http://namvietnews.wordpress.com Vietnam News Wed, 15 May 2013 01:19:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/51d6cc3abea4b47e057f9c9a42fd99e8?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://namvietnews.wordpress.com http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/catholic-mothers-face-enormous-pressure-to-abort-baby-girls/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/catholic-mothers-face-enormous-pressure-to-abort-baby-girls/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:08:12 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6670 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/catholic-mothers-face-enormous-pressure-to-abort-baby-girls/feed/ 0 1363679557 namvietnetwork Gender selection is banned by law but enforcement is limited http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnam-rights-dialogue-should-produce-concrete-steps/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnam-rights-dialogue-should-produce-concrete-steps/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:16:07 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6665 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnam-rights-dialogue-should-produce-concrete-steps/feed/ 0 2012_Vietnam namvietnetwork Police detained Nguyen Tri Dung and his mother to prevent them from attending the trial of three prominent bloggers, including his father Nguyen Van Hai on September 24, 2012. After the court sentenced the bloggers, police stripped Dung's t-shirt which featured the slogan: Freedom for Patriots. © 2012 VRNs http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnamese-dissidents-attacked-by-police-linked-thugs/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnamese-dissidents-attacked-by-police-linked-thugs/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:05:29 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6662 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnamese-dissidents-attacked-by-police-linked-thugs/feed/ 0 69a8a924-7ff8-4acf-ac76-7e7e136d514d namvietnetwork Nguyen Chi Duc displays his wounded face following an ambush by unidentified assailants, April 9, 2013. Photo courtesy of Blog Teu http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnamese-bloggers-home-targeted-with-rank-liquid/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnamese-bloggers-home-targeted-with-rank-liquid/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:00:25 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6658 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/vietnamese-bloggers-home-targeted-with-rank-liquid/feed/ 0 40235753_cc0c564081_b-443292 namvietnetwork Blogger Huynh Thuc Vy (left), and her father, democracy activist Huynh Ngoc Tuan (right). Foul-smelling water coats the floor of the Huynh family home in Quang Nam province, April 4, 2013. Credit: VCHR http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/three-uyghurs-held-for-resisting-land-takeover/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/three-uyghurs-held-for-resisting-land-takeover/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:52:00 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6654 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/three-uyghurs-held-for-resisting-land-takeover/feed/ 0 00e5e81f-76ea-4e7b-95ae-7174a1d8dfb1 namvietnetwork Uyghurs work at a nursery near Hotan, May 28, 2012. - AFP uyghur-laskuy-map http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/what-china-learned-from-the-soviet-unions-fall/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/what-china-learned-from-the-soviet-unions-fall/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:16:17 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6651 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/what-china-learned-from-the-soviet-unions-fall/feed/ 1 40235753_cc0c564081_b-440x292 namvietnetwork 40235753_cc0c564081_b-440x292 Related Features http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/my-sister-was-forced-into-sex-slavery/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/my-sister-was-forced-into-sex-slavery/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:26:56 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6647 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/my-sister-was-forced-into-sex-slavery/feed/ 0 0A2D987A-D8E3-4CA8C namvietnetwork Hui Danh holds a photo of her sister Huynh Thi Be Houng and other victims of a Vietnamese-run Moscow brothel as she testifies before a panel of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington on April 11, 2013. - RFA http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/vietnamese-always-at-a-disadvantage-when-doing-business-with-chinese/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/vietnamese-always-at-a-disadvantage-when-doing-business-with-chinese/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:11:50 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6641 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/vietnamese-always-at-a-disadvantage-when-doing-business-with-chinese/feed/ 0 20130405091002-china namvietnetwork 20130405091002-china http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/former-british-prime-minister-margaret-thatcher-dies/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/former-british-prime-minister-margaret-thatcher-dies/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:02:40 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6638 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/former-british-prime-minister-margaret-thatcher-dies/feed/ 0 OB-WZ086_0408Th_G_20130408075452 namvietnetwork Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher talked with British Prime Minister David Cameron inside Number 10 Downing Street on June 8, 2010, in London. Suzanne Plunkett/Getty Images http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/chinas-xi-sets-tone-on-regional-relations/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/chinas-xi-sets-tone-on-regional-relations/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:04:57 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6630 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/chinas-xi-sets-tone-on-regional-relations/feed/ 0 OB-WY861_xi0407_G_20130407073341 namvietnetwork Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Boao, in southern China's Hainan province, on Sunday, April 7, 2013. - Reuters A China Marine Surveillance worker heads to Woody Island, Sansha city, Hainan. Island tours will start this month, but visitors cannot stay overnight. Photo: Xinhua The runway built by Taiwan on Taiping Island, largest of the Spratly Islands. Photo: SCMP Pictures http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/vietnamese-folk-hero-jailed-for-5-years/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/vietnamese-folk-hero-jailed-for-5-years/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:43:28 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6627 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/vietnamese-folk-hero-jailed-for-5-years/feed/ 0 59EE9C9E-8910-48C8-9107-4A6C4A1FED36_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy11_cw0 namvietnetwork Doan Van Vuon (standing, 4th L), Doan Van Quy (standing, 2nd L) and Doan Van Sinh (standing, 3rd R) stand with policemen in front of the court dock to hear a verdict in Hai Phong, April 5, 2013, photo provided by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/vietnams-prosecutors-seek-lenient-sentence-for-folk-hero-farmer/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/vietnams-prosecutors-seek-lenient-sentence-for-folk-hero-farmer/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:32:21 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6621 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/vietnams-prosecutors-seek-lenient-sentence-for-folk-hero-farmer/feed/ 0 164123-VN-DoanVanVuon-PhienToa-AFP-400 namvietnetwork 164123-VN-DoanVanVuon-PhienToa-AFP-400 http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/eu-vietnam-weigh-fta/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/eu-vietnam-weigh-fta/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:40:56 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6617 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/eu-vietnam-weigh-fta/feed/ 0 tr1b namvietnetwork A production line of the Viet Nam-Korea Ex-Import Garment Joinstock Company in Hoa Binh Province. The Viet Nam-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that is expected to conclude by the end of 2014, would provide many tax preferentials for key Vietnamese commodities such as garments and textiles, leather, footwear and food. — VNA/VNS Photo Trong Dat http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/vietnamese-women-fall-prey-to-sex-racket/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/vietnamese-women-fall-prey-to-sex-racket/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:39:31 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6608 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/vietnamese-women-fall-prey-to-sex-racket/feed/ 0 7d89b306-4c8d-4a2f-bc13-657818e315ce namvietnetwork A group of young Vietnamese women poses for a photo at a toy market in Hanoi, Sept. 25, 2012. - RFA http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/trials-begin-in-vietnam-controversial-land-revocation-case/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/trials-begin-in-vietnam-controversial-land-revocation-case/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:31:49 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6604 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/trials-begin-in-vietnam-controversial-land-revocation-case/feed/ 0 dvv-2 namvietnetwork A TV screen monitor at a court shows a fish farmer Doan Van Vuon, planked by two policemen, testifying on his trial at a court in northern port city of Haiphong, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. A Vietnamese court begun hearing the trial of four fish farmers including Vuon, charged with attempted murder for fighting back against police and army officers seeking to evict them from their land last year. (AP Photo) http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/on-trial-and-split-apart-vietnamese-clan-defiant/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/on-trial-and-split-apart-vietnamese-clan-defiant/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:46:29 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6597 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/on-trial-and-split-apart-vietnamese-clan-defiant/feed/ 0 dvv-1 namvietnetwork dvv-2 A Vietnamese police officer tries to take away a poster from a protestor outside a court in Haiphong, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. A Vietnamese court begun hearing the trial of four fish farmers charged with attempted murder for fighting back against police and army officers seeking to evict them from their land last year. (AP Photo/Chris Brummitt) A Vietnamese police officer gestures toward a photographer, seeking to stop him from working close to a court in Haiphong Vietnam, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. A Vietnamese court begun hearing the trial of four fish farmers charged with attempted murder for fighting back against police and army officers seeking to evict them from their land last year. (AP Photo/Chris Brummitt) http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/farmers-tried-for-fighting-police-in-vietnam/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/farmers-tried-for-fighting-police-in-vietnam/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:20:34 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6592 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/farmers-tried-for-fighting-police-in-vietnam/feed/ 0 OB-WX151_0402vi_G_20130402002745 namvietnetwork Protesters outside the Haiphong courthouse holding signs in support of fish farmer Doan Van Vuon, on trial with family members for using homemade explosives to fight eviction Police stopping protesters supporting Mr. Vuon http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/trial-begins-of-vietnam-fish-farmer-turned-folk-hero/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/trial-begins-of-vietnam-fish-farmer-turned-folk-hero/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:04:24 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6589 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/trial-begins-of-vietnam-fish-farmer-turned-folk-hero/feed/ 0 487768 namvietnetwork Fish farmer Doan Van Vuon is flanked by officials at Hai Phong People's Court on April 2, 2013. He became a folk hero after using homemade shotguns to resist eviction. http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/vietnamese-political-prisoner-seriously-ill/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/vietnamese-political-prisoner-seriously-ill/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:58:59 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6586 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/vietnamese-political-prisoner-seriously-ill/feed/ 0 6a011571801c18970b0147e0 -800wi-640x360 namvietnetwork Nguyen Huu Cau at the Z30A Xuan Loc prison camp in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of VCHR http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/vietnams-obstacles-to-reform/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/vietnams-obstacles-to-reform/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:20:24 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6582 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/vietnams-obstacles-to-reform/feed/ 0 vietnamesprotest1edited namvietnetwork You've got my vote http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/the-rise-of-chinese-contractors-in-vietnam/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/the-rise-of-chinese-contractors-in-vietnam/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:09:19 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6577 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/the-rise-of-chinese-contractors-in-vietnam/feed/ 0 204652 namvietnetwork 204652 http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/us-vietnam-backsliding-on-human-rights/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/us-vietnam-backsliding-on-human-rights/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:02:22 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6574 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/us-vietnam-backsliding-on-human-rights/feed/ 0 483778_10151818533305620_1307566489_n namvietnetwork 483778_10151818533305620_1307566489_n http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/chinese-artist-depicts-tibetan-protesters/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/chinese-artist-depicts-tibetan-protesters/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:36:44 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6571 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/chinese-artist-depicts-tibetan-protesters/feed/ 0 26CBC17A-5EA6-4620-9A6F-697FB5D14761_w640_r1_s namvietnetwork 26CBC17A-5EA6-4620-9A6F-697FB5D14761_w640_r1_s http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/mourners-clash-with-vietnamese-authorities/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/mourners-clash-with-vietnamese-authorities/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:15:14 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6566 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/mourners-clash-with-vietnamese-authorities/feed/ 0 vy namvietnetwork vy dan-vinh-phuc 599044_517305834987314_851358853_n http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/mysterious-attack-on-a-vietnamese-blog/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/mysterious-attack-on-a-vietnamese-blog/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:43:29 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6561 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/mysterious-attack-on-a-vietnamese-blog/feed/ 0 basam3 namvietnetwork Nguyen Huu Vinh aka blogger AnhBaSam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/vietnamese-coffee-brews-global-dreams/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/vietnamese-coffee-brews-global-dreams/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:26:04 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6555 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/vietnamese-coffee-brews-global-dreams/feed/ 0 Flickr-charles_chan-300x450 namvietnetwork Flickr-charles_chan-300x450 http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/japan-pm-abes-pacific-trade-pact-gambit-pays-off/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/japan-pm-abes-pacific-trade-pact-gambit-pays-off/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:16:56 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6552 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/japan-pm-abes-pacific-trade-pact-gambit-pays-off/feed/ 1 0,,16676883_303,00 namvietnetwork “Emerging countries in Asia are shifting to an open economy one after another. If Japan alone remains an inward-looking economy, there would be no chance for growth,” Abe told a news conference and added “this is our last chance. If we miss this opportunity, Japan will be left behind.” http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/vietnamese-reject-chinese-fruit/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/vietnamese-reject-chinese-fruit/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:08:09 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6548 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/vietnamese-reject-chinese-fruit/feed/ 0 482877 namvietnetwork In this March 14, 2013 photo, a woman collects fruits to buy at a shop in a small market in Binh Thanh district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. China has emerged as one of the world's leading exporters of fruit and vegetables, and is increasingly taking market share from US producers in Asian markets. It grows more apples than any other country. There are no figures on how much of the crop Vietnam imports. Chinese fruit is often cheaper than Vietnamese, and offers more variety. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen) http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/anti-nuclear-energy-activists-becoming-more-vocal-in-taiwan/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/anti-nuclear-energy-activists-becoming-more-vocal-in-taiwan/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:22:43 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6544 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/anti-nuclear-energy-activists-becoming-more-vocal-in-taiwan/feed/ 1 CAFD058B-EBE0-4E61-89D1-540EF270C7FB_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy9_cw0 namvietnetwork Protesters march during an anti-nuclear demonstration in Taipei, Taiwan on March 9, 2013. Protesters march during an anti-nuclear demonstration in Taipei, Taiwan on March 9, 2013. http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/tibetan-buddhisms-karmapa-lama/ http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/tibetan-buddhisms-karmapa-lama/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:19:51 +0000 Nam http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/?p=6541 ]]> http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/tibetan-buddhisms-karmapa-lama/feed/ 0 monk-mac namvietnetwork Karmapa at keyboard. Photo by Filip Wolak