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Vietnam meets demands to end strike in Nike, Adidas factory

April 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tran Van Minh Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Workers at a major Vietnamese footwear factory for Nike and Adidas ended a weeklong strike last Thursday after the government agreed to their demands on retirement payouts. The stoppage by thousands of workers at the Taiwanese-owned Pou Yuen factory in southern Ho Chi Minh City […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Dang Ngoc Tung, HANOI, Ho Chi Minh City, Labor Ministry, National Assembly, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Taiwanese-owned Pou Yuen, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17

Vietnamese leader says banning social media sites impossible

January 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s prime minister said Thursday that it is impossible to ban social media such as Facebook so authorities in the communist nation instead should provide correct information to inform public opinion.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, 2016, Asia, HANOI, LINE, New York-based Human Rights Watch, Nguyen Tan Dung, Phil Robertson, Takorn Tantasith, Thailand, Thanh Nien, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30, Young People, social media

Vietnam allows anti-China protest over oil rig in Paracel Islands

May 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam allowed several hundred demonstrators to stage a noisy rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on May 11 against Beijing’s deployment of an oil rig in the contested South China Sea that has triggered a tense standoff and raised fears of confrontation.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, ASEAN, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese Embassy, Chinese Foreign Ministry, HANOI, Ho Chi Minh City, Hua Chunying, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nguyen Xuan Hien, South China Sea, South Sea, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 21 | May 17 - May 23

US ups security aid to SE Asia, criticizes China

December 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Lee and Matthew Pennington Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered harsh words for China and new maritime security assistance for Southeast Asia on Dec. 16 to bolster countries facing growing Chinese assertiveness in a region where the two world powers are jockeying for influence.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese, Coast Guard, HANOI, Iraq, Pacific Fleet, Philippines, South China Sea, Southeast Asian, State John Kerry, US, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Vol 32 No 52 | December 21 - December 27, japan

Vietnam court convicts dissident Facebook user

November 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – A Vietnamese court on Tuesday convicted a dissident of using Facebook to spread criticism of the government, but then suspended the 15-month prison sentence it imposed. The verdict in southern Vietnam meant Dinh Nhat Uy was released from detention. The charge sheet against Uy was the first to mention Facebook […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Dinh Nhat Uy, HANOI, United States, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 45 | November 2 - November 8, commentary, social media

Vietnam frees dissident on appeal

August 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese appeals court overturned a six-year prison sentence against a dissident and halved the jail term of another in a rare show of leniency by the country’s Communist authorities.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Associated Press, Communist Party, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen Thanh Luong, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30

Vietnamese police break up anti-China protest

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police detained about 15 anti-China protesters June 2 during a march in the Vietnamese capital that showed the domestic pressure the government faces when dealing with Beijing’s muscular approach to territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, 2013, Beijing, Brunei, Chinese, Communist Party-controlled, HANOI, Hoan Kiem Lake, Malaysia, Nguyen Chi Vinh, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, attention

Russians attempt to topple Google in Vietnam

May 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s booming Internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S. web companies. That’s not deterring a newly launched Russian-Vietnamese outfit that believes it can unseat the American search engine in this fast-growing Asian market and also […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, China, Coc Coc, Europe, Google, HANOI, Hong Kong, Moscow, Nguyen Duc Ngoc, Russia, South Korea, Tech Asia, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 22 | May 25 - May 31, censorship, language

US, Vietnam far apart on human rights

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, American Embassy, Asia, BBC, China, Communist Party, Daniel Baer, Father Ly, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Phil Robertson, Several Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Washington DC

Critics pile on Vietnam in rare constitutional debate

March 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt THE Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s leaders sought to boost their flagging legitimacy by asking the public for suggestions on constitutional reform. What they got instead was rare open criticism of one-party rule, a fired journalist turned poster boy for dissent, and another lesson on how the Internet has changed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, City University, Communist Party-run, HANOI, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Le Hieu Dang, London, Nguyen Dac Kien, Nguyen Sinh Hung, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 11 | March 9 - March 15

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