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Vietnam Jails Two Over Leaflets
May 16, 2013 A court in southern Vietnam on Thursday sentenced two young activists to several years in prison for distributing “anti-government” leaflets, in a trial relatives and rights groups condemned as unfair and aimed at silencing dissent in the one-party state. University student Nguyen Phuong Uyen, 21, was sentenced to six years in prison, … 
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Laos Land Grab: Deutsche Bank Backs Ruthless ‘Rubber Lords’
May 15, 2013 10:33 am By Martin Hesse, Jorg Schmitt and Wieland Wagner Vietnamese companies have been ruthlessly taking advantage of Laotian locals and their environment to create vast rubber plantations. The “rubber lords” are also getting support for the land grabs from Germany’s Deutsche Bank, which is violating its ethics and sustainability policies, critics say. … 
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Vietnam must ditch state-sponsored crony capitalism
May 15, 2013 8:03 pm By David Pilling For a country in its demographic sweetspot, the economy is not growing fast enough The country has just emerged from a scandal that exposed virulent corruption at the heart of the Communist party. There is a pressing need to reform state-owned enterprises – behemoths of inefficiency, patronage … 
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