by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | Dec 9, 2022 | Opinion, Politics
As its international prestige and diplomatic relevance are thrown into question, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must show the world it can rein in the rogue member state in its pack. When the Armed Forces of Myanmar (or Burma, depending on where...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | Jul 13, 2022 | Health, Opinion, Politics
The United States Supreme Court overturned the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling earlier last month, ending the constitutional right to abortion in the country. The court’s highly controversial decision has sent shockwaves across the U.S. and throughout the world,...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | May 14, 2022 | Opinion, Politics
Democracy is under heavy assault throughout Asia. In the latest 2022 Freedom in the World report released by Freedom House, the continent is home to the three biggest drops in this year’s global freedom index. Compared to the previous year, junta-ruled...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | Nov 27, 2021 | Climate change, Opinion
As world leaders gathered in Glasgow last week for the 26th UN climate conference (COP26), one issue had dominated the negotiation table: Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which aims to set a global framework for carbon offset trading. The basic idea behind this is...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | Sep 13, 2021 | Health, Opinion, Politics
There’s hardly any populace on Earth that is more anti-China than the Vietnamese. Several millennia of wars and border skirmishes, from a thousand years under Chinese rule to today’s disputes over the South China Sea, have ensured in Vietnam a deep distrust of its...
by Le Dong Hai Nguyen | Aug 24, 2021 | Internet, Opinion
Vietnamese public security last week prosecuted Nguyen Tuan Tu, owner and operator of Phimmoi, the country’s largest pirate movie streaming site. The conviction marks perhaps the first time that Vietnam invoked Article 225 of the penal code, which...
