Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Joshkinh
To begin with, there are two kinds of anti-Chinese sentiments in Vietnam today. The first is a general animosity toward the more powerful northern neighbour and economically dominant force, the People’s Republic of China; the second is the blatant racism against the local Chinese Hoa people, (...)
, by HAYTON Bill
Dramatic images of Vietnamese workers vandalising Chinese-owned factories appear to be yet more proof that an angry nationalism is taking hold in East and South East Asia.
The reality is a little more complex. Although passions are certainly rising over the fate of a few specks of rock in the (...)
, by KARADJIS Michael
An extraordinary document initiated by some 20 prominent Vietnamese academics, former military figures, former officials, writers etc, expresses great unease about the current situation for Vietnam, faced on the one hand by increasingly aggressive Chinese actions in the East Sea (also known as (...)
, by Collective
Petition to the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the political bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
July 10, 2011 — We, the undersigned, respectfully send to your Excellencies this petition regarding the defense and development of the country in the current (...)
, by Bloomberg
June 3 (Bloomberg) — Vietnam’s newly elected National Assembly of 500 lawmakers will include 40 entrepreneurs, including one of the communist country’s richest men who heads its third-largest listed real-estate company.
Dang Thanh Tam, chairman of Kinh Bac City Development Share Holding Corp., is (...)
, by MITTON Roger
Divisions within Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party have widened in the wake of the nation’s continued economic downturn, threatening the nation’s long term political stability.
The party’s key Central Committee last week held an emergency meeting in an attempt to bolster the fight against rampaging (...)
, by KARADJIS Michael
The report is more of an update, so for comrades to fully understand it, they may need to read the article I wrote 2 years ago, “Vietnam’s ‘Market Economy with a Socialist Orientation’: Towards Socialism or Capitalism?” .
In my 2005 report, I pointed to the increasing ideological weight of the (...)
, by BOYLE Peter
Whenever a socialist from the generation whose political ideas were shaped by involvement in the global movement against the US-led Vietnam War pay their first visit to Vietnam, it is a bit like a pilgrimage. It is an encounter with a symbolic home of our political hopes and convictions. (...)
, by TAN Patrick
“Lying has become an everyday habit” as officials ignore fraud at home.
Earlier this month, Vietnam’s top anti-corruption agency, the Government Inspectorate, completed its annual investigations in the country’s central, central highlands, western and southern regions, and to no one’s surprise, (...)
, by BOWRING Philip
With a booming economy attracting hordes to the stock market, the country needs to be careful to avoid a bust.
Amid the myriad booms and bubbles the asset world has witnessed in recent months, one stands out, at least for originality: Vietnam. It is awash in more money than it can handle.
In (...)
, by KARADJIS Michael
In my piece in Links comparing China and Vietnam, I outlined that China is well in advance of Vietnam in the process of capitalist restoration. I also gave a far more favourable view of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) than of the Chinese CP (CCP), consistent with the DSP’s long-held views. (...)
, by KARADJIS Michael
Thirty years ago, the Vietnamese people carried out a world-historic defeat of US imperialism, under the banner of constructing a new, socially just, society. Yet today, rising capitalism, corruption and a growing rich-poor gap are evident in Vietnam. The question arises: how different is this (...)
, by HEARSE Phil
The struggle for national liberation in Vietnam, which concluded in victory 30 years ago on 1 May 1975, was epic. The Vietnamese people fought with arms against all comers for 35 years, first against Japanese imperialism, then against French imperialism and finally against American imperialism (...)
, by KRIVINE Jean-Michel, TUAN
IV: You travelled in the three provinces of Vietnam and you noticed a certain number of significant changes from your previous visits... Vietnamese workers at a Coca-Cola plant
Tuan: In 1997-1998 Vietnam became a consumer society. Qualified youth sought then above all to go abroad to earn some (...)
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