November 8, 2017
Playing the Trump Card in Vietnam
The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump will be attending the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Da Nang, Vietnam on November 11-12. Most of APEC's key activities will be held at the InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort. The resort is owned by the Vietnam Sun Group, which, in collusion with the corrupt and unelected government of Da Nang City, stole the land on which it is built from the 142-year-old Catholic parish of Con Dau and the surrounding Catholic community.
On May 4, 2010, the Da Nang City government sent hundreds of police troops, including paramilitary "anti-riot" units, to assault parishioners and their families with tear gas, metal batons, electric rods, and rubber bullets as they attended the funeral of a 93-year-old church member. The city police stole the casket and the corpse; beat up more than 100 mourners, including children, pregnant women, and the elderly; and...(Read Full Article)