Saigonese

Singer/Songwriter; Social Activist

[RFA Tiếng Việt @RFAtiengviet]

Thủ phạm trong vụ tấn công tình dục hai nữ phục vụ bàn tại một nhà hàng Việt ở New Zealand đã được Thủ tướng nước này cho biết là người của ngành công an Việt Nam.

[Saigonese @VietNamTweeter]

@bill_hayton Another reason to stop calling that area "South China Sea" and start calling it "Southeast Asia Sea". This is a serious proposal.

[Bill Hayton @bill_hayton]

China's new self-declared 'baseline' around Scarborough Shoal - almost in compliance with international law (except for being entirely without historical justification) https://t.co/RUqMmxF0MC via @asiatimesonline

[Zachary Abuza @ZachAbuza]

Getting interesting. The VCP's Central Inspection Commission gave a "warning" to former PB Member Vuong Dinh Hue. 1 other CC member was warned. CIC expelled 4 individuals from the party. Former President Vo Van Thuong wasn't disciplined due to his health. https://t.co/c42fWPi0TI

[Matthew Smith @matthewfsmith]

New report by @FortifyRights reveals #Thai Army soldiers detained and tortured to death Aung Ko Ko, 37, a #Myanmar national, near the Myanmar border and then the authorities convicted another Myanmar national of manslaughter in what appears to be coverup: https://t.co/sAplDPWAD5

[Phil Robertson @Reaproy]

“The abduction of Duong Van Thai shows the Vietnamese government’s true face as a rogue authoritarian regime prepared to violate all international norms in order to crack down on its critics abroad” - when will @StateDept & @eu_eeas wake up to this fact?

https://t.co/070eXXGlT7

[Bill Hayton @bill_hayton]

Laying to rest a myth about South China Sea history. Johannes Kurz demolishes claims that China protested against German surveys of the Paracel and Spratly islands in 1885. More evidence that Chinese officials didn't know or care about them until 1909...
https://t.co/PhORrZGK41

[Saigonese @VietNamTweeter]

@Reaproy

[PEN International @pen_int]

#PhamDoanTrang is one of our #EmptyChair honorees at this year’s #PENCongress. The Vietnamese writer and activist remains imprisoned in Vietnam after her nine-year sentence was upheld in 2022.

We renew our call for her immediate release : https://t.co/Du9PBDkq9O

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Happening now: @AdamPosen joins FP Live to discuss how Trump and Harris compare on economic policy. Watch live here: https://t.co/JJ8OG5klUe

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

"Vietnam’s government has been carrying out its most intense crackdown on critics in decades, jailing droves of activists, lawyers and journalists and driving even more into exile," but Washington cozies up to it because it's not China. https://t.co/uy8HnioH5C

[Saigonese @VietNamTweeter]

@Reaproy @Tim_Walz Very interesting.

[Phil Robertson @Reaproy]

Very interesting & inspiring about @Tim_Walz time in China, & his passion for human rights there and in Tibet, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang.

https://t.co/JcWPyhrdxT

[Phil Robertson @Reaproy]

Under no circumstances should #Thailand forcibly return refugee and Montagnard activist Y Quynh Bdap to #Vietnam, where he would face arrest, imprisonment & worse for his political activities. He's a refugee, and must be offered protection! https://t.co/V5vi3YHtJM

[Saigonese @VietNamTweeter]

@pjnghg It's official.

https://t.co/BIldqLLrbh

[Saigonese @VietNamTweeter]

@pjnghg No.

[Saigonese @VietNamTweeter]

Bdap had applied for asylum in Canada months ago. And, on June 10, just one day before he was arrested, Bdap had an interview related to his asylum application at the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok. @reaproy

https://t.co/4yjx7q9s5y

[Hung Pham 🇺🇦 @pjnghg]

As recently as 2 days ago, Vietnam's minister of transport was reported to meet Japanese Ambassador to ask for help with the high speed North-South railway project.

The project is estimated to cost up to 70 billion USD, and help is needed in both technology and financing.

[Phil Robertson @Reaproy]

Seem like the Vietnamese govt & Communist Party are now going after absolutely everyone...

[Bill Hayton @bill_hayton]

Vietnam arrests a second senior figure from the official trade union, Vu Minh Tien, head of policy and legal affairs at the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour. It seems to be connected to the question of whether VN will allow 'independent' TUs.
https://t.co/PjuBz64FrN

[Nga Pham @ngahpham]

The new Politburo:
- 5 from Ministry of Public Security
- 3 from the military
- 5 from economics backround or holding a degree in economics
- youngest member: Le Minh Hung (b. 1970)
- 1 woman: Bui Thi Minh Hoai
- still unclear who will be the new president and NA chairman