In the Diaspora

In the Diaspora: August 2020

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

Aug 19, 2020

News from the Diaspora

►Backlash Over Anti-Racist Billboard Challenges Houston’s Vietnamese American Community

►Why I’m Moving to the Country My Parents Fled Decades Ago

►Black Lives Matter Movement Stirs Painful Divide In Local Vietnamese-American Community

►Meet Van Veronica Ngo, the scene-stealer in ‘The Old Guard,’ ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ and ‘The Last Jedi’ who is on the cusp of world superstardom

News from Việt Nam

►Vietnam reports 14 more COVID-19 infections

►Vietnamese hip hop enthusiast inspires Southeast Asian children

►PM orders probe into foreigners’ illegal entry after Covid-19 community transmission

►First Report of Its Kind Released Exposing the Cat Meat Trade in Vietnam

►Study: Two thirds of Vietnamese married women suffer domestic violence

►Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine set for human trials in October

More / Other

►Vietnam bans wildlife imports, markets amid new health fears

►Vietnamese actress soars in IMDb celeb ranking

►Vietnam courts EU investment in medical and drug supply chains

►China’s Pressure Costs Vietnam $1 Billion in the South China Sea

►Two foreigners jailed for trying to smuggle Vietnamese to Europe

►Protests May Prompt Dialogue On Racism, But ‘It’s Going To Be Uncomfortable’

►Vietnam Says Looking to Buy Russia Virus Vaccine

►Tran Ngoc Chau: Vietnamese soldier and influential American ally

►Vietnam Free Expression Newsletter No. 32/2020 – Week of August 10-16

►Local Vietnamese Government Announces Infrastructure Plan to Aid Ethnic Minority Christians

►Covid-19 could loosen communist rule in Vietnam

►Demolition of Historic Vietnam Cathedral Is Underway

►Vietnamese Catholics inspired by late priest’s selfless service

►Vietjet recognized as most impactful Vietnamese brand worldwide

►Survey of 68 Nations is Bright for Vietnam But in a Dim COVID-19 World

►Apple Waiting for Improved Worker Conditions Before Expanding Production in Vietnam

►New 2021 AirPods and AirPods Pro to be made in Vietnam

►Chinese man arrested for bringing foreigners into Vietnam illegally

►Five Vietnamese men caught for smuggling Chinese

►Even The Pandemic Cannot Rattle Vietnam’s Outsourcing Strengths

►On the ground in Vietnam’s new COVID epicenter of Danang

►Malaysia says Vietnamese fisherman killed in clash with coast guard

►Vietnamese blogger Truong Duy Nhat’s 10-year jail sentence upheld on appeal

►Vietnam donates medical supplies to Sri Lanka

►Vietnamese Benedictines condemn authorities’ ‘terrorism’

►Walworth immigrant from Vietnam becomes role model with hard work

►Philippine Police Rescue Chinese, Vietnamese Women From Prostitution Ring

►Land grabbers harass monks at Vietnamese monastery

►With New COVID-19 Battle, Vietnam’s Middle-Class Dreams are Deferred

►Inside the Epicenter of Vietnam’s COVID-19 Resurgence

►Asia Rice-Supply squeeze lifts Vietnam rates to more than 8-year high

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