Diep Vuong

Steve Kerr on today's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Scoop, story incoming: Facebook groups tied to American offshoots of Canada’s “Trucker Convoy” are being run by fake accounts tied to content mills from Vietnam, Bangladesh, Romania and several other countries, the company confirmed to NBC News on Friday.

@VietnamBoba Thank you for this important discussion.

Finally, our very first episode is here! In the first episode of @vietnamboba, we look at one of the hardest-hit communities by Covid-19 who is vital to manufacturing hubs Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province. Find out who they are on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Chị Tú was an amazing guest! It was an eye-opening conversation where she articulated the experiences of internal migrant workers in #Vietnam and the unresolved challenges they find themselves in that underscore their precariousness.

@SCMPNews @findingsen Cannot wait for Peace Corp to return to Vietnam.

US Peace Corps in Vietnam: a sign Hanoi-Washington ties are on the upswing? #Echobox=1631574942-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scmp.com/week-asia/poli…

@findingsen Operating orphanages is a difficult business and requires specialized skills, leading the UN to call for the end of orphanages in 2019. If FPT can commit to scholarships until the children finish high school/college, they will receive the individualized care that they deserve.

Genuine question: is the orphanage model still viable for kids? Should orphans be better off w family members, whoever can take them in and state support & private donations can go toward these guardians? Instead of putting them all in a school/orphanage? e.vnexpress.net/news/business/…

One of the reasons #Vietnam’s vax rate is so low is bc it ''was waiting to see how the [foreign] vaccines work”, said @BichTTran1. This bumped its orders far back in the queue when it finally placed them. But foreign policy is its bright spot which could help its situation 6/

@findingsen @BichTTran1 Insufficient information about the safety of vaccines to counter the fake news that vaccine is bad for one's health. People said that they have declined to be vaccinated because if the vaccine is not safe for children (which is inaccurate), it may not be safe for adults either.

Saigon's emerged as #Vietnam’s virus hotspot as the country battles a vertical surge in cases. Many ppl, mostly migrants hv left after losing their jobs and/or for virus fears. Others, like the 22-yo frontline worker I talked to, hv not. Full story here scmp.com/week-asia/econ…

“This time around the situation is very serious,” a 22-year-old frontline worker told me. “Everyone is trying so that the outbreak in Saigon could soon come to an end.” Unprecedented long lockdowns, fast-spreading infections hv stretched people's limit 1/scmp.com/week-asia/econ…

Many people are facing mental and emotional health issues as well, particularly related to job concerns, according to Ngay Mai hotline, a Hanoi-based non-profit initiative offering help for callers dealing with mental health issues. 5/ scmp.com/week-asia/econ…

Economist Phung Duc Tung told me the impact of the 4th wave was “tremendously more significant” than that of previous waves, w the most vulnerable incl labour migrants, informal workers & those in service industries who cannot WFH like delivery drivers 4/ scmp.com/week-asia/econ…

Diep Vuong of Pacific Links Foundation, an NGO in Vietnam that fights human trafficking said that before the pandemic, people travelled freely back and forth between VN- Cam esp in the Mekong Delta, where it was possible to cross the border via a short boat ride.

@Kristinbparco, chief mission of the @UNmigration in Cambodia, said reduced wages, job losses and the increased reliance on the internet, among other pandemic effects, have created a “fertile recruitment ground for traffickers”. scmp.com/week-asia/heal…

Blue Dragon has just rescued a 20yr old Vietnamese woman who was trafficked to China 4 months ago. She is now safely in quarantine, awaiting reunion with her family. #EndHumanTrafficking

#Vietnam Deputy PM, who co-led the successful pandemic control campaigns last year & is currently helping epicenter Saigon's fight told the city to better its public health comms to encourage public trust & provide outbreak analysis & trends for residents. vietnamnews.vn/society/993735…

@findingsen Transparency is the only to maintain and promote public trust. If everyone is to guess based on limited info, there will be avoidable tragedies.

@thuyvytnguyen So sad.

In a report shared exclusively with me prior to its release by @BlueDragonVN, I learned that most people prosecuted for trafficking women from Vietnam to China 2012-2020 were young members of ethnic minority groups like H'mong with no prior criminal record scmp.com/week-asia/poli…