"Human survivability at its absolute limit in #Asia currently: #Thailand, #Myanmar, #Cambodia, #Vietnam, and the #Philippines. All hit temperatures above 40°C, with some places experiencing an incredible life-threatening heat index of up to 52°C."#climate
New issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs out! It focuses on the #Philippines’ evolving strategies in the #SouthChinaSea, #Vietnam’s strategic positioning in the context of #USChinaRelations, and more.
Truong My Lan, a Vietnamese billionaire property developer, was sentenced to death for a massive fraud scheme that funneled $44 billion from the country’s largest bank. She, along with 85 other people, were found guilty in the sprawling trial that was conducted by 10 state prosecutors and about 200 lawyers who summoned 2,700 to testify. Only Truong My Lan received the death penalty. Read more about the case from the BBC.
Unternehmerin in Vietnam wegen Finanzbetrug zum Tode verurteilt
Sie beging den größten Finanzbetrug in der Geschichte Vietnams: Truong My Lan soll sich mehr als elf Milliarden Euro erschlichen haben - beinahe drei Prozent des BIP Vietnams. Jetzt wurde sie zum Tode verurteilt.
From 2010 to 2017, there was a thing called #AseanCitizen that we Aseans started as a grassroots movement. We were all bloggers from across, well, #ASEAN or South-East Asia.
Some of us joined together to produce one of the best multi-authored regional blogs. We talked about our cultures, write about what makes the region awesome. As well as, try to address the oftentimes silly and sometimes heated debates.
It's all gone now. Forgotten. The blogs dead or offline. We all grew up, got busy with our personal lives, and moved on separately. And the important reason? We lost interest in it as we started to see ASEAN was, is, and will never be for the grassroots.
That was the end of what was once a vibrant grassroot ASEAN Citizens effort. We did it all voluntarily. Without a single recognition from the top-down organisation that is ASEAN.
But today? ASEAN is still a top-down organisation. They kept trying to get the grassroots involved, but they are always failing. Why? Because it is a top-down organisation, as simple as that. They will never understand until they shift their mindset and approach to bottom-up.
(P.S I want to restart this grassroots movement, but I just no longer have the spark. Give me a very good reason why I should give it another chance. Or, at least, guide the new generation.)
@ubi@goblin@youronlyone
Having lived in #ViệtNam and travelled through many Asian countries, I'd say that there is a LOT of online activity but the platforms and styles of interaction vary dramatically from one country to the next, many of which have local chat platforms that dominate a lot of activity.
Vietnams Präsident wegen Korruptionsvorwürfen zurückgetreten
Eigentlich gilt das kommunistische Vietnam als stabil - doch zum zweiten Mal binnen weniger Jahre musste ein Präsident wegen Korruptionsvorwürfen zurücktreten. Dabei hatte Vo Van Thuong als Hoffnungsträger gegolten.
The journalists in the #vietnam war also reported daily body counts of US soldiers in the #war zone.
The soldiers who returned were harassed and stigmatized by the war protesters for many years.
Members of the elite Yahalom unit and combat engineers with the 162nd Division detonated a large portion of a more than 7-mile-long tunnel located in central Gaza, the IDF said Sunday.
Almost forgot to post this recent song by Suboi. Chanced upon her art exhibition for her 2021 album, ‘NO-NÊ’ at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts in 2022 and have been obsessed since! This music, as usual, is art. #Vietnam#PlaylistSEA
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines