A Vietnamese activist was jailed for nine years on Tuesday for “anti-state activity”, her lawyer said, the second such heavy sentence handed down by the authoritarian state in less than a month. Dissidents, rights lawyers and bloggers are routinely jailed in the communist country but rights groups and activists accuse the new government in place … Read more
A Vietnamese blogger with French citizenship has been deported to Paris, the wife of the former political prisoner said Sunday, in a rare move by authorities in the one-party state. Former math lecturer Pham Minh Hoang was put on a plane to Paris late Saturday, after the Vietnamese government stripped him of his citizenship last … Read more
A French-Vietnamese dissident blogger has been detained in Vietnam for deportation, his wife told AFP Saturday, just weeks after the former political prisoner was stripped of his citizenship in a rare move by authorities. While the communist country routinely jails critics of its regime, 62-year-old Pham Minh Hoang is the first Vietnam-based dissident to have … Read more
Vietnam has stripped a French-Vietnamese former political prisoner and mathematics lecturer of his citizenship, according to an official letter seen by AFP. Pham Minh Hoang, 62, who has dual nationality, was sentenced to three years in jail for attempted subversion in 2011, but was released after 17 months and ordered to serve three years’ house … Read more
It feels strange, but a few times each year Vietnamese bodybuilder Kendy Nguyen must strap a bikini top over his rock-hard pecs and pretend for a day he is once again a woman. He’s not happy about the official rules that force him to compete with other women, but it’s a small price to pay … Read more
Japan’s royal couple on Thursday listened to the tearful stories of Vietnamese children who were abandoned by their Japanese soldier fathers after WWII, a symbolic meeting in Hanoi aimed at healing wounds between the former war foes. The 83-year-old Japanese emperor Akihito and his wife, Michiko, are on their first visit to Vietnam, the latest … Read more
Japanese brewer Kirin said Monday it would sell its Brazilian unit to Dutch beer giant Heineken for $706 million, citing a “stagnant and competitive” market. The company said it will transfer all shares of Brasil Kirin Holdings to Heineken subsidiary Bavaria SA for 2.2 billion reals. “Considering various risks associated with (the) Brazilian economy and … Read more
The Vietnamese government has asked Ho Chi Minh City authorities to increase Tan Son Nhat international airports serving capacity to 40-50 million passengers a year from the current 25 million. The government has chosen the citys plan which will build taxiways, a dual-use terminal with capacity of 10 million passengers a year, and a passenger … Read more
Members of the Chinese President’s delegation allegedly went on an illegal spending spree in SA to buy ivory and rhino horn & smuggled the products back to China – Al Jazeera Investigative Unit documentary Members of the Chinese President’s delegation went on an illegal spending spree in South Africa to buy ivory and rhino horn … Read more