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Vietnam’s gay sitcom becomes an Internet sensation
Vietnam’s first gay sitcom has become a YouTube sensation, racking up millions of views as support for legalising same-sex marriage strengthens within the communist government. Homosexuality was once seen as a social evil in Vietnam and the success of “My Best Gay Friends”, a low-budget series about three people sharing…
Tech-savvy Vietnamese coffee farmers brew global takeover
Most Vietnamese coffee farmers have never heard of a double tall skinny latte, but they could tell you the price of the beans that go into one in their sleep. From high-tech Israeli irrigation systems to text message updates of global prices for the commodity, coffee farming in Vietnam’s Central…
Gohmert: ‘Vietnam was winnable,’ but ‘people in Washington decided’ to lose
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Thursday asserted that the U.S. war in “Vietnam was winnable, but people in Washington decided we would not win it!” “One of the things that we’ve heard over and over again since Vietnam is, you know, we don’t want to get in another un-winnable war…
Human rights activists push U.N. for action over Vietnam’s treatment of cyber-protesters
Campaigners urged the UN Human Rights Council Friday to take Vietnam to task over its jailing of dozens of cyber-dissidents, claiming Hanoi was in breach of international law. “We call upon the Council to press Vietnam to put an end to this repression,” said Vo Van Ai, speaking on behalf…
Vietnam jails 22 activists for subversion
Vietnam has sentenced 22 activists to lengthy jail terms ranging from 10 years to life imprisonment, a defence lawyer said, after one of the country’s largest subversion trials for years. Vietnam has sentenced 22 activists to lengthy jail terms ranging from 10 years to life imprisonment, a defence lawyer said,…
Vietnam attempts to address ‘long illness’ of public sector
Opaque, corrupt, inefficient — Vietnam’s state-run companies are used to criticism, but now they stand accused of creating a systemic economic crisis which the communist regime cannot fix. More than 25 years after it started a transition towards a market economy, the government is trying to unpick a web of…
Vietnam PM’s future uncertain as communists meet
BANGKOK: The political future of Vietnam’s prime minister is hanging in the balance as communist party chiefs gather for talks overshadowed by financial scandals and economic malaise, experts say. Nguyen Tan Dung, 62, has had little reason to celebrate since the communist-controlled parliament formally approved his appointment for a second…
‘Highly toxic’ bird flu strain hits Vietnam
A new highly-toxic strain of the potentially deadly bird flu virus has appeared in Vietnam and is spreading fast, according to state media reports. The strain appeared to be a mutation of the H5N1 virus which swept through the country’s poultry flocks last year, forcing mass culls of birds in…
Vietnam police seize four tiger cubs and more than 100 endangered pangolins
Vietnamese police on Tuesday seized four tiger cubs and more than 100 endangered pangolins from suspected wildlife smugglers, the authorities said. The animals were discovered in a car in central Ha Tinh province. Two men were arrested on suspicion of illegally importing them from Laos for sale. “The tiger cubs and the 118 pangolins…
‘Penis-head’ fish discovered in Vietnam
A new species of fish with a penis on its head has been identified in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, researchers said on Wednesday. Phallostethus cuulong is the newest member of the Phallostethidae family — small fish found in Southeast Asian waters that are distinguished primarily by the positioning of…
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