Vietnam

Vietnamese villagers face off with police over land grab

 
Faced with the threat of urban development, residents in the Van Giang district of Vietnam’s northern Hung Yen province decided to defy local authorities and protect their land by occupying a construction site. Between 2,000 and 4,000 security forces were deployed to crush their efforts. The brutal crackdown that ensued was caught on video. Watch the videos...
 
 
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Cambodian opposition takes on plight of border villages lost to Vietnam

The issue of the Vietnamese-Cambodian border has been one of contention for 25 years now. The latest map sees dozens of Cambodian villages on the wrong side of the border. One of our Observers in Cambodia follows the hindered efforts of the opposition party to look into situation. Read more...

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Amateur video of a journalist’s arrest

A Vietnamese netizen filmed the interrogation of an Associated Press photo-reporter this morning. Read more and see the video...

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Vietnam adoptions banned for Americans

Claims that babies were being unlawfully removed from their natural mothers and sold to agencies in Vietnam have caused a ban on all Vietnamese adoptions to the US from July. A child aid worker in the country gives us his account of events. Read more…
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