Vietnam detains anti-China activists before torch relay

HO CHI MINH CITY (AFP) — Police in Vietnam prevented major anti-Chinese rallies Tuesday with what activists said were scores of detentions ahead of the Ho Chi Minh City leg of the troubled Olympic torch relay.
The US-based pro-democracy group Viet Tan said it had confirmed more than a dozen detainees by name in Hanoi while [...]

News Brief #2, update on Olympic Torch Relay 2008 in Saigon

Radio New Horizon
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News Brief #2
Outpouring of Patriotism in Hanoi and Saigon
Consideration for Beijing by Communist Party and Government
At 9 o’clock in Hanoi on April 29, 2008, about 150 people including democracy activists, aggrieved farmers and families of fishermen from Thanh Hoa province that were killed by the Chinese navy on the Eastern sea, gathered in [...]

Bản tin nhanh số 2 – Hà Nội, Sài Gòn sục sôi lòng yêu nước Việt – Đảng, Nhà Nước CSVN dốc toàn lực bảo vệ Bắc Kinh

Tại Hà Nội, lúc 9 giờ sáng ngày 29/4/2008, khoảng 150 người, bao gồm các nhà dân chủ, dân oan và thân nhân các ngư dân Thanh Hoá bị hải quân Trung Quốc bắn giết trên biển Đông đã tụ họp trước cửa chợ Đồng Xuân để biểu tình phản đối hành động bá quyền [...]

Pictures from Torch Relay in Saigon

From Blogger Hồ Lan Hương. Strong presences of Chinese supporters in the white Beijing tshirts.

Bản tin nhanh số 1 về tình hình Sài Gòn trước ngày rước đuốc Bắc Kinh

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Trong mấy giờ đồng hồ trước khi màn đêm buông xuống ngày 28/4/2008, người dân Sài Gòn nhìn thấy nhiều chỉ dấu gần như hoảng hốt của Công An Thành Phố.
Khoảng 9 giờ tối, đủ loại công an được đột xuất chở tới tràn ngập khu Nhà Thờ Đức [...]

Saigon on the Eve of the Olympic Torch Relay

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News Brief #1
Saigon on the Eve of the Olympic Torch Relay
On April 28, 2008, amidst preparations for the highly anticipated arrival of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay through the streets of Saigon, Vietnamese citizens have become increasing aware of the heighten sense of unease among the city’s public security officials.
Around 9pm, security police [...]

Stolen Vietnamese babies sold for adoption in West: report

Thomas Bell
April 27, 2008
VIETNAMESE babies are being bought or stolen from parents to be sold for adoption in the West, according to a US Embassy investigation.
In some cases hospitals sent babies to orphanages after their parents were unable to pay medical bills. In another, a grandmother sent a girl for adoption without telling the parents.
The [...]

U.S. Embassy Report Faults Vietnam’s Oversight of Adoptions

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 26, 2008
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, the United States Embassy here says in a new report obtained by The Associated Press.
The nine-page document describes brokers scouring villages for babies, hospitals selling infants whose mothers cannot pay [...]

Vietnam jails three pro-democracy activists

Sunday, 27 April 2008
Vietnam has handed jail terms of up to five years to three pro-democracy activists who were arrested before a 2006 economic summit, state media reported yesterday.
Pham Ba Hai, 40 — a member of the outlawed Bloc 8406 group that has called for multi-party democracy — was jailed for five years by the [...]

Vietnam expels U.S. man planning torch protest

Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:30am EDT
By Grant McCool
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam expelled a U.S. citizen of Vietnamese origin after accusing him of planning anti-Chinese protests at next week’s Olympics torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City, state-run media reported on Friday.
The Voice of Vietnam radio said authorities believed the man wanted “to try to snatch [...]