VIET NAM: SERIES OF ATTACKS ON POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND THEIR RELATIVES MUST BE INVESTIGATED-Amnesty International | Jul 22, 2016 Three recent attacks on people who have been deliberately knocked off their motorbikes appear to be part of a wider series of attacks against political activists, human rights defenders and their relatives. Amnesty International urges the Viet Nam authorities to immediately and impartially investigate these incidents and bring the […]
VIET NAM: MINORITY GROUP’S PROTEST MET WITH VIOLENCE-Amnesty International | Jul 22, 2016 A spontaneous demonstration by ethnic and religious minority Ede in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam on 14 July was violently suppressed, resulting in injuries to around 20 demonstrators. The arrests and incommunicado detention of at least seven demonstrators raises serious concerns about torture and ill-treatment. A huge police operation […]
Persecution in Vietnam: Christians face imprisonment and possibility of being poisoned in jail-The Christian Times | Jul 22, 2016 Vietnam puts behind bars Christian leaders and sometimes punishes an errant prisoner by food poisoning, said an Evangelical leader. According to Christian Aid Mission, the Southeast Asian country’s 2013 religion law prohibits its people from any forms of “manipulation of freedom of belief and religion” that are perceived […]
Many South Korean Companies Violate Vietnam Environmental Protection Rules-by KTT, July 20, 2016 A number of South Korean companies have been found to show poor implementation of law on environmental protection, discharging untreated wastewater and solid water into the environment, the Vietnam Investment Review (VIR) has reported. The latest case was detected at South Korean TTB Vina MFG Co., Ltd located in the […]
Another Taiwan-invested Company Breaks Vietnam Environmental Protection Law-by KTT, July 22, 2016 Police in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc have proposed the Ministry of Public Security punish a Taiwanese-invested livestock company for dumping hundreds of pig carcasses into Sai Gon river. Some days ago, local authorities detected that Taiwanese Viet Phuoc Agricultural Product Co., Ltd. dumped hundreds of dead pig carcasses […]
Vietnam Should Consider Existence of Formosa Project: Lawmakers-by KTT, July 22, 2016 The government of Vietnam should consider the existence of Taiwan-invested Formosa project to ensure no repeated environmental violations, according to a lawmaker. Lawmaker Tran Hoang Ngan said on the sidelines of the first session of the country’s highest legislature National Assembly (NA)’s 14th tenure that Formosa should not be allowed […]
Vietnam May Turn into ‘Pollution Heaven’ with Rising Unregulated FDI: Paper-by KTT, July 22, 2016 Vietnam is encountering the risks of worsening its pollution problem if it continues to welcome more foreign direct investment (FDI), especially on the heels of the successful conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact, into already highly-polluting sectors such as garment and textile, paper and steel production, said the Tien […]
Vietnamese Worried about China’s Growing Aggressiveness in East Sea: Senior Official-by Vu Quoc Ngu, July 20, 2016 Vietnamese people across the nation are worried about China’s land reclamation and military equipment deployment in Vietnam-claimed Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratlys) in the East Sea (South China Sea), said Nguyen Thien Nhan, president of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF). Speaking at the opening session of […]
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