Bicycle parade promotes LGBT rights in Vietnam-Business Standard, August 21, 2016 Hundreds of people on Sunday took part in a colourful bicycle parade through the streets of Hanoi in support of LGBT rights as the country marked its fifth annual Viet Pride event. The parade, which started at 9 a.m, saw members and supporters of the LGBT community ride along a […]
Police beat thousands of protesting Christian fisherfolk already suffering from mass fish deaths in Vietnam-Christian Today, August 21, 2016 Thousands of Christians in Vietnam recently got a double whammy. First, their main source livelihood was gravely affected when illegal waste dumping into the sea by a foreign company resulted in an environmental disaster, contaminating and killing much of the fish in the coastal area, Asia News reports. Second, when […]
Hanoi Police Detain Anti-China Activists amid East Sea Tensions-By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 21, 2016 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on August 21 detained seven anti-China activists while they were cycling in city’s streets and released them after holding them in police station for seven hours. The detainees included pro-democracy activist Nguyen Van Dien, Nam Phuong, Bui The Anh, Chu […]
Some Blocked From Attending Australia Memorial in Vietnam-AP, August 19, 2016 VUNG TAU, Vietnam — Under pressure from Australia, Vietnam lifted a sudden ban on veterans who had travelled to the country to mark the 50th anniversary of Australia’s most costly battle of the Vietnam War, but officials prevented hundreds from paying their respects at a monument to Australian casualties, Australia’s prime […]
Ending Enforced Disappearance in the ASEAN: The Search for Peace, Truth, and Justice- Ending Enforced Disappearance in the ASEAN: The Search for Peace, Truth, and Justice A JOINT STATEMENT FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE ACSC/APF 2016, DILI, TIMOR-LESTE THE BACKGROUND Since its inception, the annual ACSC/APF (ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples’ Forum) has been held in the same country that holds the ASEAN chairpersonship. The […]
4,000 Christians Beaten by Police in Vietnam for Protesting Environmental Disaster-The Christian Post, August 19, 2016 Four thousand Catholics from the town of Ky Anh in Vietnam were beaten by police after they led an anti-pollution protest against the government, following the contamination of 70 tons of fish from waste dumped into the sea. Asia News reports that the Christians were protesting against a fish-related […]
Vietnam Begins to Probe into Killing of Three Provincial Senior Officials-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 18, 2016 Vietnam’s authorities have launched a probe into the criminal case in which three senior party officials of the northernmost province of Yen Bai were shot by gun, state media has reported. On Aug 18, Pham Duy Cuong, secretary of the provincial communist party’s Committee, and Ngo Ngoc Tuan, […]
U.S. Report on Vietnam’s Religious Freedom Not Accurate: State Media-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 19, 2016 A recent report by the U.S. Department of State on the freedom of religion and belief in Vietnam is not objective and one-sided, state media in the communist-ruled nation. Defending the draft Law on Belief and Religion, which is to replace the Ordinance on Belief and Religion, state-run […]
Vietnam Traffic Police Seek Power to Open Fire on Fleeing Vehicles-by Vu Quoc Ngu, August 17, 2016 The Traffic Police Department under Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has asked the country’s legislative body National Assembly to revise its firearms ordinance so that traffic officers will be given the power to open fire in dangerous circumstances, state media has reported. The revision to the NA’s ordinance […]
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