Montagnard Indigenous activist arrested in Thailand, resists being extradited to Vietnam
Despite his refugee status, Indigenous activist Y Quynh Bdap, who advocates for the Montagnard and Ede Indigenous groups, was arrested on June 11 in Thailand and is currently facing deportation proceedings after the Vietnamese government sought his extradition.
Thailand : Montagnard indigenous activist must not be extradited to face Torture In Vietnam
Thai authorities must not forcibly return a Montagnard and Ede Indigenous human rights activist to Vietnam where he would be at severe risk of torture, Amnesty International said ahead of his extradition hearing next week.
Vietnam designates two overseas groups as ‘Terrorist’ organizations
The two organizations advocate for the political and cultural rights of the Montagnard peoples of the Central Highlands, a highly sensitive issue for Hanoi.
Hmong activist in Thailand threatened for refusing to return to Vietnam
An ethnic Hmong preacher and human rights activist released on bail from a Bangkok detention center alleged that a Vietnamese official had threatened him when he refused to return to Vietnam, where he would likely face persecution.
US terrorist group coaxes people into deadly attacks in Vietnam
A terrorist group in the U.S. was accused of inciting people in Vietnam to perform terrorist acts to instill fear, prosecutors said at a Tuesday trial for deadly attacks on government offices in Dak Lak.
Vietnam rebel attacks : 98 go on trial accused of killing nine people
Nearly 100 people have gone on trial in Vietnam accused of involvement in co-ordinated deadly gun attacks on local government offices.
Trial for Dak Lak terrorism group to begin
An alleged group of terrorists in Central Highlands’ Dak Lak Province accused of killing nine people while attacking two People’s Committees’ offices, will stand trial Jan. 16 to 26.
Vietnamese ethnic minority women communicate in English fluently
Ly Thi Co and Thao Thi Tra, members of the ethnic minority community in Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam, have amazed many visitors with their fluency in English though they are almost illiterate in Vietnamese.
Vietnam arrests more than 50 over Central Highlands attacks
The motivation for the coordinated attacks on two commune offices in Dak Lak province remains unclear.
Observer, not collector: French photographer Réhahn honours heritage of Vietnam’s last 54 tribes
Many museum collectors are often criticised for preserving another country’s historical artefacts. When the French colonised Vietnam from 1887 to 1954, its tribal culture was taken and documented through a Eurocentric orientalist point of view.
As Vietnam reopens, villagers seek more sustainable tourism
Villagers in remote Dien Bien Phu are looking to traditional homestays to encourage tourism without overdevelopment.
Ethnic woman’s journey to becoming int’l award-winning film director
When the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam announced Ha Le Diem as the winner, the Vietnamese director was surprised.
Vietnam wants Cambodia to ensure welfare of people of Vietnamese origin
The Vietnamese foreign ministry has called on Cambodian authorities to ensure the welfare of people of Vietnamese origin, after Phnom Penh last week ordered the eviction of many households in floating villages on the Tonle Sap River.
Farmers and football: the Vietnamese women scoring big on the field
Legs stiff from long days in the rice terraces, scores of female farmers dressed in colorful cloth headbands and skirts gather on a gravel pitch for a game of football.
YouTube channels perpetuate discrimination against Vietnam’s minorities
Ethnic minorities in Vietnam face prejudice and degrading jokes through distorted facts in many Vietnamese YouTube channels.
Study reveals rich genetic diversity of Vietnam
Vietnam features extensive ethnolinguistic diversity and occupies a key position in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). Vietnam, with its borders to China, Laos and Cambodia, has a rich geographical diversity, and ample access to human migration with the Red River and…