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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.
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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.
In this podcast, host @findingsen and I talked about the precariousness of rural to urban migrants in Vietnam. Besides longstanding issues of wages & collective bargaining, I reflect on challenges of social insurance & gender discrimination from my recent research.
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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/
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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.
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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/economics…
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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/economics…
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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/economics…
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“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/economics…
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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.
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@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/health-en…
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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
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#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/99373…
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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/politics/…
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In case any of you want to donate to frontline volunteer groups who are helping those in need, check out this thread. xitter.gq/findingsen/status/1412…
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Wow this finally happened #Vietnam e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vi…
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My name is Delina DiSanto.
I’m a registered nurse, a small business owner, and the Democrat running against Paul Gosar in #AZ04.
My opponent has 148,000 followers, I have 68,000.
Can you help me amplify our message by asking your friends to follow today?
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Absolutely horrible.
We stand in solidarity with our colleague, Mae Ngai, and with all the other AAPI people who are victims of racial violence and discrimination. #StopAAPIHate
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/3lXtNZH
