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Vietnam’s China mining plans spark rare criticism
AFP
April 20, 2009
April 19, 2009 HANOI, April 19, 2009 (AFP) – A plan to let a Chinese company build a bauxite mine in Vietnam has triggered rare
Viet Tan’s fact-finding mission to the bauxite mines
Ly Nam Binh
April 15, 2009
March 15, 2009 Plans by the Hanoi government to move forward with controversial bauxite mining projects have sparked significant protest. In an effort to see
Vietnam scientists clash with government over bauxite project
DPA
April 14, 2009
April 10, 2009 Hanoi – Vietnamese scientists and actvists have called on the government to cancel a massive bauxite mining plan in the country’s Central
Vietnam’s Crackdown on Bloggers Prompts Appeal From U.S. Lawmakers
CNSNews.com
April 3, 2009
April 02, 2009 Patrick Goodenough, International Editor (CNSNews.com) – Five months after Internet giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo pledged to uphold privacy and freedom of
Dissident Vietnam monk joins opposition to mine
AFP
April 2, 2009
Apr 1, 2009 HANOI (AFP) — A dissident Buddhist monk has joined scientists and intellectuals in opposing a government plan to mine bauxite in Vietnam,
US lawmakers urge web services to confront Vietnam
AFP
April 1, 2009
March 31, 2009 WASHINGTON (AFP) — Twelve US lawmakers have urged Internet giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to resist what they called communist Vietnam’s “worsening”
Letter to Yahoo, Google and Microsoft
US Members of Congress
April 1, 2009
March 31, 2009 Carol Bartz Chief Executive Officer Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Dear Ms. Bartz: We write to express our concern
Vietnam’s blogger movement: A virtual civil society in the midst of government repression
Viet Tan
March 30, 2009
• The limited scope for freedom of speech in Vietnam’s growing political blogosphere is under threat. • Blogging has developed into a new medium for
’Thousands’ of Chinese workers heading to Vietnam
AFP
March 29, 2009
Mar 28, 2009 HANOI (AFP) — Chinese products and workers, rather than those from Vietnam, are being used for key industrial projects in the fast-developing
Freedom House: No Freedom in Vietnam
Radio Free Asia
March 11, 2009
March 11th, 2009 Translated by Radio New Horizon Freedom House, an international organization that concerns itself with freedom and democracy worldwide, recently released their reports
Corruption Undermines Vietnam’s Stimulus Program
Time
February 24, 2009
February 23, 2009 A farmer in rural Vietnam As governments around the world roll out trillions of dollars in stimulus spending to combat the global
