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Archived News - 2001

Press Release

• 10/31/01 Lofgren Co-Sponsors Refugee Measure Passed by House
• 10/30/01 Magrabbit Awarded 2001National Minority Supplier of the Year Award
• 9/10/01 CAPAFR Protests Gerrymandering that Cuts API Communities Out of Political Future
• 9/7/01 CAPAFR Asserts that 2001 Redistricting Plans Must Represent Growing API Communities
• 8/9/01 CAPAFR Unveils California Assembly Redistricting Map Proposal
• 8/7/01 San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP Calls for Hate Crime Investigation
• 8/1/01 International Relations Committee Approves "Viet Nam Human Rights Act"
• 8/1/01 Statement of Chairman Henry J. Hyde re: 2368
• 7/16/01 Lofgren Increases Pressure to Stop Vietnam Religious Persecution
• 6/14/01 VAPA 4th Annual Scholarship Fund Awards
• 6/1/01 Duong Will Head White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
• 5/31/01 Amnesty International outlines human rights violations
• 5/17/01 Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's remarks regarding Fr. Ly
• 5/16/01 Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren: Recent arrests by Vietnamese Government
• 5/7/01 San Jose NAACP Press Conference
• 5/7/01 Human Rights Watch: New Crackdowns on Vietnamese Dissidents
• 5/3/01 Asian Law Alliance Press Conference regarding San Jose
• 4/19/01 San Jose NAACP Call for Equity in Layoffs
• 4/11/01 OCA's Statement on Release of American Crewmen
• 4/11/01 Sen. John McCain's statement regarding release of American Crewmen
• 3/9/01 Reporters sans frontières: Ha Sy Phu
• 3/5/01 Free Burma Coalition
• 3/1/01 President Bush Nominates Viet Dinh
• 2/28/01 Reporters sans frontières: Internet
• 2/23/01 14th Annual Conference of APAHE
• 2/15/01 Benefit Concert for Vietnamese Youth
• 2/12/01 VAPA 2001 Scholarship Program
• 2/12/01 Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell regarding Human Rights Abuses in Vietnam
• 2/12/01 Commission Hearing on Human Rights Violation in Vietnam & Indonesia
• 2/5/01 Vietnamese Americans Lobby Congress for Religious Rights in Vietnam
• 2/5/01 Religious Intolerance: Recent Arrests of Buddhists
• 1/30/01 Congressional Letter to Prime Minister Khai of Vietnam

News

January - December

December

• 12/19/01 New U.S. Ambassador Takes Up Post in Vietnam
• 12/16/01 2 faces federal charges in Federal court
• 12/15/01 Adm. Ulysses Sharp; faulted U.S. strategy in Vietnam War
• 12/15/01 New U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Highlights Trade
• 12/15/01 Vietnam Expects U.S. Trade to Double
• 12/15/01 Vietnam officials woo trade partners
• 12/14/01 More Autonomy for Ho Chi Minh City
• 12/14/01 Reform or pay the price, Vietnam warned
• 12/14/01 On the Law: Making a Case for Strength for Unity
• 12/7/01 World intellectual-property treaty set to enter force
• 12/3/01 Vietnam: Rights Protections Should Be on Donors' Agenda
• 12/1/01 China & Vietnam Make Economic Deals

November

• 11/29/01 Relations at Last Normal, Vietnam Signs U.S. Trade Pact
• 11/28/01 Vietnam Approves Trade Agreement
• 11/28/01 Bush Signs Hmong Citizenship Extension
• 11/04/01 Amnesty International backing imprisoned priest

October

• 10/01/01 Vietnam reacts coolly to death of former South Vietnam leader

September

• 9/13/01 U.S. Foreign Policy to Blame for Tragedy, Says Vietnam Media
• 9/8/01 Donors Should Protest Renewed Harassment of Dissidents

August

• 8/29/01 From East to West, Then Up and to the Right
• 8/29/01 Vietnam introduces new Internet regulations
• 8/17/01 Flag Called a "Disgrace"
• 8/16/01 U.S. Postal Service Inadvertently Flags Tension Over Vietnam Ties
• 8/10/01 Asians seek new districts for clout
• 8/7/01 Ex-President of South Vietnam Dies
• 8/6/01 Vietnam's media say U.S. human rights bill would harm bilateral relations
• 8/2/01 Vietnam hails "constructive" talks with U.S. on human rights

July

• 7/29/01 Countries Urged to Respect Refugees' Right of Asylum
• 7/29/01 U.N. Human Rights Panel Wary of Euthanasia Law
• 7/27/01 EU urges greater freedom for foreign media in Vietnam
• 7/26/01 Free Trade With Vietnam
• 7/26/01 Powell denies role in My Lai coverup
• 7/26/01 House Backs Vietnam Economic Ties
• 7/23/01 Powell riles U.S. business community ahead of Vietnam visit
• 7/23/01 Arrested Vietnamese Priest Interrogated Daily, Report Says
• 7/19/01 China Arrests 16 Priests of the Underground Church
• 7/15/01 Catholic-Muslim Statement on Globalization
• 7/13/01 Olympic Pick of Beijing Irks Critics
• 7/3/01 Vatican Lists Its Reservations Over AIDS Declaration
• 7/3/01 France Joins List of Religious-Liberty Violators

June

• 6/25/01 AIDS Summit Draws Vatican's Proposals
• 6/25/01 Vietnam launches probe into 2003 SE Asia Games stadium project
• 6/22/01 Global Treaty - Threat to the Net?
• 6/13/01 Vietnam Government to Consider New Internet Rules
• 6/9/01 Vietnam offers foreigners a second chance
• 6/9/01 Small loans propel Vietnamese women to prosperity
• 6/8/01 The Human Face of Vietnam
• 6/8/01 Vietnam on road to transport reforms
• 6/8/01 Vietnamese Cops Speak Australian
• 6/7/01 Vietnam's City Dwellers Rake It In
• 6/7/01 Vietnam Interrogates, Expels Lawmaker
• 6/7/01 Vietnam Deports Protesting EU Parliament Member
• 6/6/01 MEP barred from Vietnam dissident
• 6/6/01 Euro MP said arrested in protest over Vietnam monk 
• 6/5/01 U.S. urges Vietnam to release monks
• 6/4/01 Trying to Put a "Human Face" on Globalization
• 6/4/01 U.S. condemns Vietnam on arrest of monk as trade bill readied for Congress
• 6/4/01 Buddhists say Vietnam police have surrounded pagodas
• 6/4/01 Vietnam signals no let-up in crackdown on religious dissent
• 6/2/01 Vietnam detains dissident monks

May

• 5/31/01 U.S. Slowly Fills Diplomatic Posts
• 5/30/01 Vietnam leads world in piracy of software, CDs
• 5/30/01 Lofgren blasts priest's arrest
• 5/30/01 Outcry defeats helmet law
• 5/30/01 Stiff sentences for smugglers
• 5/29/01 Vietnam urges Bush to build on Clinton's work
• 5/28/01 Vietnam unveils ambitious IT development plan
• 5/23/01 State's Asian population climbs 35%
• 5/23/01 U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam to Resign
• 5/18/01 Hanoi rejects Bush's bid for release of priest
• 5/17/01 Vietnamese Priest arrested after 600 police storm Church
• 5/15/01 Home Alone - a New U.S. Standard
• 5/8/01 House will vote to punish U.N over Human Rights seat
• 5/4/01 Vietnam to try 37 on terrorism charge
• 5/4/01 U.S. loses U.N. rights seat; China cheers
• 5/3/01 The Soviet Officer who saved Karol Wojtyla's life
• 5/3/01 U.S. ousted from U.N. Human Rights Commission
• 5/2/01 Burundi wins discounts for AIDS medication
• 5/2/01 China executions rise to 480 in three weeks
• 5/1/01 Senators propose e-government bill

April

• 4/27/01 Globalization could slip into colonialism
• 4/27/01 U.S. Lawmakers slam arrest of Chinese bishop
• 4/26/01 Future Church diplomats hear their real mission
• 4/26/01 Dissecting the Ethics that must enhance globalization
• 4/25/01 Death penalty moratorium asked by U.N. Panel
• 4/23/01 China detains Bishop and underground Catholics
• 4/18/01 Moderate set to lead Vietnam
• 4/13/01 Easter among lepers in Vietnam
• 4/13/01 U.S. vows to to continue MIA search in Vietnam
• 4/13/01 First group of 10 fleeing Vietnamese fly to U.S.
• 4/13/01 Vietnam urges war veterans to defend against saboteurs
• 4/13/01 16 dead after Vietnamese boat tragedy
• 4/12/01 Oil expropriated from Mafia used for Chrism Mass
• 4/12/01 U.S. praises Cambodia for role for refugee row
• 4/12/01 Vietnam's top post losses battle at behind closed doors
• 4/12/01 Washington not to mourn Phieu's ouster
• 4/12/01 Vietnam offers 5,000 tons of rice to aid N. Korea
• 4/12/01 U.S. & Vietnamese soldiers unite in shared grief
• 4/12/01 Shroud of Turin looking more genuine
• 4/11/01 Vietnamese migrants kicked out of Australia
• 4/11/01 Children hospitalized after new poisonings in Vietnam
• 4/11/01 U.S. calls for international condemnation of China over human rights
• 4/11/01 U.S. call to oppose lending no immediate threat to Vietnam's economy
• 4/10/01 Online course on Dominus Iesus & Novo Millennio Ineunte
• 4/10/01 Teenagers arrested for chemical attacks on Vietnam schools
• 4/10/01 Dissident appeals to Vietnam party to break with leaders
• 4/10/01 Human Rights Watch slams China's "whitewash" record
• 4/10/01 Vietnam protests U.S. asylum for highlands refugees
• 4/10/01 U.S. deflects Vietnam's criticism over refugees in Cambodia
• 4/10/01 Vietnam communists go on-line
• 4/10/01 Vietnam communists "basically" ready for leadership renewal
• 4/10/01 Relations worsen in war of words amid shared grief
• 4/10/01 Vietnam rages over U.S. recommendation to block World Bank, IMF loans
• 4/9/01 UN grants 24 fleeing Vietnamese refugee status
• 4/9/01 China to issue official paper on human rights
• 4/9/01 U.S. Ambassador hails Vietnam for its help over crash
• 4/9/01 26 children rehospitalized for poisoning
• 4/9/01 China dismisses rights concerns, empahsises economic development
• 4/9/01 U.S. & Vietnam work together on crash probe as friction looms
• 4/9/01 Farmer took scrap metal from U.S. helicopter crash
• 4/8/01 Clinton visits Mother Teresa's tomb in Calcutta
• 4/8/01 Emergency teams locate bodies of all US & Vietnamese helicopter dead
• 4/8/01 Vietnam & U.S. cooperate amid shared grief over 16 dead
• 4/8/01 Vietnam press in fresh anti-US tirade
• 4/8/01 Vietnam sends its condolences to U.S. families
• 4/7/01 Vietnam restricts HIV testing after wrong results sparks tragedy
• 4/7/01 Vietnam launch key talks on future of its leadership 
• 4/7/01 Vietnam boosts state TV reception in restive highlands
• 4/7/01 President Bush "saddened" by Vietnamese helicopter crash
• 4/6/01 European Parliament Assails Vatican Over Abuse Cases
• 4/6/01 IMF Apprvoes $368 Million Facility for Vietnam
• 4/6/01 Vietnam Explicitly Accuses U.S. of "Inciting Unrest"
• 4/6/01 More than 200 poisoned in schoolroom attack in Vietnam
• 4/5/01 Protests as Vietnam Prepares for a Party Congress
• 4/5/01 Vietnam's Official Newspaper Admits Hmong Exodus
• 4/5/01 Vietnam Talks Up Multi-Ethnic Identity in Face of Unrest
• 4/5/01 UN Rights Envoy Meets Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
• 4/5/01 Vietnam's Concern Over Japanese History Textbooks
• 4/5/01 Vietnam Maintains Demand for Repatriation from Cambodia
• 4/5/01 Prison Escape in Vietnam
• 4/4/01 Vietnamese Officials Review Minorities' Policy
• 4/4/01 Vietnam Produces CD-ROM of Collected Works of Ho Chi Minh
• 4/4/01 Thousands Pay Last Respects to Vietnam's Bob Dylan
• 4/4/01 Court Date Set for Vietnamese-American Leaflet Bomber
• 4/4/01 Vietnam Cracks Down on Bikers Disturbing Marring Congress
• 4/3/01 Kofi Annan Confirms Robinson's Human Rights Role
• 4/3/01 Cambodia's Hun Sen Changes Mind on Return of Fleeing Vietnamese
• 4/3/01 Vietnam Villagers Get Free Internet Access to Party Congress
• 4/3/01 Earthquake Hits Vietnam's Northern Mountains
• 4/3/01 Vietnam Insists U.S. "ends its interference" Over Fugitives
• 4/2/01 U.S. Cultural Indicators: Looking Better?

March

• 3/26/01 Defiant Vietnam set to furthr punish whistleblower priest
• 3/25/01 Papal Blessings Available Through Internet
• 3/23/01 Where Spirituality Meets Hi-Tech Fun
• 3/22/01 Religious Persecutions in Vietnam Worsens
• 3/15/01 Survey Tracks Religious Growth in U.S.
• 3/14/01 Wife-Selling Rampant in Vietnam
• 3/13/01 Dot-Com Vietnam
• 3/12/01 Vietnamese Step Up Attacks on Priest
• 3/09/01 Ted Turner Apologizes for Comments
• 3/09/01 Sisters Practice Keys of Compassion
• 3/08/01 "Sensitivity Training" for CNN's Ted Turner
• 3/07/01 Hispanics Draw Even With Blacks in New Census
• 3/06/01 3,000 Decapitations in Borneo
• 3/05/01 U.S. Amnesty for Salvadoran Immigrants
• 3/04/01 Hanoi Detains Priest Opposed to U.S. Trade Pact
• 3/02/01 Afghan Taliban Shell Buddhas as World Condems
• 3/01/01 Nonprofit Group Picks Up the Effort to Tackle IT Crunch

February

• 2/28/01 Hanoi Reportedly Relaxes Stance on Cardinal Van Thuân
• 2/27/01 Prince of Liechtenstein Receives "Path to Peace" Award
• 2/26/01 A Crystal Ball for Commuters
• 2/25/01 Vietnam's Internet Under New Management
• 2/21/01 John Paul II Creates 44 New Cardinals
• 2/14/01 Garden Grove Takes Stand on Vietnam Issue
• 2/13/01 Vietnam Assails U.S. Hearings on Religion
• 2/13/01 White House urged to use Internet as human-rights soapbox
• 2/9/01 Vietnam highlands still tense; US warns travelers
• 2/7/01 US Black leaders may seek sanctions against Sudan
• 2/2/01 Interview with Archbishop Thuân

January

• 1/31/01 Bill Gates & Archbishop Van Thuân on Globalization
• 1/30/01 When "Made in USA" isn't
• 1/17/01 AAPI Releases Interim Report to the President