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Vietnam: Agent Orange at Danang Airbase (Jul 31)
By Mong Palatino Thuy Vu of Vietnam Reporting Project visited the Danang Airbase where Agent Orange was stored. Agent Orange is the highly toxic herbicide used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War


OneVietnam Network (Jul 31)
By Mong Palatino The OneVietnam.org social network was launched this month to connect Vietnamese expats and young migrants to the culture and history of Vietnam.


Vietnam: Pale skin and beauty (Jul 29)
By Mong Palatino Reacting to the uproar in India over a Facebook app which allows users to lighten their skin color, Andy Engelson observes that the idea of equating pale skin with beauty is also strong in Vietnam.


Vietnam: Understanding the Hanoi floods (Jul 25)
By Mong Palatino Neil Nguyen, writing for Vietnam Talking Points, analyzes the flooding disasters in Vietnam, particularly in Hanoi.


Vietnam: U.S. and human rights (Jul 23)
By Mong Palatino U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is in Hanoi this week for a regional meeting reminded Vietnam to address human rights issues. Reacting to this statement, Vietnam-based twitter user genericdude says, “I would like to see the US invite Vietnam to speak in the US and...


South Korea: A National Mourning on A Vietnamese Bride's Death (Jul 21)
A young Vietnamese bride was killed by her Korean husband in Korea. Korean bloggers express their condolences to the tragic death of a young wife while urging the government to eradicate the human rights's blindspot, the foreign wives.


Accessing Facebook in Vietnam (Jul 21)
By Mong Palatino The Vietnam Reform Party has uploaded a document giving instructions to internet users on how to access Facebook in Vietnam. There have been many instances when some websites, including Facebook, are blocked in Vietnam.


Vietnam: Proposed human rights agenda (Jul 21)
By Mong Palatino The Vietnam Reform Party has advised U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who will visit Vietnam this week, to raise human rights issues with the Vietnam government. The group also highlighted the need to combat web censorship.


Vietnam: Music performance using traditional instruments (Jul 20)
By Mong Palatino A video was uploaded in youtube featuring four performances on traditional instruments at the Vietnam Institute of Musicology in Hanoi


Vietnam: Power and water woes (Jul 20)
By Mong Palatino SaigonNezumi is hoping that the monsoon rains would arrive soon to ease the power and water shortages in Vietnam. He notes that many buildings in Hanoi and Saigon now have gas powered generators.