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Home China Islam India Social Doctrine of the Church Economy Freedom of religion Vatican Geographic Edit or's choices » 11/04/2010, 00.00 areas CHINA - VATICAN VIET NAM In China-Holy See Opposition still strong to government plans to t alks, silence shrouds fut ure of develop bauxite mines underground priest s

Zhao Nanxiong Vietnam plans to develop its rich bauxite reserves. Opponents object that the potential for an environmental disaster outweighs any limited advantages it might offer the country. Chinese > Africa > Central Asia companies head the project. > Europe Hanoi (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Vietnamese > Middle East > Nord Am erica lawmakers and environmentalists have > North Asia come out against plans to mine bauxite, > South Asia warning that the risks and costs are higher > South East Asia Later this year, all priests > South West Asia than any potential advantages, most of must register to receive a > Sud Am erica which go at any rate to Chinese mining certificate that allows them > East Asia companies. to exercise their ministry. But the request has to go through the Patriotic Bauxite is considered the most important Association, whose statutes ore for making aluminium. In Vietnam, are "incompatible" with mining began in 2008 in the Central Highlands, a predominantly Catholic doctrine. Many farming region home to some of the country’s ethnic minorities, priests, official and unofficial, now face an enormous located upstream from the densely populating Mekong River dilemma. Delta. Books Protests broke out back in 2008. Critics noted that developing "Il mistero nuziale e le sfide del gender" this resource is energy intensive (a problem in a country with IRAQ by Fabriz io Me ro ni pp. 288 limited electrical power generating capacity), and required the Alqosh, despit e t he construction of a 250 km railway and a new harbour, all this in Islamic St at e, t he exchange for limited local spinoffs. Church celebrat es t he first communion of The government crushed this incipient protest movement, but a one hundred children Dona recent toxic spill in Hungary reawakened opposition. On 4 October, Il 5 x mille ai missionari del the containment reservoir at an aluminium plant collapsed in the PIME European country, flooding nearby villages with a high alkalinity “red mud” that killed dozens of people and injured more than 150, with disastrous environmental consequences for the Danube River.

Prof Nguyen Minh Thuyet, a Member of Vietnam’s National Assembly (MNA) representing Langson Province, told Radio Free “Gli altri visti da Europe that the project has few economic benefits but high risks. vicino. Il vissuto di If Hungary failed to prevent a disaster, he wonder how could 50 anni di On the feast day of the Vietnam expect to do better when it has not yet developed the sacerdozio” Assumption the whole by p. Pas quale necessary technology to develop the resource and the community attended the S imo ne appropriate labour practices to protect workers. The more so function, celebrated by Mar since the region itself is exposed to frequent “torrential rains”. Sako. For the patriarchal vicar, this is an historic moment for the frontier town Similarly, Prof Duong Trung Quoc, MNA for Dongnai Province, long threatened by jihadists. believes that Vietnam should wait until it has acquired the The Chaldean primate calls necessary experience and developed the right technology to on children to "contribute to exploit bauxite reserves. the community." In Kirkuk His Beatitude opened a grotto dedicated to Our Lady. War hero General Vo Nguyen Giap had already released an open letter last year, expressing his opposition to the planned mining development.

In the past, the government tended to ignore critics and T OP10 Angelo Ramazzotti. Attualità del crackdown on opponents, including blocking online protest sites. 23/0 8/20 16 S RI LANKA f ondatore del Pime Last year, the authorities did agree to an environmental impact Military not by Ge ro lamo Faz z ini, returning land 7 e uro study, but have not released the findings. They did nevertheless pp. 128 to 9,000 civil arrest an important critic on 13 August, Prof Pham Minh Hoang, for war displaced his support of the protest movement. people in Jaff na Me lani Mane l Pe re ra Shawn McHale, director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at George Washington University, said that Vietnamese officials and 25/0 8/20 16 INDIA For Card members of the public have felt bolstered in their opposition to Gracias, the the mining due to the involvement of Chinese companies. victims of Kandhamal can In the past two years, the Aluminum Corporation of China Limited be raised on the altar of martyrs (aka Chalco or Chinalco) has operated two bauxite mines and card. Os wald Gracias * processing plants in central Vietnam, and is considering four more. 26 /0 8/20 16 INDIA Some 400 Giovani e martiri in people Asia: la missione di Companies from China, Russia and Australia are also bidding for remember papa Francesco in additional joint ventures with Vietnam to explore its rich bauxite Kandhamal, a Corea reserves, estimated to be the third largest in the world. In the “threat to democracy" by Vince nz o Faccio li Nirmala Carvalho by Vince nz o Faccio li meantime, the government’s master plan calls for investments of Nirmala Carvalho Pinto z z i pp. 148 around US$ 15 billion by 2025. 24/0 8/20 16 S YRIA ��" TURKEY Turkey invades State-run Vietnamese company Vinacomin (Vietnam National Coal Jarablus: under and Mineral Industries Group) has begun building an aluminium the pretext of factory and is preparing for major mining operations in Lam Dong fighting IS, Ankara is going and Dac Nong provinces with the aim of reaching an output of 4.8 af ter the Kurds million to 6.6 million tonnes per years by 2015, state media Pie rre Balanian Al-Ghazâlî - reported. Pensatore e maestro 25/0 8/20 16 CHINA - VATICAN spirituale In light of the Hungarian disaster, the opponents to the project, Msgr. Ma by Pao lo Nice lli Daqin: We must pp. 136 many in the National Assembly, note that its inherent dangers are learn f rom far greater than any expected benefit, because China sets Matteo Ricci bauxite prices and employs primarily Chinese workers and staff. Zhao Nanxio ng

In addition, allegations of corruption are flying around. An online 22/0 8/20 16 IRAN Tehran looks report accuses Vietnamese Prime Minister of Nguyen Tan Dung of to Latin getting a US$ 150 million kickback, perhaps from Chinese America to companies, to get his support for the project. boost its economy and Rouhani’s leadership Mr Dung has not yet responded to the charges. Darius Karimian

23/0 8/20 16 CHINA T he decline of e-mail this to a friend Printable version China’s Fatto per andare Catholic lontano. Clemente population and Vismara its impact on by Pie ro Ghe ddo TAGs vietnam central highlands bauxite mining processing plants pp. 50 4 the Church chinese aluminium corruption nguyen tan dung Antho ny Lam S ui-ky

29 /0 8/20 16 INDIA Modi: Mother Teresa's sainthood See also source of pride f or India. Protest of a radical Hindu 07/10/2013 VIETNAM leader Vietnamese remember General Giap, 'Red Napoleon' and independence Nirmala Carvalho hero On Friday, one of the m ost im portant figures in recent history passed away at the age of 102. After Ho Chi Minh, he was considered the father of m odern Vietnam . His 23/0 8/20 16 FRANCE - IS LAM exploits on the field are still studied. However, in the final period of his life, he was Young Muslim: I La Mangrovia Una shunned by the country's Com m unist leadership because of his opposition to am very donna, due anime unfettered exploitation of natural resources and Chinese interference. pessimistic by Claire Ly about a ref orm pp. 16 0 30/04/2009 VIETNAM of Islam Opposition to the government’s plans for the Central Highlands is a Kame l Abde rrahmani “patriotic” duty Redem ptorist superior responds to m edia attacks against two clergym en, saying that 24/0 8/20 16 S YRIA “protecting nature and the environm ent is a necessary condition for hum an Syrian patriarchs developm ent.” One of the two under attack is on the frontline in the battle for life, call f or a lif ting of som ething which m akes the governm ent unhappy. sanctions because they only aff ect the 02/07/2009 VIETNAM population Redemptorist priest could be accused of plotting to overthrow Vietnam’s Communist regime State m edia want an “im m ediate and severe” punishm ent for Fr Joseph Le Quang Uy. Dossier The police claim s his laptop com puter contained “bad content”. The clergym an says all he had on the com puter were serm ons and som e articles critical of bauxite m ining in the Central Highlands, a project that is even opposed by Vietnam ’s m ythical General Augusto Colombo. Giáp. T he Ukrainian Crisis Apostolo dei paria by Pie ro Ghe ddo 05/08/2009 VIETNAM pp. 320 Anti-Catholic violence designed to hide crisis and graft in Vietnam’s Pope Francis in the Holy Land Communist Party The persecution of Christians in Vinh is intended to divert attention from internal party divisions but it is also a sign of the profound contem pt it is capable of, and of its willingness, in line with new econom ic ideas to sell out the country to its traditional enem y, China. The Church, which plays a role in raising consciousness, and Montagnard converts are condem ned to disappear.

02/01/2010 VIETNAM T he Year of Faith and Ho Chi Minh City Redemptorists accused of propaganda against the State the martyrdom of Fr There are fears that priests m ight becom e the victim s of a new wave of violence. Fausto Tentorio Redem ptorists criticise unfair seizures by the governm ent in Hanoi and bauxite m ining am ong the Montagnards of central Vietnam . Com m unist authorities quote Pope to prove their point but fail to involve the population in dialogue. Matteo Ricci: missione e ragione. John Paul II is beatified Una biografia intellettuale by Gianni Crive lle r pp. 132

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