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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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Denmark discontinues projects in Vietnam for misuse of funds.
Last update 04/06/2012 08:00:00 AM (GMT+7) Denmark stops ODA grant for three projects VietNamNet Bridge – All four inspected Danish-funded projects committed misuse, with fault completely made by the Vietnamese partners. Denmark has suspended funds to three of them. Christian Friis Bach, Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation announced to stop funding for three projects in…
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Forced labor used in Vietnam’s drug detention centers
According to Human Rights Watch’s report titled The Rehab Archipelago, “Vietnam’s system of forced labor centers for people who use drugs has expanded over the last decade. In 2000, there were 56 drug detention centers across Vietnam; by early 2011 that number had risen to 123 centers. Between 2000 and 2010, over 309,000 people across…
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US Defense Secretary: military aid to Hanoi conditioned on improved human rights
Excerpts from the Associated Press: Panetta works to repair U.S.-Vietnam ties during historic visit June 4, 2012, 7:37 p.m. EDT McClatchy/Tribune – MCT Information Services … “[Vietnam’s Minister of Defense Phung Quang] Thanh called on the Obama administration to lift a ban on the sale of weapons and other lethal military equipment to Vietnam, implying…
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’s Annual Report for 2012 – Vietnam
Amnesty International’s Annual Report for 2012, which was released on the same day (May 24) as the State Department’s Country Reports, reaches similar conclusions. “Harsh repression of dissidents continued” inVietnam, the Amnesty report stated, “with severe restrictions on freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Critics of government policies were targeted, including social and political…
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Police beat to death a citizen
Mr. Ngo Thanh Kieu, age 31, a resident of Hoa Dong Village, Tan Hoa District, Phu Yen Province, was the latest victim of rampant abuse of power and unchecked violence in Vietnam’s law enforcement apparatus. At 3 am on May 14, public security officers came to Kieu’s house, put manacles on him and took him…
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Vietnam-China smuggling surges
Financial Times May 29, 2012 6:35 pm By Ben Bland in Mong Cai Although it looks to be the easiest way to move goods across the narrow river that separates the Vietnamese city of Mong Cai from China, there is surprisingly little traffic on the official border bridge. Apart from a few Vietnamese tourists returning…
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Vietnam Health Statistics by WHO
Statistics Total population 88,069,000 Gross national income per capita (PPP international $) 2,700 Life expectancy at birth m/f (years) 70/74 Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births) 24 Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population) 173/107 Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2009) 213…
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