FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — In December the Okamotos, an up-and-coming Japanese band, played in Hanoi along with two other Japanese bands and a couple of local acts. The week before an American-Khmer band called Dengue Fever performed in Hanoi to a mostly expat crowd. These are not stadium rockers, but they are a sign of a growing live-music scene in Vietnam. Read more in The Economist.
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Vietnam’s media is state-owned, its blogs and bloggers monitored and its occasional protests attended by uniformed officers while being filmed by plain-clothes ones. However, if you want a SIM card, and thus […]
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Across Southeast Asia land grabbing has become an enormous issue. In Vietnam, a showdown is looming between animal rights activists and the government, which is planning to evict a wildlife sanctuary […]
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Vietnam has made the top 10 list of countries that jail reporters for simply doing their job. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Vietnam came in at fifth spot and along […]
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