Viet Tan Calls for Passage of House Resolution 1515Viet Tan applauds the leadership of Representatives Loretta Sanchez, Zoe Lofgren, Ed Royce and Judy Chu for sponsoring H. Res 1515 and encourages all U.S. Members of Congress to lend their support for three prominent women democracy activists in Vietnam. H. Res 1515 calls on the government of Vietnam to uphold and respect basic human rights by releasing three women democracy activists Read more
ສະຫະຣັດສິ້ນສຸດການສູ້ລົບ ໃນອີຣັກປະທານາທິບໍດີສະຫະຣັດ ທ່ານບາຣັກ ໂອບາມາ ພວມ ກະກຽມ ທີ່ຈະສເລີມສລອງ ເພື່ອເປັນຂີດໝາຍ ຂອງ ການສິ້ນສຸດລົງ ໃນການປະຕິງານສູ້ລົບ ຂອງ ກຳລັງທະ ຫານສະຫະຣັດ ຢູ່ໃນອີຣັກໃນວັນອັງຄານມື້ນີ້ 7 ປີ ຫລັງຈາກໄດ້ມີການບຸກເຂົ້າ ໄປໃນປະເທດອີຣັກ ພາຍໃຕ້ການ ນຳພາ ຂອງສະຫະຣັດ. (ອ່ານຕໍ່)
Vietnam Firmly Emerges In US Strategic Calculus The East Asia security environment in the first decade of the 21st Century has witnessed a greater flexing of strategic muscles by China buoyed by a combination of factors arising from United States exhibiting ambiguities in its strategic approaches to East Asia security. The major reasons were the United States military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan which strategically distracted it from its prime focus of China’s military rise and its implications for East Asia security. Read more
China’s Soft Power v America’s Smart Power
If China has made the running in Southeast Asia on the basis of soft power over the last decade, the tide now seems to be turning and the United States is re-engaging with smart power. The United States has signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation; President Obama has attended the first ASEAN-United States leadership summit (and will host the second meeting in the US this year); Read more
ສະຫະຣັດວ່າ ຈີນທໍາຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າ ໃນການປາບປາມການຄ້າມະນຸດຄະນະກຳມາທິການບໍລິຫານຂອງຣັຖສະພາສະຫະຣັດກ່ຽວກັບຈີນໄດ້ຕົບມື ຊົມເຊີຍປັກກິ່ງ ທີ່ໄດ້ສ້າງຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າ ໃນການຮັບຮູ້ເຖິງບັນຫາການຄ້າມະນຸດ ແຕ່ໄດ້ຮັບຂ່າວວ່າ ການ ດຳເນີນການບາງຢ່າງຂອງຈີນນັ້ນ ອາດຈະບໍ່ຖືກຈຸດ. ໃນລະຫວ່າງການສົນທະນາຫາລືໂຕະ ມົນເມື່ອວັນທີ 20 ສິງຫາ ຜ່ານມານີ້ ພວກນັກຊ່ຽວຊານໄດ້ເຕືອນວ່າ ການລັກລອບຄ້າຂາຍ ມະນຸດ ໃນຮູບແບບຕ່າງໆນັ້ນ ໄດ້ມີການປ່ຽນແປງໄປ ຕາມກາລະເວລາ. (ອ່ານຕໍ່)
CLMV economic ministers meetDA NANG — Economic ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV) held their first talk last Saturday to discuss measures to narrow the development gaps between the four countries and other ASEAN member nations. The meeting was held within the scope of the 42nd ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting, which took place in Da Nang last week .Read more
 Rivalry Grows Between China's Top Leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, both nearing retirement, go different ways on reform An intriguing talk by Premier Wen Jiabao in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has thrown light on Wen's intensifying discord with President and Chinese Communist Party Chief Hu Jintao. Read more
GMS countries commit to use Mekong water properlyThe ministerial meeting was highlighted by a six nation commitment to develop a regional rail network with ADB assistance and, in side discussions, by high concern over threats to the Mekong River system’s integrity if regional states persevere in building dams along its course. Read more
 ເກົາຫລີເໜືອປ່ອຍຄົນອະເມຣິກັນອະດີດ ປະທານາທິບໍດີ ສະຫະ ຣັດ ທ່ານຈິມມີ ຄາເຕີ ໄດ້ປະ ສົບຄວາມສຳເລັດ ໃນການຮ້ອງ ຂໍໃຫ້ເກົາຫລີເໜືອ ປ່ອຍພົນລະ ເມືອງ ອະເມຣິກັນຄົນນຶ່ງ ທີ່ຖືກ ຄຸມຂັງ ມາແຕ່ເດືອນມັງກອນ ຕົ້ນປີນີ້. ລາຍງານຂ່າວໂທຣະພາບສະແດງ ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ທ່ານ ຄາເຕີ ໄດ້ໂອບກອດ ນາຍ Aijalon Mahli Gomes ທີ່ຫົວຍິ້ມ ຢູ່ທີ່ທາງແລ່ນ ຂອງສະໜາມບິນ ພຽງຢາງ ກ່ອນທີ່ບຸກຄົນທັງ ສອງ ຈະອອກເດີນທາງ ໄປນຳເຮືອບິນອາຍພົ່ນ ເອກກະຊົນລຳນຶ່ງ. (ອ່ານຕໍ່)
ທ່ານນາງ ອອງຊານຊູຈີຮຽກຮ້ອງຕໍ່ ພວກສນັບສນູນທ່ານນາງອອງຊານ ຊູຈີ ຜູ້ນຳປະຊາທິປະໄຕຂອງມຽນມາທີ່ຖືກກັກບໍລິເວນຢູ່ໃນເວລານີ້ ຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ພວກສນັບສນູນ ທ່ານນາງ ຕິດຕາມສັງເກດການເບິ່ງການເລືອກຕັ້ງຂອງ ປະເທດ ຊຶ່ງຈະມີຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 7 ພຶສຈິກາ ແລະໃຫ້ລາຍງານກ່ຽວກັບການກະທຳທີ່ບໍ່ຖືກ ບໍ່ຕ້ອງ. (ອ່ານຕໍ່)
China's Water GrabForget the South China Sea. If America really cares about strengthening its presence in Asia, it'll focus on the Mekong River instead. In recent weeks, the United States has taken some assertive steps in the South China Sea -- and Beijing is watching anxiously. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an explicit move away from the administration's usually conciliatory tone when she declared in late July that it would be in America's "national interest" to help mediate the disputes among China and several other Asian countries over islands and maritime rights in the sea. Read more
ໄທແລະກໍາປູເຈັຽຜູກສາຍ ພົວພັນກັນຄືນໄທແລະກໍາປູເຈັຽຕັດສິນໃຈຜູກສາຍພົວພັນທາງການທູດຂັ້ນປົກກະຕິກັນຄືນ ຫລັງຈາກ ຕັດຂາດກັນມາໄດ້ເກືອບ 1 ປີ. ສາຍພົວພັນລະຫວ່າງໄທແລະກໍາປູເຈັຽໄດ້ປະສົບກັບຄວາມເຄັ່ງຕຶງໃນປີແລ້ວນີ້ເວລາອະດີດ ນາຍົກລັດຖະມຸນຕີໄທ ທ່ານທັກສິນ ຊິນນະວັດ ທີ່ທາງການໄທຕ້ອງການໂຕ ມາດໍາເນີນຄະ ດີໃນຂໍ້ຫາຖານສໍ້ຣາດບັງຫລວງ ຮັບເອົາ ຕໍາແໜ່ງເປັນທີ່ປຶກສາດ້ານເສຖກິດ ໃຫ້ຣັຖບານ ກຸງພະນົມເປັນ. (ອ່ານຕໍ່)
Burma’s elections: Neither free nor fair, but not meaningless
Burma’s regime-appointed Election Commission announced on Friday that the country’s general elections will be held November 7, as foreshadowed by Burma’s military regime as part of its (discredited) ‘Road Map to Democracy’.Read more
'Bold plan' for Mekong area rail link approvedHANOI — A "bold" plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world's great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called "a significant first step toward the development of an integrated... railway system".R ead more
ມຽນມາຈະຈັດການເລືອກຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນ ໃນວັນທີ 7 ພຶສຈິກາຣັຖບານທະຫານມຽນມາ ໄດ້ກໍານົດເອົາວັນທີ 7 ເດືອນພຶສຈິກາປີນີ້ ເປັນວັນເລືອກຕັ້ງ ທົ່ວປະເທດ ເພື່ອປ່ອນບັດເອົາສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ ຊຶ່ງເປັນການເລືອກຕັ້ງເທື່ອທຳອິດໃນຮອບ 20 ປີ ແຕ່ວ່າບັນດາກຸ່ມທີ່ນິຍົມປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ແລະພວກວິເຄາະການເມືອງ ມີຄວາມ ລະແວງສົງໃສ ກ່ຽວກັບຄວາມຖືກຕ້ອງຕາມກົດໝາຍຂອງການເລືອກຕັ້ງ ທີ່ຈະມີຂຶ້ນນີ້. (ອ່ານຕໍ່)
Christian Group Urges EU to Support UN Inquiry into Burma CrimesLONDON – Christian Solidarity Worldwide is urging the European Union to give its support to a U.N. investigation into crimes against humanity in Burma. The call comes after the United States announced its intention to support the establishment of a U.N. Commission of Inquiry into suspected abuses being committed by Burma’s military regime against the Burmese people. Read more
Human traffickers supply nail-salon workersWhat is described as a multimillion-dollar human-trafficking scheme is operating out of nail salons in Ohio, with immigrants from Southeast Asia - many of them illegal - being forced to work as "indentured servants" in exchange for passage to the U.S. Read more
Mekong region rail network to move a step closer HANOI - A railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world's great rivers, the Mekong, will come a step closer on Friday. A plan for connecting regional rail lines is expected to be endorsed in Vietnam by ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Read more
Newest Mekong River Dam To Kill Iconic Fish In the past, hydroelectric dams were considered beneficial and even sustainable. Today we know these dams create problems half a century into the future, and even from the beginning cause serious downstream problems. Read more
Border talks minutes 'can't be debated'A joint House-Senate session has voted to prevent the minutes of three parliamentary meetings held to discuss border issues from being debated in parliament. The majority of the members of yesterday's session agreed with a House committee on parliamentary affairs recommendation that the minutes of three joint closed-door meetings held in 2008 and last year be off limits in parliamentary debates. Read more
Rising China tests the watersWith joint exercises between the navies of the United States and Vietnam kicking off, Washington and Beijing's rivalry over the South China Sea is heating up. Although exercises with Vietnam involve non-combat training such as search and rescue, they reinforce recent remarks by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read more
Only G20 has the numbers that count
There is a serious problem at the centre of the world order. It cannot hold if the power and influence embedded in international institutions is seriously out of alignment with the distribution of power in the real world.Read more
Vietnam's economy lures some who left in the 1970sHO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — At age 9, Johnny Tri Nguyen fled by fishing boat from this war-torn land of re-education camps and rationed food. He and his family were captured twice — and jailed — before finally escaping and establishing a life for themselves in California. Despite the harrowing experience, he holds little bitterness, just hope, for his homeland. After 17 years in the USA, he returned to Vietnam to make a movie based loosely on his grandfather's life. Read more
U.S. Sees No `Recent' China Pressure on Global Oil Companies in South SeaThe Pentagon hasn’t seen any “recent” Chinese intimidation of global oil and gas companies operating in the South China Sea, according to Robert Scher, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last month offered to help resolve territorial disputes in the waters, irking China, which claims the sea as its own. In June, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called the waters an “area of growing concern” and objected to efforts to intimidate corporations. Read more
Vietnam arrests math professor on political chargesHanoi - Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested a French-educated math professor on charges of belonging to a banned political group, the professor’s wife said Tuesday. Pham Minh Hoang, 55, was arrested on August 13, wife Le Thi Kim Oanh said. The authorities had earlier told Hoang, a lecturer in applied mathematics at the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Technology, that he would be arrested if he did not confess to belonging to the banned foreign-based democracy group Viet Tan, his wife said. Read more
Mekong Dams Could Destabilize RegionBANGKOK––Uncoordinated decision-making and unilateral initiatives not only threaten the Mekong River area environment and livelihoods, but could affect security in Southeast Asia. With four out eight Chinese dams already built on the Lancang, the name for the Upper Mekong River inside China, and nine more either in place or awaiting construction on the river's middle and lower reaches in Cambodia and Laos, the jury is still out on how these dams will impact on the region. Environmental damage could also damage the economies in the region, in turn causing political strife within the affected countries and damaging the relations between countries. Read more
Impact of Pakistan floods as bad as 1947 partition, says prime minister
Pakistan's government has compared the impact of the country's devastating floods to the country's partition from India as it revealed more than 20 million people had been made homeless by the disaster.
The prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, said the country faced challenges similar to those during the 1947 partition of the subcontinent into Hindu-dominated India and Muslim-majority Pakistan in which about 500,000 people were killed in mass violence and thousands of families were torn apart as 10 million refugees crossed the new border.Read more
UN urges Myanmar to free political prisoners ahead of polls UNITED NATIONS—UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on Myanmar authorities to free all political detainees ahead of polls they plan to hold on November 7. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said Ban took note of the November 7 date set for Myanmar's first general elections in two decades and urged the ruling junta "to release all remaining political prisoners without delay so that they can freely participate in the political life of their country." Read more
 EU Tells Myanmar World Is Watching Its Elections(AP) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The European Union told military-run Myanmar on Saturday that its Nov. 7 elections, the first in two decades, will not be considered legitimate in the eyes of the world unless it can ensure the vote is free and fair. The junta announced Friday that it had finally set an election date for the long-awaited polls. Critics say the elections are a sham designed to perpetuate the military's commanding role in politics. Read more
Myanmar's first elections in 20 years to be held Nov. 7, military government saysYANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's ruling military junta announced Friday that the country's first elections in two decades will be held Nov. 7, finally setting a date for polls that critics have dismissed as a sham designed to cement military rule. Foreign governments have urged Myanmar to ensure the elections are open, fair and include the party of detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Her party, however, has decided to boycott the vote, saying the junta has imposed unfair rules that restrict campaigning and effectively bar the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and other political prisoners from participating. Read more
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