Police arrested a couple in Osaka Prefecture on Monday on suspicion of attempting to fraudulently import rice, disguising the shipment as mung beans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/crime-legal/osaka-couple-arrest-rice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #osaka #rice #vietnam
Vietnam's Communist Party chief To Lam will travel to North Korea this week, marking the first visit by a Vietnamese leader to the largely isolated nation in nearly 20 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/vietnam-leader-north-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #vietnam #northkorea #kimjongun
Vietnam closed airports and evacuated thousands of people in areas under storm threat on Sunday, as intensifying Typhoon Bualoi barrelled towards the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/asia-pacific/vietnam-braces-for-typhoon-bualoi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #vietnam #typhoonbualoi
Vietnamese electric motorbike maker Dat Bike obtained $22 million in fresh funding as it takes on established players such as Honda Motor and Yamaha in one of the world’s fastest-growing two-wheel EV markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/tech/vietnam-startup-ev-motorbike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #vietnam #carmakers #electricvehicles
The main reason my parents fled #Saigon#Vietnam was because they were hoping to go somewhere else where doctors could help to save my life. I carried that guilt for decades until healing it with my loving parents who sacrificed their lives & their own life dreams in order to try to get me the medical help that I needed as a paralyzed toddler with #polio. My parents wanted to stay in Vietnam & rebuild our lives there. They couldn't stay because there was no medical help available for me.
Legions of lock-stepped patriots marched through Hanoi on Tuesday in celebrations marking 80 years since the declaration of Vietnam's independence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/asia-pacific/politics/vietnam-80th-independence-parade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #vietnam #southeastasia #france
Authorities have repeatedly tried to shut down the an area of Hanoi full of railside cafes for safety reasons, but any closure seems unlikely as social media brings more visitors to the area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/asia-pacific/tourists-hanoi-train-street/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #vietnam #tourism #southeastasia #travel
As Vietnam celebrates the 80th anniversary of its declaration of independence, French cultural influence remains strong, but many Vietnamese people are not aware of its prevalence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/asia-pacific/politics/vietnam-independence-france/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #france #colonialism #vietnam #southeastasia
Mx Arjuna
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UPDATE 3: check this thread I will try to keep it updated
UPDATE2: nights are becoming dangerous and protest organizers are urging the public to stay home. You can continue to use the below if you want to support the delivery drivers and their surroundings (tell them the food is for them/family/friends and to tip)
Hey Southeast Asians, your Grab app works ACROSS the region. If you'd like to order medical supplies or food for the folks in Jakarta and Bandung, you can.
(Twt links to follow underneath)
#tootSEA#Indonesia#Malaysia#Singapore #thailand #vietnam #philippines#SoutheastAsia
(Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere on fedi)
UPDATE 3: check this thread I will try to keep it updated
UPDATE2: nights are becoming dangerous and protest organizers are urging the public to stay home. You can continue to use the below if you want to support the delivery drivers and their surroundings (tell them the food is for them/family/friends and to tip)
Hey Southeast Asians, your Grab app works ACROSS the region. If you'd like to order medical supplies or food for the folks in Jakarta and Bandung, you can.
(Twt links to follow underneath)
#tootSEA#Indonesia#Malaysia#Singapore #thailand #vietnam #philippines#SoutheastAsia
(Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere on fedi)
Kate Bowles
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When the turtle god surfaced with a glowing sword in its beak, would I be ready to take it—to wield my Vietnamese identity like the sword itself and lead my people into a glorious age of prosperity and cultural dominance? There’d be a bánh mì stand on every corner and phở in every pot, and anyone who uttered the words 'Ching chong, ling long' to an Asian person would be swiftly beheaded."
https://slate.com/life/2025/08/vietnam-war-refugee-movies-books-anniversary.html
#aapi#aanhpi#travel #family #vietnam #immigrant #immigration #longread
When the turtle god surfaced with a glowing sword in its beak, would I be ready to take it—to wield my Vietnamese identity like the sword itself and lead my people into a glorious age of prosperity and cultural dominance? There’d be a bánh mì stand on every corner and phở in every pot, and anyone who uttered the words 'Ching chong, ling long' to an Asian person would be swiftly beheaded."
https://slate.com/life/2025/08/vietnam-war-refugee-movies-books-anniversary.html
#aapi#aanhpi#travel #family #vietnam #immigrant #immigration #longread
New Mike Okay video just dropped
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Japanese authorities made their biggest drug bust ever after they found roughly a metric ton of dried cannabis — worth about ¥5.2 billion ($35.2 million) — in a ship from Vietnam that docked at a Tokyo pier in June. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/crime-legal/cannabis-smuggling-vietnam/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #drugs #marijuana #vietnam #japanesepolice #smuggling
A real estate company in Vietnam and its partners are offering just $3,200 and rice provisions in return for farmers giving up their land to make way for a Trump family-backed golf resort. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/asia-pacific/vietnam-farmers-trump-golf-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #golf #vietnam #southeastasia
Despite a US-Vietnam trade deal with tariffs, Chinese investment in Vietnam is booming. Chinese manufacturers are relocating to Vietnam to mitigate higher tariffs on goods from China, taking advantage of Vietnam's lower costs and proximity. While this makes Vietnam a key player in global supply chains, it also increases its reliance on Chinese components, complicating the US goal of decoupling nations from China.
https://www.asiafinancial.com/chinese-ai-firms-chipmakers-form-alliance-to-ditch-foreign-tech
@evan With regard to #OrangeTurd and #MAGA . I chose option 2. Given that they increase the likelihood that some country with a large user base will simply try to create an alternative to MAGA-hosted services. For example, #India , #Nigeria or #Vietnam and they can take advantage of already existing solutions.
A 24-year-old Vietnamese man working in Japan as a technical intern has been arrested over the murder of a Japanese language teacher at her home in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/japan/crime-legal/vietnamese-technical-intern-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #vietnam #foreigntrainees #saga