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  • Police block Catholic program that offers English instructions to the poor in Nghe An

    Information compiled from from VRN On July 12, some one thousand children and adults gathering at the Catholic church in Cau Ram, Nghe An to start their free Summer English classes were told that the government had evicted all English instructors.    All five instructors are volunteers from America. Upon arrival to Vietnam, they were pulled into the police station…

  • Canadian military focus shifting more toward Asia-Pacific

    By Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News July 16, 2012 OTTAWA — Against a backdrop of booming economic activity and underlying regional tensions, more than 1,400 Canadian troops are participating in a massive U.S.-led military exercise in the Pacific this month. It’s not the first time Canada has been involved in the Rim of Pacific exercise, or…

  • Flash reports of Catholic prayer vigils throughout Nghe An

    Day of Prayers for Con Cuong in Vinh Diocese – Update VRNs (15.07.2012)– Nghe An –  Update: security police and hoodlums forced their way into the church in Bot Da to harass the congregation Vinh Diocese announced that at 8:00 am all the churches throughout the diocese will celebrate Mass and churchgoers will pray for…

  • Tens of thousands of Catholics protested police brutality against priests and believers in Nghe An

    News brief by VRN July 15, 2012 Responding to the call of the Bishopry of Vinh, today tens of thousands of Catholics throughout the province of Nghe An, Viet Nam, participated in prayer vigils in solidarity with fellow Catholics in Con Cuong District, who have been subjected to repeated police brutality in recent months. From early…

  • ASEAN fails to reach common ground on China row

    July 13, 2012 10:10 AM PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Southeast Asian diplomats failed to reach common ground Friday on how to deal with a touchy territorial dispute involving China, as a regional conference ended without a joint statement for the first time in the bloc’s 45-year history. The failure to issue a customary statement following…

  • US and EU issue joint statement on Asia-Pacific priorities

    Press Releases: U.S.-EU Statement on the Asia-Pacific Region 07/12/2012 08:34 AM EDT U.S.-EU Statement on the Asia-Pacific Region Media Note Office of the Spokesperson US Department of State Washington, DC July 12, 2012 Following is the text of a joint statement issued by the United States of America and the European Union on July 12,…

  • US tries to balance values, economic opportunities in ‘pivot to Asia’

    BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press Updated: July 12, 2012 – 11:24 AM PHNOM PENH, Cambodia    – The Obama administration now has a taste of the difficult diplomacy necessary to sharpen the focus of American power on Asia, seeking investment opportunities alongside reforms from rights-abusing governments and working with China while defending U.S. interests. From democratic Mongolia…

  • US tries to balance values, economic opportunities in ‘pivot to Asia’

    BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press Updated: July 12, 2012 – 11:24 AM PHNOM PENH, Cambodia    – The Obama administration now has a taste of the difficult diplomacy necessary to sharpen the focus of American power on Asia, seeking investment opportunities alongside reforms from rights-abusing governments and working with China while defending U.S. interests. From democratic Mongolia…

  • The End of the Vietnamese Miracle

    So much for the next Asian success story. BY GEOFFREY CAIN |JULY 11, 2012 Foreign Policy HO CHI MINH CITY – In what was once one of Asia’s most exciting emerging markets, Nguyen Van Nguyen sees only gloom ahead. Since 2008, his business in southern Vietnam’s economic capital has suffered through two volatile bouts of…

  • Clinton raps Vietnam on rights, sees limits to ties

    By Arshad Mohammed HANOI | Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:23am EDT HANOI | Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:23am EDT (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Vietnam’s human rights record on Tuesday, especially its restriction of free speech online, and her aides said there were limits to better ties until it improved. During a…