy for protecting forests and improving the lives of poor rural communities. Now, it plans to use the same model to help rein in greenhouse gas emissions. ...

Hanoi following Beijing in forcing dissidents to make televised confessions

13.03.2020 (AsiaNews) - Hanoi – A Spanish NGO released a report showing how victims are forced to frame the accusations against them as crimes against the state or the party. Once unsophisticated compare to China, Vietnam is now catching up. ...

COVID-19 Decimates Vietnamese Economy, Threatens Many Firms

12.03.2020 (RFA) - The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic is wreaking havoc on the Vietnamese economy, with businesses and companies of all sizes showing revenues much lower than expected over the first two months of 2020, and more than 3,000 firms closing, authorities said Thursday. ...

Welttag gegen Internetzensur: Digitale Freiheitsbibliothek

12.03.2020 von Alice Kuropka (FAZ) - Zum Welttag gegen Internetzensur am 12. März hat Reporter ohne Grenzen eine Liste der zwanzig größten „Feinde des Internets“ veröffentlicht. ...

Mit Minecraft gegen Internetzensur

12.03.2020 (DW) - Das Internet ist nicht überall ein Ort des freien Informationsaustauschs. Das merken wir bei der Deutschen Welle an jedem einzelnen Tag. Unsere Angebote sind in vielen Ländern blockiert, längst nicht nur in China oder im Iran. ...

Tiefe Infektionszahlen, weniger Todesfälle: Weshalb Chinas Nachbarstaaten die Corona-Epidemie besser beherrschen als viele europäische Länder

11.03.2020 Katrin Büchenbacher, Martin Kölling (NZZ) - Vietnams Bevölkerung übersteigt die deutsche um mehr als 10 Millionen Einwohner, ist aber von der Fläche her ähnlich gross. Deutschland weist bis Dienstag mehr als 1200 Erkrankte auf, Vietnam nur knapp über 30. ...

Mer de Chine: Pékin dénonce un passage «provocateur» de l'US Navy

11.03.2020 (Le Figaro) - La Chine a accusé mercredi les Etats-Unis de «provoquer des troubles» après le passage d'un navire de guerre américain en mer de Chine méridionale, à proximité d'îles contrôlées par Pékin. ...

Vietnam Copies China Model of Forced Confessions on State TV-Report

11.03.2020 (RFA) - Vietnam is adopting the techniques of fellow Communist state China when it comes to televising forced confessions of human rights advocates and other political prisoners, a Spain-based rights NGO said in a report on Wednesday. ...

Vietnam: des ONG dénoncent la condamnation d'un blogueur

10.03.2020 (Le Figaro) - Des ONG ont dénoncé mardi «une nouvelle attaque à la liberté d'expression» au Vietnam, au lendemain de la condamnation à 10 ans de prison d'un blogueur de Radio Free Asia. Truong Duy Nhat, 56 ans, a été reconnu coupable dans une affaire de fraude en vue de l'achat d'un terrain, d'après les médias d'Etat. ...

Pressefreiheit in Vietnam - Ein Ende aus Angst

10.03.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - Der Blogger Bui Thanh Hieu schreibt seit 2013 von Deutschland aus über Vietnams Politik. Doch um seine Familie zu schützen, beendet er nun sein Blog. ...

Coronavirus: British family in Vietnam say ‘holiday of a lifetime’ has been ruined

10.03.2020 By Scotsman Reporter (Scotsman) - Four Britons have said their "holiday of a lifetime" has been ruined after they ended up stuck in a Vietnamese hospital amid coronavirus fear ...

Coronavirus: social media anger in Vietnam at jet-setter linked to new cluster in Hanoi

10.03.2020 Sen Nguyen (SCMP) - Vietnam now has 34 Covid-19 cases, after a new cluster emerged three weeks after it reported its last infections ...

How China is rapidly expanding its missile arsenal

09.03.2020 (The Economic Times) - China fired more than 100 ballistic missiles during testing and exercises in 2019, according to sources close to the US military. ...

Vietnam suspends visa-free travel for 8 European countries over coronavirus concerns

09.03.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam on Monday decided to temporarily suspend visa-free travel for citizens from eight European countries amid growing concern over the coronavirus epidemic, its government said. ...

Coronavirus: Seven Brits test positive in Vietnam after flight with infected woman

09.03.2020 By Chris Kitching (Mirror) - Seven Britons have tested positive for coronavirus in Vietnam and two others being held at a "prison-like" hospital are waiting for their results to come back. ...

Vietnamese socialite diagnosed with coronavirus attended Paris, Milan fashion shows

09.03.2020 (CNA) - A Vietnamese socialite who had attended some of the shows during last month’s fashion weeks in Europe had tested positive for COVID-19 upon returning to Vietnam. ...

Vietnam's COVID-19 cases rise to 20: Health ministry

07.03.2020 (CNA) - HANOI: Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Saturday (Mar 7) confirmed three new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number in the Southeast Asian country to 20. ...

Vietnamese Montagnard Ends Prison Term, Goes Home in Failing Health

06.03.2020 (RFA) - A Vietnamese ethnic minority Montagnard jailed for almost 16 years for demanding land rights and religious freedom has completed his prison term and returned home in failing health, ...

‘Heart-breaking, wonderfully crafted piece’: LÒNG MẸ – Vault Festival

05.03.2020 (My Theatre Mates) - For many of us, the struggle to understand our mothers and the choices they’ve made is a lifelong adventure, often unearthing more questions than answers. ...

Germany Arrests 6 in Crackdown on Human Trafficking Gang

05.03.2020 Written by Laura Mallene (OCCRP) - German police arrested six suspected members of a gang that made significant profits from trafficking people from Vietnam to Germany and making them work in nail parlors and sweatshops to pay off their debts. ...

What Does a Second Aircraft Carrier Visit Mean for US-Vietnam Relations?

04.03.2020 By Prashanth Parameswaran (The Diplomat) - This week, a U.S. aircraft carrier will make a port call in Vietnam’s coastal city of Da Nang – just the second visit of its kind since the end of the Vietnam War, following the first in early 2018. ...

Harrowing but hopeful: the documentary that tells the story of Vietnam's 'boat people'

04.03.2020 Georgina Quach (The Guardian) - Thousands of refugees – my family included – fled the communist takeover by sea and ended up in the UK. A Very British History explains their trauma and triumph ...

Dong Tam Widow Petitions Vietnamese Officials Over Husband’s Death

04.03.2020 (RFA) - The wife of an elderly community leader killed by Vietnamese police during a land protest outside Hanoi in January has petitioned central government authorities to account for her husband’s death, asking also that they provide information on relatives now held in detention. ...

Dissident Vietnamese Priest Recovering From Heart Attack, Still Issuing Critiques of Government

03.03.2020 (RFA) - Vietnamese Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly, a long-time critic of Vietnam’s one-party communist state, is recovering from a recent heart attack but remains in poor health at his home in Hue, ...

Retired Australian baker loses appeal in Vietnam on controversial 'financing terrorism' charges

03.03.2020 Ben Doherty (The Guardian) - A 70-year-old Australian man convicted in a controversial trial in Vietnam for anti-government terrorism offences has told a court he loves Vietnam and its people and was only ever a peaceful advocate for democratic reform. ...

Exilblogger in Deutschland eingeschüchtert

03.03.2020 (RSF) - Reporter ohne Grenzen (RSF) ist bestürzt, dass der in Deutschland lebende Exilblogger Bui Thanh Hieu Selbstzensur üben muss. Auch bekannt unter dem Namen Nguoi Buon Gio („Windhändler“), kündigte Hieu in einem Facebook-Beitrag an, das Bloggen einzustellen, weil die vietnamesischen Behörden seine noch in Vietnam lebenden Verwandten schikanieren. ...

Polizei geht mit Groß-Razzia gegen vietnamesische Schleuser vor

03.03.2020  Von Adrian Bartocha, Jo Goll und Jan Wiese (rbb24) - Ihr Netzwerk erstreckt sich über Kontinente, die Gewinnmargen sind enorm: Mit einer bundesweiten Großrazzia ist die Polizei gegen die vietnamesische Schleppermafia vorgegangen. Einer ihrer Hotspots: Berlin. ...

Vietnamesen ins Land gebracht - Bundespolizei greift gegen Schleuser durch

03.03.2020 (n-tv) - Ein Menschenhändlerring soll mindestens 155 Vietnamesen bei der illegalen Einreise geholfen haben. Nach monatelangen Ermittlungen durchsuchen Beamte der Bundespolizei nun mehr als 30 Objekte in sieben Bundesländern. ...

Gemeinsame Meldung von Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Berlin und Bundespolizeidirektion Pirna: Bundespolizei legt vietnamesischer Schleuserorganisation in sieben Bundesländern das Handwerk

03.03.2020 (Bundespolizei) - Berlin / Bühl / Koblenz / Neubrandenburg / Oschatz / Weiterstadt / Wiesbaden / Zetel: Nach umfangreichen Ermittlungen ging die Bundespolizei heute im Auftrag der Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin mit einem Großaufgebot gegen eine Bande vor, die durch organisiertes Einschleusen von vietnamesischen Staatsangehörigen nach Deutschland hohe finanzielle Erträge erwirtschaftete. ...

Dissident exile stops blogging because family in Vietnam is being hounded

02.03.2020 (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed to learn that Bui Thanh Hieu, a well-known Vietnamese blogger living in exile in Germany, is having to censor himself because of his government’s disgraceful harassment of his family still in Vietnam. ...

Le blogueur vietnamien “Marchand de vent” contraint à l’autocensure, malgré son exil en Allemagne

02.03.2020 (RSF) - Reporters sans frontières (RSF) condamne avec la plus grande fermeté les pressions abjectes exercées par les autorités vietnamiennes sur les membres de la famille du blogueur restés au pays. ...

Vietnam says all patients infected with coronavirus cured

29.02.2020 (PanArmenian.Net) - Amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak around the world, Vietnam has announced that all 16 infected patients in the country were discharged from hospital and declared cured, Al Jazeera reports. ...

 

China Vessels Impede Energy Exploration by Malaysia as Vietnam Looks on

28.02.2020 (RFA) - After a prolonged stand-off with Vietnam, Chinese vessels are again monitoring and harassing energy exploration efforts by another claimant country in the disputed South China Sea, according to a report by a Washington-based think tank. This time it is Malaysia that’s on the receiving end. ...

Coronavirus censorship and spin draw public backlash

27.02.2020 Josh Rudolph (China Digital Times) - Despite the lessons thought to have been learned after the 2002 SARS epidemic, Chinese authorities have been readily using censorship and propaganda amid the outbreak of COVID-19 novel coronavirus–which some see as a contributing factor to the severity of its spread and lethality. ...

Vietnamese Protest Singer Mai Khoi Makes Joe's Pub Debut March 5

27.02.2020 by BWW News Desk (Broadway World) - Vietnamese pop star-turned protest singer Mai Khoi makes her Joe's Pub debut on March 5 at 7:00pm with "Just Be Patient," a storytelling show and song cycle (performed in both English and in Vietnamese with English translation) in which she weaves autobiographical stories around her original songs. ...

Viet Nam: Drought and Saltwater Intrusion - Office of the Resident Coordinator Flash Update No. 2 (As of 27 February 2020)

27.02.2020 (reliefweb) - UNCT Viet Nam - Since 2019, severe drought and saltwater intrusion conditions have been detected and have begun to significantly affect people across 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta region. ...

Vietnam puts the Mekong's fate on ASEAN's agenda

26.02.2020 Marwaan Macan-Markar (Nikkei Asian Review) - BANGKOK -- Hanoi looks to counter China by stressing river's noncommercial role. ...

Vietnam bars tourists from virus-hit parts of South Korea

26.02.2020 Phuong Nguyen, Yen Duong (Reuters) - HANOI/NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Vietnam banned tourists from coronavirus-hit areas of South Korea on Wednesday, a blow to a tourism industry already reeling from a collapse in Chinese visitor numbers. ...

Coronavirus Weakens China’s Powerful Propaganda Machine

26.02.2020 By Li Yuan (NYT) - Beijing is pushing tales of perseverance, but many young people are openly questioning the Communist Party’s message. ...

 

Vietnam dissident Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do dies at 91

25.02.2020 By Associated Press (Daily Mail) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Thich Quang Do, a Buddhist monk who became the public face of religious dissent in Vietnam while the Communist government kept him in prison or under house arrest for more than 20 years, has died at age 91. ...

Ha muerto Thich Quang Do, monje disidente de la Iglesia Budista Unificada de Vietnam

25.02.2020 (AsiaNews) - Ciudad Ho Chi Minh - Thich Quang Do, jefe de la Iglesia Budista Unificada de Vietnam (Cbuv), prohibida por el gobierno, murió el pasado 22 de febrero en Ciudad Ho Chi Minh. El monje disidente, que siempre había luchado por la libertad religiosa en el país y sufrido arrestos y detenciones durante más de tres décadas, murió a la edad de 93 años. ...

Tough for Vietnamese firms to follow EVFTA rules of origin

25.02.2020 (Fibre2Fashion) - Though Vietnamese textile and garment firms are aware of the opportunities the European Union (EU)-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) offers to expand export markets, they are facing difficulties in complying with the rules of origin. ...

All 16 of Vietnam's coronavirus sufferers cured

25.02.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - All 16 people in Vietnam infected with a new coronavirus have been cured, the health ministry said on Tuesday, ...

Freedom at a high cost for Vietnamese blogger Tran Thi Nga

24.02.2020 By Shawn W. Crispin (CPJ) - When Vietnamese blogger Tran Thi Nga was arrested by authorities on January 21, 2017, she did not know at the time it would likely be the last time she would ever be in her home in northern Ha Nam province. ...

Thich Quang Do, Defiant Rights Champion in Vietnam, Dies at 91

24.02.2020 By Seth Mydans (NYT) - As the patriarch of a banned Buddhist church, he endured prison, house arrest and internal exile but refused to bend to the Communist authorities. ...

Thich Quang Do, champion des droits rebelles au Vietnam, décède à 91 ans

24.02.2020 (news-24) - Thich Quang Do, le patriarche de l'Église bouddhiste unifiée du Vietnam interdite et défenseur de la liberté de religion, de la démocratie et des droits de l'homme dans son pays, est décédé samedi. Il avait 91 ans. ...

Buddhistischer Mönch und Menschenrechtler Thich Quang Do in Vietnam gestorben

23.02.2020 (Epoch Times) - Der mehrfach für den Friedensnobelpreis nominierte buddhistische Mönch und Menschenrechtler Thich Quang Do ist am Samstag im Alter von 93 Jahren in Vietnam gestorben. ...

Vietnamese dissident monk who was a Nobel Prize nominee dies at 93

23.02.2020 AFP-JIJI (The Japan Times) - Thich Quang Do, a dissident Buddhist monk who has effectively been under house arrest since 2003 and was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at age 93. ...

Southeast Asia's garment supply chain torn up by virus

21.02.2020 Tomoya Onishi and Akane Okutsu (Nikkei Asian Review) - HANOI/TOKYO/PHNOM PENH -- The coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc on Southeast Asia's garment supply chain, threatening the inventories of international brands such as Uniqlo, Gap and Nike. ...

Malaysia picks a three-way fight in the South China Sea

21.02.2020 (AMTI) - A months-long standoff over oil and gas operations in the South China Sea is playing out between Malaysian, Chinese, and a small number of Vietnamese vessels, though all three governments are keeping the episode out of the public eye. ...

Seven people charged in Vietnam in connection to Essex lorry deaths

21.02.2020 By Hannah Carmichael (The National) - SEVEN people have been charged in Vietnam in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found in a refrigerated trailer in Essex last October, state media said. ...

Top 10 des pays où Internet est le plus censuré

20.02.2020 Par Malo (Corpito) - Depuis janvier 2019, une nouvelle loi sur la cybercriminalité est appliquée au Vietnam qui oblige les plateformes web à stocker les informations et coordonnées personnelles ...

Vietnam company made 140,000 masks out of toilet paper instead of ‘antibacterial layer’

18.02.2020 Nyi Nyi Thet (Mothership) - They were all confiscated.

Vietnam, like most countries, is facing mask shortages. This has led to some companies switching to mask production. One of those companies is Viet Han Company Ltd, a company in Hanoi. ...

EU: Press Vietnam on Human Rights Reforms

17.02.2020 (HRW) - Bangkok – The European Union should press Vietnam to end its systemic repression of human rights and release political prisoners and detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. A human rights dialogue between the EU and Vietnam is scheduled for February 19, 2020 in Hanoi. ...

Vietnam says monitoring over 5,000 Chinese workers for coronavirus

14.02.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam is monitoring more than 5,000 workers who returned to the Southeast Asian country after the Lunar New Year ...

EU puts riches over rights in Vietnam trade deal

13.02.2020 By David Hutt, Prague (Asia Times) - EVFTA aims to massively boost trade and investment but does nothing to improve Hanoi’s poor rights record. ...

Le Vietnam et l’UE signent un accord de libre-échange polémique

13.02.2020 (La Revue Internationale) - Suppression de la quasi-totalité des tarifs douaniers d’ici dix ans et protection des investissements entre les deux blocs, les deux accords de libre-échange entre l’UE et le Vietnam ont été ratifiés par le Parlement européen mercredi 12 Février. ...

EU Should Not Ignore Human Rights Of Religious Minorities In Vietnam Trade Deal

12.02.2020 ADF International (Scoop Media) - This week, the European Parliament votes on the implementation of the EU-Vietnam trade agreements. Human rights experts have criticized the agreement and urged the Parliament to postpone the vote until Vietnam agrees to abide by its commitments under international law. ...

Handel, Wandel, Vietnam: EU-Interessen stoßen auf Menschenrechte

11.02.2020  Von Chris Humphrey und Roland Siegloff, dpa (Greenpeace Magazin) - Die EU hat ein weitreichendes Freihandelsabkommen mit Vietnam vereinbart. Es würde europäische Exporte in das aufstrebende Entwicklungsland erleichtern. Doch Menschenrechtler mahnen. ...

China: Der Coronavirus-Ausbruch, das Wuhan-P4-Labor und Chinas Volk-ohne-Raum-Theorie

11.02.2020 Von Steffen Munter (Epoch Times) - Die Lungen-Seuche aus Wuhan greift weiter um sich. Längst hat sie mehr als 27 weitere Staaten erreicht. Doch Rätsel gibt nicht nur der Virus selbst auf, sondern auch sein Ursprung, der möglicherweise im Wuhan-P4-Labor liegt. ...

Freier Handel um jeden Preis? EU will mit Vietnam ins Geschäft kommen

11.02.2020 (ntv) - Die EU hat mit Vietnam ein ambitioniertes Freihandelsabkommen abgeschlossen. Das Ziel: europäische Exporte in das Entwicklungsland erleichtern. Doch Menschrechtler befürchten, dass wirtschaftliche Interessen über die Rechte der Arbeitnehmer gestellt werden. ...

Vor Abstimmung: EU-Vietnam Abkommen ignorieren Klimaschutz und Arbeitnehmer*innenrechte - "Anders Handeln" fordert EU-Parlament auf Abkommen abzulehnen

10.02.2020 Wien (OTS) - Diesen Mittwoch, 12. Februar, wird das EU-Parlament über das Handelsabkommen und das Investitionsabkommen EU-Vietnam abstimmen. Die Debatte dazu beginnt bereits morgen Dienstag.

Die Plattform Anders Handeln (1) fordert alle österreichischen EU-Abgeordneten in einem Brief (2) auf, gegen die Abkommen zu stimmen. Menschen- und Arbeitsrechte in Vietnam geben Anlass zur größten Sorge ...

Pas de report des votes sur l'accord UE-Vietnam au Parlement européen

10.02.2020 (DHnet) - Deux groupes politiques de gauche au Parlement européen - les Verts/ALE et la GUE - ont échoué lundi à faire reporter le vote attendu mercredi sur l'accord de commerce de l'UE avec le Vietnam. ...

Commerce: des ONG appellent le Parlement européen à ne pas ratifier l'accord UE-Vietnam

10.02.2020 (Le Figaro) - Plusieurs dizaines d'ONG ont appelé lundi les députés européens à ne pas ratifier l'accord de libre-échange entre l'UE et le Vietnam, où «la situation des droits humains et du droit du travail» continue, selon elles, «d'être préoccupante». ...

«Wenn Peking ungestraft andere Länder drangsaliert und internationales Recht ignoriert, betrifft das uns alle»

10.02.2020 Patrick Zoll (NZZ) - China hat im Südchinesischen Meer Stützpunkte aufgebaut und bedrängt kleinere Länder. Die Geostrategie-Expertin Bonnie Glaser erklärt, warum die USA sich China widersetzen und ob die Gefahr einer Eskalation besteht. ...

Human Rights Watch Film Festival, London

10.02.2020 (HRW) - The London Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) will be presented from 12 to 20 March 2020, featuring empowering documentaries and dramas celebrating courageous people from 14 countries: Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Guatemala, Germany, Iran, Macedonia, Mexico, Peru, Romania, the United States, and Vietnam. ...

Vietnam culls tens of thousands birds to contain H5N6 outbreak

10.02.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam has so far this year culled tens of thousands of birds to contain an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu detected at several farms in its northern provinces ...

Thailand Touted for Rare Move to Drop Chinese Plan for Mekong River

08.02.2020 By Zsombor Peter (VOA) - YANGON, MYANMAR - Rights groups and researchers have welcomed Thailand's decision to cancel a Beijing-backed project to dredge and blow open a shallow and rocky stretch of the Mekong River along the Thai-Lao border. ...

Coronavirus-Überträger?: Die Rache des Schuppentiers

07.02.2020 von Joachim Müller-Jung (FAZ)  - Wie ist das neue Coronavirus auf den Menschen übergesprungen? Angeblich soll das in der chinesischen Medizin verwendete Schuppentier schuld sein ...

Victims of Vietnam land clash seek US support - Activist calls for an independent inquiry to bring justice to victims and protect innocent detainees

07.02.2020 UCA News reporter, Hanoi (UCA News) -  A well-known rights activist has appealed to American diplomats to help victims of last month’s deadly clash between villagers and police over disputed farmland on the outskirts of Hanoi. ...

Vietnam denounces Slovakian expulsion of diplomat in abduction row

07.02.2020 (Reuters) - PRAGUE - Vietnam denounced Slovakia’s expulsion of one of its diplomats in a row over the abduction of a disgraced Vietnamese businessman via Slovakia in 2017, saying it was not in line with the “traditional friendship” between the two countries. ...

Slovakia expels Vietnamese diplomat over abduction case

06.02.2020 (Reuters) - PRAGUE - Slovakia said it had expelled a Vietnamese diplomat over a case involving the abduction of a Vietnamese businessman in 2017 from a Berlin street. ...

What happened during the deadly land dispute clash in Dong Tam, Vietnam?

06.02.2020 Written by Loa (Global Voices) - On January 9, 2020, Vietnamese authorities deployed thousands of police to Đồng Tâm village on the outskirts of the capital Hanoi to solve a land dispute. A clash between residents and authorities followed, and three police officers and two civilians were killed. ...

NGOs Ask EU Parliament to Vote Against EU-Vietnam FTA And IPA Over Human Rights Issues

06.02.2020 (RFA) - A total of 28 NGOs Tuesday urged the European Parliament (EP) to postpone consent to the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) until Vietnam’s government agrees to protect the rights of laborers and ensure human rights. ...

Slowakei: Vietnamesischer Diplomat ausgewiesen

06.02.2020 Von Viktoria Großmann (Süddeutsche Zeitung) - Zweieinhalb Jahre nachdem ein vietnamesischer Geschäftsmann in Berlin entführt und über die Slowakei zurück nach Vietnam gebracht wurde, weist die Slowakei nun einen vietnamesischen Diplomaten aus. Damit reagiert das Land auf ein Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofs von dieser Woche. ...

Vietnam total confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 12

06.02.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam said on Thursday it has confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 12. ...

Coronavirus nCoV-2019 : le nombre de cas monte à 12 au Vietnam

06.02.2020 (Le PetitJournal) - Deux nouveaux cas de coronavirus 2019-nCoV ont été confirmés par le ministère de la Santé ce jeudi 6 février, portant le nombre total de cas au Vietnam à 12, dont 4 transmissions interhumaines. ...

Vietnam: produziert Masken statt Hemden

06.02.2020 Ute Walter (DW) - Angst vor dem Coronavirus greift auch in Vietnam um sich. TNG, einer der größten Textilhersteller Vietnams, produziert zurzeit Gesichtsmasken statt Hemden. ...

Coronavirus in Südostasien - Vietnam wappnet sich gegen Virus

06.02.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - BERLIN - Einige Staaten schließen aus Angst die Grenze zu China, Vietnam hält sie gezwungenermaßen offen. Dabei gibt es eine hohe Dunkelziffer an Infizierten. ...

Vietnam reports H5N6 bird flu outbreak in northern village - OIE

04.02.2020 (Reuters) - PARIS - Vietnam has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu in a village in the northern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday ...

Vietnamese Catholics fighting the spread of coronavirus

04.02.2020 by Paul Nguyen Hung (AsiaNews) - Hồ Chí Minh City – The Vietnamese Church has taken a number of steps to counter the spread of the 2019-nCoV virus in the country. ...

Vietnam to quarantine 950 people returning from China at military camps

04.02.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam has assigned the military to quarantine 950 Vietnamese returning from China, where the coronavirus epidemic has killed more than 420 people ...

CHINA - "Fehler" im Umgang mit Corona-Epidemie

04.02.2020 (DW) - Die Coronavirus-Epidemie habe "Fehler und Schwierigkeiten" beim nationalen Notfallmanagement offen gelegt, räumte der Ständige Ausschuss des Politbüros der in China regierenden Kommunistischen Partei ein. ...

NGOs Urge European Parliament to Postpone Consent to EU-Vietnam Trade Deals

04.02.2020 (HRW) - Dear Member of the European Parliament, We are writing ahead of the February 11th plenary vote on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) to urge you to vote for postponing Parliament’s consent to the deals until ...

Geschäftsmann nach Vietnam entführt: Haftstrafe bestätigt

03.02.2020 (Süddeutsche Zeitung) - Karlsruhe/Berlin (dpa). Die Entführung eines vietnamesischen Geschäftsmanns in Berlin löste eine diplomatische Krise aus - nun ist ein Beteiligter rechtskräftig zu fast vier Jahren Haft verurteilt. Die obersten Strafrichter des Bundesgerichtshofs (BGH) verwarfen die Revision des Mannes ...

Vietnam mit Corona-Angst infiziert - Sieben Menschen am Virus erkrankt / Regierung in sozialen Netzwerken unter Druck

02.02.2020 Von Marina Mai (Neues Deutschland) - In Vietnam sind nach offiziellen Angaben bis zum Wochenende sieben Menschen an dem neuartigen Coronavirus erkrankt. Einer der Männer wurde bereits aus dem Krankenhaus entlassen, die anderen weisen schwere Symptome auf. ...

Coronavirus: Vietnam lockert China-FlugverbotVietnam lockert sein wegen der Coronavirus-Epidemie verhängtes Flugverbot

02.02.2020 (Südtirol Online) - Vietnam Airlines und Vietjet Air würden ab Sonntag Hongkong, Taiwan und Macau wieder anfliegen, teilten die Fluggesellschaften mit. ...

Philippines reports 1st virus death outside of China

02.02.2020 (The Asahi Shimbun) - BEIJING--The Philippines on Sunday reported the first death from a new virus outside of China, where authorities delayed the opening of schools in the worst-hit province and tightened quarantine measures in a city that allow only one family member to venture out to buy supplies. ...

Vietnam bans all flights to and from China over coronavirus

02.02.2020 (Nikkei Asian Review) - HANOI (Reuters) -- Vietnam declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus epidemic on Saturday and said it would halt all flights to and from China. ...

Vietnam bans HK flights, and then drops it

01.02.2020 (RTHK) - Vietnam made an U-turn hours after announcing a ban on flights to Hong Kong as a part of its fight to stop coronavirus from spreading to the country, but lifted it after the SAR officials contacted them. ...

Mekong - Gier nach Sand

01.02.2020 Von Michael Lenz (Neues Deutschland) - Die Gewinnung des Baustoffs aus dem Mekong ruiniert die Lebensgrundlagen am größten Strom Südostasiens. Ein Beispiel für die Folgen des unkontrollierten Sandabbaus für die Umwelt und die Lebensgrundlagen zigtausender Menschen ist das Mekongdelta in Vietnam. ...

Hexenkessel Südchinesisches Meer: Erneute Spannungen zwischen China und den USA

01.02.2020 (RT) - Am vergangenen Samstag kreuzte ein Kriegsschiff der US-Marine in der Nähe der von China beanspruchten Spratly-Inseln im Südchinesischen Meer. Dies gab die US-Marineverwaltung am Dienstag bekannt. Das Südchinesische Meer könnte im Jahr 2020 zu einem Hexenkessel werden. ...

Former Vietnamese Political Prisoner to Receive Rights Award in Paris

31.01.2020 (RFA) - Former Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Tran Thi Nga is set to receive ACAT-France’s Engel Prize for Human Rights on Saturday in Paris after being freed early in January from a nine-year prison term imposed in Vietnam for “spreading propaganda against the state. ...

Le prix Acat à la militante vietnamienne Tran Thi Nga

31.01.2020 par Arnaud Vaulerin (Libération) - L'association de lutte contre la torture et la peine de mort récompense samedi le militantisme de Tran Thi Nga, expulsée du Vietnam vers les Etats-Unis pour avoir défendu les droits humains et critiqué les scandales environnementaux. ...

Pilotprojekt in Vietnam: Berufsbildung made in Germany

31.01.2020 von Jessica von Blazekovic (FAZ) - Was in Deutschland dank der dualen Ausbildung in Berufsschule und Betrieb eine Selbstverständlichkeit ist, kommt im vietnamesischen Ausbildungssystem so gut wie nicht vor. ...

From China to Vietnam: Highlighting how the coronavirus spreads from person to person

30.01.2020 (Health24) - A man from Wuhan, the Chinese city that's the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, apparently transmitted the infection to his son living in Vietnam, a new case report shows. ...

Coronavirus Spreads, and the World Pays for China’s Dictatorship

29.01.2020 Nicholas Kristof (NYT) - ... The first known coronavirus infection in the city of Wuhan presented symptoms beginning on Dec. 1, and by late December there was alarm in Wuhan’s medical circles. That would have been the moment for the authorities to act decisively. ...

Verurteilung im Fall Trinh Xuan Thanh - Geständnis und Glaubwürdigkeit

29.01.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - Das Urteil gegen einen Entführungshelfer ist rechtskräftig. Nun bemüht sich die Anwältin um die Freilassung Trinh Xuan Thanhs aus vietnamesischer Haft. ...

Will Vietnam’s anti-corruption campaign endure beyond Trong?

29.01.2020 Author: Le Hong Hiep, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute (East Asia Forum) - A key current feature of Vietnamese politics is the high-profile anti-corruption campaign led by Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. ...

Vietnam expects $100 mln trade deficit in Jan - govt statistics office

29.01.2020 (Reuters) - HANOI - Vietnam’s trade balance is seen slipping into a deficit of $100 million in January, from a surplus of $259 million in December last year, ...

NGO dokumentiert Vietnams größte Umweltkatastrophe

27.01.2020 (DW) - Mit Stolz und Zuversicht präsentierte Vietnams Regierung die im Bau befindliche Wirtschaftszone in Vung Anh bei einem Besuch der Deutschen Welle im Jahr 2014. Doch nur zwei Jahre später verursachte ebendiese Wirtschaftszone eine der schwersten Umweltkatastrophen in Vietnams Geschichte. Das Stahlwerk „Formosa Ha Tinh Steel" leitete während des Testbetriebs Abwässer in das Südchinesische Meer ein. Diese waren unter anderem mit Phenol und Zyanid kontaminiert. ...

Vietnam’s efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus still inadequate

27.01.2020 by Ngoc Lan (AsiaNews) - Two confirmed cases have been reported, but 11 people are under observation. Chinese tourists have crossed the border into Vietnam for the Lunar New Year, but many have decided to stay home believing that this will limit their risk of contracting the virus. For Vietnamese and foreign experts, the country could become the second most infected. ...

Czech Citizen in Vietnam under observation for new Coronavirus

26.01.2020 Ruth Fraňková (Radio Prague International) - Twelve people, including a Czech citizen, have been put in isolation in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang and are under observation for the new coronavirus, ...

Jailed Vietnamese Blogger Transferred to New Prison With No Word to His Family

24.01.2020 (RFA) - Vietnamese authorities have transferred an environmental activist and blogger to a new prison far from home without notification to his wife, who traveled this week to his old jail in a fruitless attempt to see him, his wife says. ...

Japan minister seeks review of coal-fired plant in Vietnam

24.01.2020 (Nikkei Asian Review) - Tokyo -- In the face of international pressure regarding the building of coal-fired power plants, Japan's environment minister on Friday called on the government to reconsider plans to finance such a plant in Vietnam. ...

Vietnam confirms two cases of SARS-like coronavirus

23.01.2020 (Medical Xpress) - A Chinese man living in Ho Chi Minh City was infected by his father who travelled to Vietnam on January 13 from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus. The father was hospitalised on January 17 with a high fever, days before his son showed symptoms, health officials said. ...

Vietnamese Intellectuals Denounce Police Killing at Dong Tam

22.01.2020 (RFA) - Over 30 notable Vietnamese intellectuals on Tuesday officially denounced the killing at the hands of police of an elderly community leader at Hanoi’s Dong Tam commune during land dispute protests Jan. 9. ...

Indonesia Fights Growing Pressure from China to Let it Use Use Disputed Waters

21.01.2020 By Ralph Jennings (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - China is raising pressure on Indonesia over rights to use a contested tract of sea and challenging the militarily weaker Southeast Asian country to consider options from friendly dialogue to strong protests. ...

Chinesische Lungen-Seuche greift weiter um sich – Britische Forscher stellen offizielle Zahlen infrage

21.01.2020 (Epoch Times) - Nach dem Ausbruch einer rätselhaften Lungenkrankheit im zentralchinesischen Wuhan sind 17 neue Fälle entdeckt worden. Weitere mutmaßliche, aber bislang unbestätigte Fälle wurden aus Taiwan, Südkorea, Singapur, Vietnam und Nepal berichtet. ...

How a boy from Vietnam became a slave on a UK cannabis farm

21.01.2020 (BBC) - It was a horrifying death for the 39 Vietnamese nationals found in the back of a trailer in an industrial park in Essex, in October last year. ...

Les inquiétudes sur les droits humains ne freinent pas l'accord UE-Vietnam

21.01.2020 Frédéric Rohart (L'Echo) - L’accord de libre-échange entre l’Union européenne et le Vietnam a été validé mardi par une large majorité de la commission du commerce du Parlement européen (INTA), mardi. ...

Handelsabkommen mit Vietnam - Parlamentsausschuss gibt grünes Licht

21.01.2020 (Deutschlandradio) - Brüssel hat der zuständige Ausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments das im Juni unterzeichnete Freihandelsabkommen mit Vietnam gebilligt. ...

Handwerkspräsident Wollseifer setzt gegen Fachkräftemangel auf Zuzug aus Vietnam

19.01.2020 (Deutschland Today) - Berlin (AFP) - Angesichts des Fachkräftemangels in Deutschland setzt Handwerkspräsident Hans-Peter Wollseifer auf Zuzug aus dem Ausland. Insbesondere "Vietnamesen könnten einen Beitrag leisten, damit Kunden hierzulande nicht mehr zwei Monate auf einen Handwerker warten müssen" ...

Tragic Clashes in Land Dispute Rekindle Criticism of Vietnamese Regime

18.01.2020 (Latin American Herald Tribune) - HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – The death of an 84-year-old village leader during clashes between locals and police in northern Vietnam has rekindled opposition in the country to Hanoi’s Communist regime while highlighting the difficulties it faces in resolving conflicts over land ownership. ...

State vs people conflict rocks and roils Vietnam - Lethal police-villager clashes at Dong Tam threaten communist nation’s stability and standing

18.01.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - It remains unclear what exactly transpired this month in an incident that killed three Vietnamese police officers and one elderly protestor over a long-running land dispute at Dong Tam commune outside of Hanoi. ...

Un trágico disturbio convierte a un anciano en héroe de la oposición vietnamita

17.01.2020 Eric San Juan (EFE) - 11 La muerte de un líder vecinal de 84 años durante un enfrentamiento con la Policía por unas tierras en el norte de Vietnam está reavivando la oposición interna al régimen comunista de Hanói y ha convertido al anciano fallecido en un héroe de la resistencia. ...

Vietnam's battalions of 'cyber-armies' silencing online dissent

17.01.2020 by Adam Bemma (Al Jazeera) - Hanoi, Vietnam - 'Force 47', thought to be 10,000-strong, seen as government's online enforcers as new cybercrime law takes effect. ...

Vietnamese Bank Freezes Accounts of Dong Tam Activists, Supporters

17.01.2020 (RFA) - Vietnamese authorities ordered a local bank Friday to freeze several accounts of people involved in deadly protests Jan. 9 over the planned construction of a military airport near Hanoi, including an account that had collected a huge sum in donations for the family of an elderly community leader killed in the protest. ...

EU-Vietnam trade deal puts spotlight on workers' rights

17.01.2020 Author Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - The EU has said the trade agreement would be the most ambitious the bloc has ever negotiated with a developing country. However, authoritarian Vietnam will still have to improve its labor and social standards. ...

Dans un Vietnam en plein essor économique, la persécution des chrétiens grandit

17.01.2020 (Journal Chrétien) - L’économie vietnamienne est en plein essor, de même que l’oppression des groupes religieux par le régime communiste. ...

EU-Vietnam Freihandelsabkommen kurz vor Abschluss

17.01.2020 Autor Rodion Ebbighausen (DW) - Nächste Woche könnte das umfassendste Freihandelsabkommen, das die EU je mit einem Entwicklungsland geschlossen hat, auf den Weg gebracht werden. Vietnam wird aber Zugeständnisse machen müssen. ...

Amnesty International accuses Vietnam of ‘weaponising’ social media

16.01.2020 John Reed (Financial Times) - Group claims content on Facebook and YouTube is suppressed during deadly land dispute. Amnesty International has accused Facebook and Google’s YouTube video-sharing platform of suppressing content during a violent land dispute in Hanoi that left four people dead. ...

Vietnam: Amnistía Internacional denuncia arrestos y censura tras una protesta por tierras

16.01.2020 (DW) - AI aseguró que Hanói está convirtiendo a Facebook en un arma para perseguir a quienes dicen lo que piensan ...

Police Attacked First in Vietnam’s Dong Tam Clash, Witness Reports Say

16.01.2020 (RFA) - Police attacked first in a deadly clash over a land dispute in Hanoi’s Dong Tam commune on Jan. 9 that claimed the lives of an elderly community leader and three police officers, a new report drawn from multiple witness reports says, contradicting official accounts ...

Viet Nam: Arrests and social media crackdown follow deadly clashes over land

16.01.2020 (Amnesty International) - Vietnamese authorities have stepped up a countrywide crackdown marked by arrests and widespread social media censorship as they attempt to stifle public debate about a deadly land dispute, said Amnesty International today. ...

Who will lead Vietnam in 2021?

16.01.2020 Author: David Brown (East Asia Forum) - Vietnamese politics has reverted to its customary opacity. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his intimates in the Communist Party’s secretariat remain intent on party renewal, a wholly internal affair. ...

Another Vietnam Politburo Purge?

16.01.2020 By David Hutt (The Diplomat) - Is Hoang Trung Hai getting the boot from Vietnam’s Politburo amid the countdown to the most consequential political event in the country’s politics in 2021? ...

7 of 10 ASEAN members favor China over US: survey

16.01.2020 Kentaro Iwamoto (Nikkei Asian Review) - SINGAPORE -- As the rivalry between the U.S. and China continues to heat up, Southeast Asians are split between the two superpowers, according to a Singaporean think tank, posing a challenge for a region that has sought unity to speed economic growth. ...

Viêt-Nam. Arrestations et censure des réseaux sociaux font suite aux affrontements meurtriers concernant un conflit foncier

16.01.2020 (Amnesty International) - Les autorités vietnamiennes durcissent la répression menée à travers tout le pays, marquée par des arrestations et la censure des réseaux sociaux, dans le but de museler le débat public au sujet d’un conflit foncier meurtrier, a déclaré Amnesty International le 16 janvier 2020. ...

Deadly land dispute in Vietnam sparks crackdown on 'critical' social media

16.01.2020 by Rina Chandran (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - BANGKOK - A deadly land dispute in Vietnam has led to a crackdown on social media posts, a sign of growing heavy-handedness by authorities as rising demand for land spurs more conflicts across the country, analysts and human rights activists said. ...

MEPs: Don't waste your chance to change Vietnam

15.01.2020 by Claudio Francavilla (EUobserver) - In coming weeks, the European Parliament is expected to take a binding decision on whether to approve, postpone or reject the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA). ...

Kein Freihandelsabkommen mit Vietnam ohne Menschenrechte

15.01.2020 (Sonnenseite) - Hoang Phong Ngo & Vietnamese community for political refugees in European Union hat diese Petition an Europa Parlament gestartet: "Kein Freihandelsabkommen mit Vietnam ohne Einhaltung der Menschenrechte und Arbeitsnormen"

Europa möchte gerne mit Vietnam das EVFTA (Europäisch Vietnamesische Freihandelsabkommen) abschließen, das Vietnam 50 Milliarden Euro  pro Jahr bringen sollte. Vietnam führt an der Spitze der Menschenrechtsverletzungen und akzeptiert nicht die Internationale Arbeitsstandards (ILO). ...

Vietnam’s Deadly Land Clash Leaves Questions Unanswered

15.01.2020 By Duy Hoang (The Diplomat) - Thousands of Vietnamese security police stormed a village on the outskirts of Hanoi in the early hours of January 9. As if moving against a terrorist leader, security forces sealed off the commune of Dong Tam, illuminated the night with flash grenades, and in a hail of bullets burst into the home of 84-year-old Le Dinh Kinh. ...

At Vietnam’s ‘Dong Tam Massacre’, activists claim government attacked its own citizens

15.01.2020 (SCMP) - A long-running battle over land rights in the northern Vietnam village of Dong Tam [1] flared last week after a raid by thousands of police led to four deaths and the arrests of 30 residents. ...

Vietnam in 2019: Crackdown on rights

15.01.2020 (IFEX) - At least 30 activists and dissidents were sentenced to prison in Vietnam in 2019 simply for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression, association, and religion, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2020. ...

Vietnam: Crackdown on Rights - Little Tolerance for Freedom of Expression, Independent Trade Unions

14.01.2020 (HRW) - New York – At least 30 activists and dissidents were sentenced to prison in Vietnam in 2019 simply for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression, association, and religion, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2020. ...

South China Sea: Putin moves to support the Philippines and Vietnam against Beijing’s plan

14.01.2020 By Brian McGleenon (express) - RUSSIA has been invited by the Philippines to explore for oil in a vast area of the South China Sea claimed by Beijing. ...

'Pushing boundaries': The rise of Samizdat publishing in Vietnam

14.01.2020 by Adam Bemma (Al Jazeera) - Hanoi, Vietnam - Liberal Publishing House publishes and distributes books Vietnam's government does not wants its citizens to read. In Vietnam, as in the former Soviet Union, such publications are known as Samizdat - the illegal copying and distribution of books - and are banned by the government as "anti-state" activity. ...

Trial against Eight Members of Hiến Pháp Group Postponed, New Schedule Not Announced

14.01.2020 (Defend the Defenders) - Vietnam’s communist regime has postponed the first-instance hearing to try eight members of the unregistered group Hiến Pháp (Constitution) on the allegation “disruption of security” under Article 118 of the country’s Criminal Code” for their intention to participate in a peaceful demonstration in early September last year ...

Elderly Village Leader Killed During Clash With Police is Laid to Rest Outside Hanoi

13.01.2020 (RFA) - Le Dinh Kinh, 84, was killed on Jan. 9 as farmers at Dong Tam threw grenades and petrol bombs at police in the latest flare-up of the long-running dispute over a military airport construction site near the capital. In a video clip distributed widely on social media, Le Dinh Kinh’s wife Du Thi Thanh said on Monday that she had been beaten by police during questioning, and had been forced to admit that villagers had used grenades during their clash with police. ...

The Diocese of Bắc Ninh takes stock and looks at new challenges ahead of the Lunar New Year

13.01.2020 by Peter Tran (AsiaNews) - Hanoi – In anticipation of Tết, the Vietnamese New Year, on 25 January, the parishes of the Diocese of Bắc Ninh, northern Vietnam, met on 8-11 January with Bishop Cosma Hoàng Văn Đạt to take stock of the pastoral work done in the lunar year that is about to end ...

Vietnam arrests Facebook user over land rights clash

13.01.2020 (Newsdiary Online) - Vietnamese Authorities, on Monday arrested a Facebook user for posting information related to a recent land rights clash between locals and police, state media reported. ...

20 Residents in Dong Tam Commune Investigated for Murdering Police Officers during Violent Raid in Hoanh Village on January 9

13.01.2020 (Defend the Defenders) - The Police Department of Hanoi has announced that it has charged 20 residents of Dong Tam commune with “murdering” and two others with “resisting law enforcement officers” in the bloody clash in the commune’s Hoanh village in the early morning of January which led to at least four deaths, including 3 of police officers. ...

Mekong communities struggle as China tests dam equipment

12.01.2020 by Leonie Kijewski (Al Jazeera) - Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Water levels on the Mekong River, which flows through China and five other countries before emptying into the South China Sea, have dropped once again after Beijing revealed it was testing equipment at one of its 11 dams in the upper reaches of the vital waterway. ...

Hanoi chief disciplined in corruption crackdown

11.01.2020 Tomoya Onishi (Nikkei Asian Review) - HANOI -- Vietnam's Communist Party issued a disciplinary warning Friday to the secretary of Hanoi, finding "violations" in his oversight of state-owned steel company Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel during his tenure as deputy prime minister. ...

Meet the Artist – Die Autorin Kim Thúy

10.01.2020 (DW) - Zwischen zwei Welten zuhause sein, Heimat in der Fremde finden: Davon erzählen Kim Thúys Romane. Sie ist zehn, als sie mit ihrer Familie aus einem Flüchtlingslager nach Kanada flieht. ...

Civilian Killed in Violent Land Clash in Vietnam Identified as Elderly Community Leader

10.01.2020 By Miriam Jackson (The Union Journal) - Le Dinh Kinh, 84, was killed Thursday as farmers from Dong Tam neighborhood tossed explosives as well as fuel bombs at authorities in the current flare-up of the long-running conflict, which likewise saw a 5th unknown individual suffer injuries. ...

South China Sea: Malaysia, Indonesia, And Vietnam Beat China At Its Own Game

10.01.2020 Panos Mourdoukoutas (Forbes)  -   Malaysia has joined Indonesia and Vietnam to beat China at its own game in the South China Sea (SCS): The use of lawfare to settle disputes. ...

Vietnam: quatre morts dont trois policiers dans des affrontements sur le contrôle de terres

09.01.2020 Par Le Figaro avec AFP (Le Figaro) - Trois policiers et un villageois sont morts jeudi dans des affrontements pour le contrôle de terres que se disputent la population locale et l'armée vietnamienne près d'Hanoï, selon les autorités. ...

3 police, villager die in clash over land in Vietnam

09.01.2020 (Daily Mail) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - ... The confrontation occurred in Dong Tam, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement. It said police arrested several people involved in the "riot" and would launch an investigation. ...

Battle lines drawn for Vietnam’s future leadership

09.01.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - Lame duck and ailing leader Nguyen Phu Trong may lack the political clout to anoint his preferred successor. ...

Die Weltmeere gehören allen – das muss auch Peking respektieren

09.01.2020 Patrick Zoll (NZZ) - Kurz vor Ende Jahr hatte die chinesische Marine Grund zum Feiern. Nach monatelangen Testfahrten konnte sie auf dem Stützpunkt von Sanya auf der südchinesischen Insel Hainan die «Shandong» in Dienst stellen, den zweiten Flugzeugträger des Landes. ...

Indonesia president visits islands also claimed by China

08.01.2020 (Seattle Times) - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday reaffirmed his country’s sovereignty during a visit to a group of islands at the edge of the South China Sea that China claims as its traditional fishing area. ...

Indonesien bekräftigt Anspruch gegen China auf Meeresgebiet

08.01.2020 von Wolfgang Greber (Die Presse) - Zwischen den beiden Ländern mehren sich die Konflikte. Chinesische Fischer fahren mit Küstenwache-Eskorten in indonesische Gewässer. Jakarta verstärkt hingegen Flotte und Luftwaffe auf dem Natuna-Archipel. ...

Priests join residents in Quảng Bình to protest against dangerous new dam

07.01.2020 by Thanh Thuy (AsiaNews) - Hanoi - The Rào Nam dam is only 150 metres from the village of Linh Cận Sơn. Nine villages in Quảng Trạch district are at risk if it should overflow. Local clergymen have appealed to the authorities, which have responded with intimidation and death threats. ...

Migration von Vietnam nach Europa - Die Reise in den Tod

07.01.2020 Ein Artikel von Marina Mai, Daniel Zylbersztajn, Tobias Müller (taz) - Im Oktober 2019 entdeckt die britische Polizei in einem Kühlcontainer 39 Tote. Die Vietnamesen sind erstickt. Die taz rekonstruiert ihre Reise. ...

"Maman, je suis vraiment désolée"...

07.01.2020 Marco Wolter (DW) - "Maman, je suis vraiment désolée. Ma route vers l'étranger a échoué. Je t'aime tellement. Je suis en train de mourir parce que je ne peux plus respirer. Pardonne-moi, maman." ...

Vietnam’s PM Urges Police to Clamp Down on National Security Crimes

06.01.2020 (RFA) - On the heels of a report that the Vietnamese government arrested and charged 39 prisoners of conscience in 2019 on charges of violating national security, the country’s prime minister urged the police to step up its efforts against “hostile forces and reactionaries.” ...

Europe helps secure release of 11 North Korean defectors held in Vietnam - activists

04.01.2020 Hyonhee Shin (Reuters) - SEOUL - A group of 11 North Koreans who were detained in Vietnam while seeking to defect to South Korea have been released thanks to the help of European institutions, a Seoul-based activist group said on Saturday. ...

Europa hilft bei Freilassung von elf nordkoreanischen Überläufern – Aktivisten

04.01.2020 (Sputnik) - Elf Nordkoreaner, die bei einem Gruppen-Fluchtversuch nach Südkorea in Vietnam festgenommen wurden, sind dank der Hilfe europäischer Organisationen freigelassen worden. ...

Indonesia boosts patrols after Chinese boat 'trespasses' in its waters

04.01.2020 (The Asahi Shimbun) - JAKARTA--Indonesia has increased patrols around islands near the disputed South China Sea after a Chinese coast guard vessel "trespassed" into Indonesia's exclusive economic zone, authorities said on Friday. ...

Cash Shortage Hurts Investment in Vietnam

04.01.2020 (VOA) - Businesses in Vietnam face a cash shortage that is preventing as much as $24 billion that could be invested in the nation’s $250 billion economy, according to a study by PwC Vietnam. ...

2020 look ahead: China faces up to tough regional challenges

03.01.2020 Richard Heydarian (Nikkei Asian Review) - South China Sea, Belt and Road Initiative and Taiwan are all on Xi's to-do list. ...

US to Slap Duties on Vietnamese Steel Exports Originally Produced in S. Korea

03.01.2020 (KBS) - The U.S. Department of Commerce has decided to impose duties of more than 400 percent on certain types of steel produced in South Korea or Taiwan that are then shipped to Vietnam for minor processing and finally exported to the U.S. ...

Kein Klimastreik in autoritären Staaten: „Energiewende“ wäre in Russland Programm zur Selbstdemontage

03.01.2020 Von Reinhard Werner (The Epoch Times) - Ein vor allem in libertären und konservativen Kreisen beliebtes Meme in sozialen Medien wirft die Frage auf, warum es keine „Fridays for Future“-Proteste in China gäbe – und beantwortet sie mit der Feststellung: „Weil China schon kommunistisch ist.“ ...

Trump-Trọng Summit Remains In Limbo – Analysis

02.01.2020 Nguyen Quang Dy (YaleGlobal Online) - Strategic partnership between Vietnam and the United States may be a bridge too far, especially for China. With repeated Chinese intrusions into oil-rich Vanguard Bank and anticipated departure of ExxonMobil from the Blue Whale project, the South China Sea dispute has reached a turning point. ...

Downside risks abound for Vietnam’s 2020 economy

02.01.2020 By David Hutt (Asia Times) - Despite strong growth planners would be ill-advised to lose sight of needed reforms and divestments. Vietnam’s Communist Party leaders could be excused if their 2020 outlook is overly politicized. ...

China's 'dangerous' South China Sea plan almost complete

02.01.2020 (NZ Herald) - The battle for the South China Sea is heating up. Vietnam. Malaysia. The Philippines. All have drawn lines in the sandbars against China. But it may already be too late. ...

Hacker aus Vietnam in Deutschland

02.01.2020 Marina Mai (taz) - Indizien sprechen dafür, dass der vietnamesische Staat an Cyberangriffen beteiligt ist. Laut Bayerischem Rundfunk soll auch BMW betroffen sein. ...

A Year of Multiple Standoffs, Few Solutions in South China Sea Dispute

01.01.2020 By Ralph Jenning (VOA) - TAIPEI, TAIWAN - China confirmed its lead this year in Asia's biggest maritime sovereignty dispute by sending nonmilitary ships to waters normally controlled by other countries, allowing it to flex muscle without conflicts or diplomatic losses. ...

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