In the Diaspora: March 2020

Socio-cultural, literary, and political news and events relating to Việt Nam and to the Vietnamese diaspora.

■ News from the Diaspora ■

►San Jose: Fear lingers three years after Trump’s Vietnamese deportation order

►Little Saigon community meeting outlines importance of Vietnamese Americans taking part in census

►Vietnamese-American Man Dedicates Himself To Reuniting Other ‘Amerasians’ With Their Families

■ News from Việt Nam ■

►Five more coronavirus infections confirmed in central Vietnam

►Vietnam May Ban Wildlife Trade to Mitigate Coronavirus

►Amidst COVID-19’s Spread, Hope For Education Innovation Glimmers In Vietnam

►The ‘landmine girls’ who clear Vietnam’s unexploded bombs

►Hanoi Court Hands Vietnamese Blogger 10-Year Prison Sentence

■ More ■

►The Other Problematic Outbreak (The Coronavirus’s Xenophobia Problem)

►Coronavirus spreads anti-Asian racism

►‘Dutch government was aware Vietnamese children were being trafficked’

►Samsung to shift some smartphone production to Vietnam due to coronavirus

►Google, Microsoft shift production from China faster due to virus

►Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning Vietnam

►Asia Rice-Thai drought raises supply jitters, Vietnam rates at over 1-yr high

►Even Coronavirus Couldn’t Stop the 2nd US Carrier Visit to Vietnam

►Going viral: Asia takes on the coronavirus with songs, dances