Vietnam, China’s ‘Little Sister’

April 19, 2011

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Vietnamese hate the moniker, reports Luke Hunt. But their feelings about their big neighbor are a lot more complicated. The rooftop balcony of the Majestic Hotel commands sweeping views across the Saigon River where tiny sampans mix with giant cargo ships and ply their trade. Loaded with history and nostalgia, its bar is also a […]

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China faces its biggest foe

April 19, 2011

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HONG KONG – The Chinese leadership, long obsessed with snuffing out social unrest whenever and wherever it occurs, has encountered a foe that cannot be defeated by its four trillion yuan (US$586 billion) economic stimulus package, its Great Firewall of Internet censorship or even brute force: Mother Nature. As the nation celebrates the miraculous rescue […]

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Family’s $3m stand against Hanoi developers

April 19, 2011

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The seven shabby rooms that his family inhabit in the centre of Hanoi may not look like much, but Hoang Quoc Dinh is sitting on one of the most expensive slices of real estate in the world. The combative 53-year-old businessman recently turned down an offer of 50bn Vietnam dong ($2.4m) for his family’s 53 […]

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China rejects Philippines’ sovereignty over Spratly Islands

April 17, 2011

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MANILA, Philippines (April 14, 2011) – The Chinese government cannot accept the claims of the Philippines on its sovereignty over some islands in South China Sea, a high ranking official of China said today. This after the Philippine government filed a protest before the United Nation, claiming control over parts of Nansha Islands, parts of […]

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Vietnam’s own ‘great wall’ uncovered

April 17, 2011

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Quang Ngai, Vietnam (CNN) — Nestled in the mountain foothills of a remote province in central Vietnam, one of the country’s most important archaeological discoveries in a century has recently come to light. After five years of exploration and excavation, a team of archaeologists has uncovered a 127-kilometer (79-mile) wall — which locals have called […]

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Vietnam’s controversial ‘dictator’ cuts red tape

April 17, 2011

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DANANG, Vietnam — He has been called a dictator and is dogged by rumours of corruption but many agree that Nguyen Ba Thanh has rare talents in a country choked by bureaucracy: He gets things done. As Vietnam looks to retool its economy, some foreign investors say the city of Danang, where Thanh is the […]

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Vietnam’s Cluster Bomb Shadow

April 17, 2011

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Decades after the Vietnam War ended, cluster bombs still leave large swathes of land in Laos off-limits. But the foot-dragging on a ban continues The jungle has long since grown to reclaim the old rice fields and the houses that once stood here. But Khambou Many still remembers vividly what happened the day the bombs […]

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Were they ‘indentured servants’?

April 16, 2011

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Only weeks after a Harris County judge awarded an unprecedented $60 million in civil judgments to Vietnamese welders allegedly exploited by U.S. labor supply companies, the same workers claimed in federal court Wednesday to be victims of a larger international human trafficking conspiracy. The lawsuit identifies the culprits as two major Vietnamese companies, both partly […]

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Audit uncovers $143.3 mln loss at Agribank arm

April 16, 2011

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Agribank Financial Leasing Company No.2, a subsidiary of the state-owned Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, made a loss of VND3 trillion (US$143.3 million) in 2009, the State Audit of Vietnam has reported. The amount represents more than eight times its chartered capital. The SAV also detected a loss of around VND4.6 trillion last […]

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Internet Curbs No Match For Vietnamese Gamers

April 14, 2011

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The clock is about to strike 10 p.m., but the hubbub of life on a dingy street in Hanoi remains vibrant. Despite the looming curfew, hundreds of teenagers sit glued to computer screens playing online games, seemingly unaware that in a few minutes, they will have to wrench themselves away as the street shuts down […]

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The CIA’s ‘Secret War’

April 12, 2011

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Decades after US forces exited the Vietnam War the remnants of a CIA-backed force of Lao villagers still live in fear in the jungle. In a clearing deep inside the Laotian jungle, a group of Hmong fall to the ground and beg me for help as soon as they see me. Chor Her, a skinny […]

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Activists fight to stop dam across Mekong

April 9, 2011

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BANGKOK (AP) April 8, 2011 — A plan for the first dam across the Mekong River anywhere in its meandering path through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam has set off a major environmental battle in Southeast Asia. The $3.5 billion Xayaburi dam is slated for the wilds of northern Laos and would generate power […]

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U.S. Eyes Global Internet Freedoms

April 8, 2011

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The State Department’s point person on human rights says his office is in a “cat and mouse” game with authoritarian governments that are trying to restrict free speech on the Internet. “We are trying to stay ahead of the curve and to provide technology, training and diplomatic support to allow people to freely express their […]

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Vietnamese Communists’ Fear Factor is Rising

April 7, 2011

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As a Libyan protester said, “After we saw Tunisia and Egypt, we thought that we can do it too;” their “fear wall broke” and the people of Libya no longer feared their corrupt and brutal dictatorship. In contrast, the prospect that the Middle-East pot might boil over into their region has dramatically increased the fear […]

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Vietnamese Catholics beaten, arrested for supporting human rights lawyer

April 6, 2011

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Le Quoc Quan is escorted by police. Credit: VietCatholic.net Hanoi, Vietnam, Apr 6, 2011 / 01:23 am (CNA).- Vietnamese officials arrested and beat a group of Catholics for attempting to peacefully attend a trial of prominent lawyer and human rights activist Cu Huy Ha Vu on April 4. “At least 29 Catholics were arrested at 8 […]

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Jailed Vietnam dissident’s lawyers lodge complaint

April 5, 2011

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HANOI — Lawyers for the dissident son of a Vietnamese revolutionary leader on Tuesday challenged his seven-year jail sentence, saying the judges violated the law during his short trial. In one of the communist nation’s most politically charged cases in years, Cu Huy Ha Vu, 53, was convicted on Monday of anti-state propaganda activities, including […]

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