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US: Vietnam ranked Tier 2 in human trafficking
In its recently released annual report on trafficking in persons, the US Department of State lists Vietnam in Tier 2, a ranking for countries whose governments do not fully comply with the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards. Vietnam was on the…
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Human rights organizations express concern over ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
Less than Adequate AICHR Formal Consultation with Civil Society on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration June 21, 2012 Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Dignity International, and Article 19 welcome the first official consultation between ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and civil…
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U.S. and Vietnam Hold 5th Political, Security and Defense Dialogue
June 20, 2012 From left: Ambassador David Shear, Assistant Secretary of State Andrew Shapiro, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Vikram Singh participate in the 5th Political, Security and Defense Dialogue on June 20 in Hanoi, Vietnam. As part of the fifth annual U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security, and Defense Dialogue, Vice Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh…
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Echoing President Obama, three US Senators call for Vietnamese blogger’s release
In a letter to Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung dated June 15, 2012, three US senators asekd for the immediate release of blogger Nguyen Van Hai, aka Dieu Cay. “We are deeply concerned with the circumstances surrounding his arrest and re-arrest and by reports that family has been prevented from visiting him,” wrote Senators…
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Anti-human trafficking coalition launches campaign to boycott “blood cashews” from Vietnam
Boycott “blood cashews” from Vietnam Press Release Contact: bpsos@bpsos.org June 13, 2012 Coalition to Abolish Modern-day Slavery in Asia (CAMSA) calls on consumers around the globe to boycott cashews exported by Vietnam because they are a product of modern-day slavery. Human Rights Watch, in its publication titled “The Rehab Archipelago,” reports that forced labor has…
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Easy Part Over for Vietnam
The Diplomat — June 10, 2012 By Bridget O’Flaherty The optimism during Vietnam’s pre-2008 economic boom is over. The Communist Party knows it must take action. But it doesn’t seem to know what. At one side of the large concrete Hoa Binh Market in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 sits an “illegal market,” where…
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Vietnam Struggles to Increase Growth
11 Jun 2012 The Wall Street Journal Asia BY VU TRONG KHANH AND PATRICK BARTA HANOI—Vietnam’s decision to cut interest rates for the fourth time this year marks policy makers’ latest effort to revive an economy that once was among Asia’s fastestgrowing. Vietnam is cutting interest rates again to encourage economic growth. Above, a vendor…
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Trip by Panetta Affirms Shifting U.S. Stance — by Elizabeth Leader
U.S. defense secretary Leon Panetta sits next to USNS Richard E. Byrd chief mate Fred Cullen as they take a water taxi to the ship in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam (Jim Watson/Courtesy Reuters). Elizabeth Leader is a Research Associate for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. The visit of Secretary of Defense Leon…
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