Vietnamese Fishermen Protest Port Development-The Maritime Executive, Aug 3, 2016 On Sunday, hundreds of fishermen in a small port in Vietnam protested the construction of a new terminal for cement exports, a rare public display of dissent in the tightly controlled nation. Local media report that one hundred policemen blocked the only road to the small village, Nghi Thiet, […]
Madness on the Mekong: How Dams are Killing the Largest Inland Fisheries in the World-By Tom Fawthrop Global Research, August 03, 2016 Investigative reporter, Tom Fawthrop has just returned from the site of the Don Sahong – a hydrodam being constructed in the middle of an eco-paradise of wetlands in Southern Laos where over 200 fish species have been recorded. The Four Thousands Islands (Sipangdon) in southern Laos, has […]
Call for More Foreign Pressure on Political Freedoms in Vietnam-Vietnam Right Now, Aug 03, 2016 Australia holds its annual human rights dialogue with Vietnam this week amid concern that western countries are easing pressure on Vietnam over its continuing crackdown on government critics. Human Rights Watch called on the Australian delegation to call for significant and solid improvements during the talks in Hanoi. It […]
How the Vietnamese People Reacted to the South China Sea Ruling-Global Voices, Aug 3, 2016 This edited article by Giang Nguyễn is from Loa, an independent news website and podcast that broadcasts stories about Vietnam. It is republished by Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. On July 12, the United Nation’s Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that Beijing’s claims to the South China […]
Vietnam turning a blind eye to industrial pollution-World Fishing & Aquaculture, Aug 2, 2016 Industrial pollution of the waters of the Mekong Delta, in the southern tip of Vietnam, is taking place on an ever increasing scale, reports Andrew Martin. Steel processing and other manufacturing businesses are becoming established in the delta because of the availability of water, cheap labour and next […]
Australia urged to rap Vietnam over prisoners-news.com.au, Aug 2, 2016 Australia must take Vietnam to task over its detention of political prisoners, Human Rights Watch has urged. Senior government officials from Australia and Vietnam will meet in Hanoi for annual human rights talks on Thursday. “Vietnam has a record of sentencing peaceful bloggers and activists to harsh prison terms for exercising […]
DPP lawmaker held in Vietnam airport for 9 hours-focustaiwan.tw, Aug 2, 2016 Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Su Chih-fen (蘇治芬) was held for nine hours at an airport in Vietnam on Monday as she was getting ready to visit Formosa Plastics’ steel plant about 300 kilometers south of Hanoi. Su said on her Facebook page that Vietnamese immigration authorities confiscated her passport and […]
Vietnamese Police and Fishermen Clash Over Port Project-RFA, Aug 2, 2016 Fishermen protesting the construction of a port project benefiting a major Vietnamese cement producer clashed with police on Sunday, with one man beaten as he attempted to get medicine, witnesses told RFA’s Vietnamese Service. About 100 plainclothes policemen, along with ambulances and fire trucks blocked the only road accessing Nghi Thiet […]
Hanoi Police Kidnap Pro-democracy Activist, Deporting Him to Home Province after 12 Hours in Detention-By Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 2, 2016 Security forces in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on July 31 kidnapped a pro-democracy activist, holding him for 12 hours in a police station before deporting him to his home province at mid-night, the victim said. On the morning of Sunday, Mr. Dien, 35, and seven other activists […]
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