In the Diaspora: October 2019

Socio-cultural, literary, and political news and events relating to Việt Nam and to the Vietnamese diaspora.

■ News from the Diaspora ■

►Huan Nguyen becomes first Vietnamese U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

■ News from Việt Nam ■

►Health top concern now for Vietnamese: Nielsen

►Vietnam Is Becoming The Big Winner In The China Trade Wars

►Vietnam Reasserts South China Sea Claims Amid Chinese Ship Onslaught

►Vietnam university makes world top 400 in engineering and technology

Sino-U.S. trade war brings chances and challenges for Vietnam’s skilled laborers

Hoa Hao Buddhists in Vietnam Beaten While Trying to Stop Temple Demolition

■ Other ■

►Kacey Musgraves faces criticism for cultural appropriation after wearing a Vietnamese dress

►Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 42/2019 – Week of October 14-20

►National Institute on Aging grant focuses on improving Alzheimer’s and family caregiving research in Vietnam

►Labor Code Reforms Set for Debate in Vietnam

►Vietnamese Producer Loses Appeal of U.S. Frozen Fish Duties

►Vietnam sentences citizen journalist on second anti-state charge

►Vietnam pulls Abominable film over South China Sea map

►Defeat: In 1979, Vietnam Gave China’s Army a Beating

►Vietnam developer and Sumitomo join to build $4bn smart city

►Uber of Southeast Asia to Get Police Safety Training in Vietnam