Vietnam: Government Arrests Three Bloggers
Region: Viet NamBy Mong Palatino Vietnamese bloggers Dieu Cay, AnhBaSG, and Ta Phong Tan were found guilty [1] by a Ho Chi Minh City court of violating article 88 of Vietnam’s criminal code, which involves the “spreading fabricated news in order to foment confusion among people” and “defaming the people’s administration.” Aside from serving a prison term, the three will also face house arrest.... more
Views: 1199Recognition Awards May 2012 | The Saigon Horn: Part 2
Region: Viet Nam
This article was chosen as one of the best published so far in 2012 on Ground Report. The winners received a prize of $60, which comes from an anonymous donor. By Michael Smith Don’t believe everything you download “Rhino horn with wine is the alcoholic drink of millionaires,” said the vietbao.com article. Anninhthudo.com said it... more
Views: 1087Recognition Awards May 2012 | The Saigon Horn: Part 1
Region: Viet Nam
This article was chosen as one of the best published so far in 2012 on Ground Report. The winners received a prize of $60, which comes from an anonymous donor. By Michael Smith I was having coffee at Vasco’s with Phung the husband of an English friend of mine in the quiet backbar. Live music played in the background, but it was still too early in the evening for the club in downtown Saigon’s H... more
Views: 1454The Saigon Horn : Part 2
Region: Viet Nam
Don’t believe everything you download “Rhino horn with wine is the alcoholic drink of millionaires,” said the vietbao.com article. Anninhthudo.com said it is “like a luxury car”. Quang Trung street in HCMC’s Go Vap District is a hot, dirty, dusty, noisy continuation of Hai Ba Trung Street, the street where Vascos is in District 1. With my translator on t... more
Views: 6438The Saigon Horn : Part 1
Region: Viet Nam
I was having coffee at Vasco’s with Phung the husband of an English friend of mine in the quiet backbar. Live music played in the background, but it was still too early in the evening for the club in downtown Saigon’s Hai Ba Trung St to get hectic. It was January 2011 during the weeks coming up to Tet or Chinese New Year and everything was winding down for the most anticipated holiday of the yea... more
Views: 2933Innovation of the Week: Handling Pests with Care Instead of Chemicals
Region: Viet NamCross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Between the years of 1975 – 1976, the Cambodian farmer, Name Name, like most farmers in the country during that time, grew vegetables and rice to feed the soldiers of the Lon Nol regime. Using his bare hands, Name mixed the chemicals DDT, Folidol, Phostrin and Kontrin in order to keep the pests away from his crops. As a result, he suf... more
Views: 1519LONDON (Reuters Life!) - "The Mountaintop," about civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King on the
Region: Viet Nam
The win for 28-year-old U.S. playwright Katori Hall at Britain's top theater awards came as a surprise, with corporate drama "Enron" and contemporary rural story "Jerusalem" both heavily fancied ahead of the evening ceremony. British actress and Hollywood star Rachel Weisz won the best actress category for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire," but other big names in the movie world wer... more
Views: 991Kim Phuc Phan Thai, Girl in Iconic Vietnam Photo, Spreads Message of Hope
Region: Viet NamKim Phuc Phan Thai is known internationally for her feature in the iconic 1972 photo of a naked Vietnamese girl suffering from Napalm burns. Kim Phuc Phan Thai, also known as Phan Thị Kim Phúc, now 46,spoke today on behalf of burn victims, saying that although 65% of her body was burned, she was able to make a full recovery and lead a rich life. "I should be dead," she said to a conference in New York City,... more
Views: 4151Mr. Obama, Set Vietnam Free
Region: Viet Nam
For anyone watching Barack Obama's inaugural address last week from an unfree country, surely one of the most stirring lines came when he said, "And so, to all the other peoples and governments who are watching today . . . know that America is a friend of each nation, and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity. And we are ready to lead once more." Vietnam would be the perfect place to sta... more
Views: 1763Miss Venezuela Crowned Miss Universe
Region: Viet NamMiss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza has been crowned Miss Universe 2008.The pageant was held in seaside town, Nha Trang of Vietnam today. Eighty beauty queens from all over world participated in this Pageant.She is the 57 th winner of the title. This 22 years old, model and interior designer student received the crown from her predecessor, Riyo Mori of Japan She told reporter once she was kidnapped in her homela... more
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