Vài dòng về prof. Phil Grub

TĐH: Mình đăng lại bài này của một người hoc trò nói về GS Phil Grub, vì GS là một thành viên trong ban giám đốc thời mình thành lập Vietnamese American Education Foundation năm 1992 để bắt đầu công cuộc giúp phát triển đất nước. GS Grub, với một network bạn ở Châu Á là người giúp được mình nhiều việc thời bấy giờ, đặc biệt là việc mở lớp luật tại Bộ Tư Pháp VN tháng 9 năm 1992, là việc mà lúc đó nhiều người cho là “không thể.”

The passing of Phil Grub, my Professor, Academic Advisor, and Friend

March 4, 2009

I recently learned of the passing of my Professor, Academic Advisor and Friend, Phil Grub (picture ) who succumbed to cancer on April 14, 2008. Phil was a unique American who had the ability to sport and develop talent, especially from the developing world. He took a particular interest in my education at the George Washington University School of Business, Washington DC.

He offered good advice and introduced me to a lot of contacts through his regular parties and social functions. Phil also exposed me to the American way of life and the generosity of the American people. A keen traveller and networker, he would make it a point to visit his former students in Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Japan. Phil had planned to visit Southeast Asia in October, 2008 and that was not to be. I kept e-mailing him but I never got any response last year. It was unusual for Phil not to reply. At least now I know the reason why. Tiếp tục đọc “Vài dòng về prof. Phil Grub”

Inside Vietnam City, the French holding camp for vulnerable UK-bound migrants

Hidden in woodland, camp houses up to 100 Vietnamese people allegedly on their way to work illegally in Britain

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Slavery report sounds alarm over Vietnamese nail bar workers

Independent commissioner calls for licensing to prevent trafficked migrants having to work in slavery-like conditions

Nail bar
The study analyses the experiences of more than a dozen individuals who experienced modern slavery in a nail bar. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

Britain’s nail bars have such a high risk of modern slavery that a licensing scheme should be introduced to prevent trafficked Vietnamese migrants being employed in slavery-like conditions, Britain’s independent anti-trafficking commissioner is proposing. Tiếp tục đọc “Slavery report sounds alarm over Vietnamese nail bar workers”

Three British men to be caned for sexual assault of woman in Singapore

TĐH: By their names, I think they are Viet Kieu in England

Men given five to eight strokes of rattan cane and up to six and a half years in prison for ‘reprehensible’ attack at stag party

Khong Tam Thanh, 22, was charged along with Michael Le and Vu Thai Son for sexually assaulting a woman during a stag party in Singapore.
Khong Tam Thanh, 22, was charged along with Michael Le and Vu Thai Son for sexually assaulting a woman during a stag party in Singapore. Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty

Three British men have been sentenced to jail and caning for sexually assaulting a Malaysian woman during a stag party in Singapore.

The defendants – Khong Tam Thanh, 22, Michael Le, 24, and Vu Thai Son, 24 – were originally accused of taking turns to rape the woman in a hotel room. The three pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated outrage of modesty. Tiếp tục đọc “Three British men to be caned for sexual assault of woman in Singapore”