USCIRF again finds that Vietnam merits designation as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) in 2017, as it has every year since 2002.

Thu 10th Waning Moon of Sāvaṇa B.E.2561, August 17, A.D.2017 Year of the Rooster
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Tue 8th Waning Moon of Sāvaṇa B.E.2561, August 15, A.D.2017 Year of the Rooster

Tue 8th Waxing Moon of Sāvaṇa B.E.2561, August 1, A.D.2017 Year of the Rooster

Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AP) — Archaeologists at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex studying the site of a hospital from eight to nine centuries ago say they have found a large statue in their excavations.

The government agency that oversees the complex, the Apsara Authority, said on its website that the 1.9-meter (6-foot, 3-inch) tall, 58-centimeter (23-inch) wide statue was discovered Sunday by its team, working with experts from Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. It is one of the largest statues from the era to be unearthed in recent years.

The agency said the statue, believed to be from the 12th or 13 century, is thought to have been a symbolic guardian of the entrance of the hospital. It was found buried 40 centimeters (16 inches) under the ground, and will be put on public exhibition in the museum in the northwestern province of Siem Reap, where Angkor is located.

In late 2011, archaeologists at the temple complex unearthed the two largest Buddhist statues found there in eight decades.

Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries. Large numbers of architectural and religious artifacts have been looted from there and sold overseas, while others were buried for safekeeping during a civil war in the 1970s.

សេចក្ដី​សម្រេច​ ស្ដីពី​ការ​ប្រកាស​កាលបរិច្ឆេទ នៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​តាំង​តំណាង​រាស្រ្ត​ សម្រាប់​នីតិកាល​ទី​៦ នៃ​រដ្ឋសភា នាថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ​ ទី​២៩ ខែ​កក្កដា ព.ស.២៥៦២ គ.ស.​២០១៨

Sun 7th Waxing Moon of Sāvaṇa B.E.2561, July 30, A.D.2017 Year of the Rooster

FILE – Tran Thi Nga, right, holds her son and an anti-China poster as she takes part in a rally in Hanoi, July 8, 2012.

Sat 6th Waxing Moon of Sāvaṇa B.E.2561, July 29, A.D.2017 Year of the Rooster

Geneva – U.N. officials have voiced their dismay at Vietnam’s intensifying campaign against those who question or criticize government policy. The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned the severity of sentences handed down to dissenters after so-called show trials.

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Mon 2nd Waning Moon of Āsāḷha B.E.2561, July 10, A.D.2017 Year of the Rooster

សហគមន៍ខ្មែរកម្ពុជាក្រោមបានប្រារព្វខួបលើកទី៦៨ នៃការបាត់បង់ទឹកដីកម្ពុជាក្រោមប៉ុន្មានថ្ងៃមុននេះ ហើយនឹងមានការទាមទារឲ្យរដ្ឋសភាកម្ពុជាយកថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែមិថុនា ជាថ្ងៃចងចាំនៃការបាត់បង់ទឹកដីកម្ពុជាក្រោមទៀត។ តើទឹកដីកម្ពុជាក្រោមអាចនឹងទាមទារពីវៀតណាមបានទេ? លោក សុខ ខេមរានៃវិទ្យុសំឡេងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកបានអញ្ជើញលោក ថាច់ សេដ្ឋា ប្រធាន​សហគមន៍​ខ្មែរ​កម្ពុជាក្រោម ដើម្បីបកស្រាយអំពីរឿងប្រវត្តិនៃការបាត់បង់ទឹកដីកម្ពុជាក្រោម និងការព្យាយាមរបស់ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរក្នុងការទាមទារទឹកដីកម្ពុជាក្រោមដែលកំពុងស្ថិតនៅក្រោមការគ្រប់គ្រងរបស់វៀតណាមមកវិញ។
Wed 5th Waxing Moon of Āsāḷha B.E.2561, June 28, A.D.2017 Year of the Rooster

សម្តេច សុីសុវត្តិ ពង្សនារីមុនីពង្ស ព្រះរាជតំណាងដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់នៃព្រះមហាក្សត្រកម្ពុជា សម្ដេចព្រះ នរោត្ដម សីហមុនី ព្រះសង្ឃ និងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ប្រារព្ធទិវាកាន់ទុក្ខជាតិខ្មែរ ខួបគម្រប់ ៦៨ឆ្នាំ នៃថ្ងៃអាណានិគមបារាំងកាត់ផ្ទេរទឹកដីខ្មែរកម្ពុជាក្រោម ឲ្យអាណានិគមយួន (០៤ មិថុនា ១៩៤៩  ដល់ ០៤ មិថុនា ២០១៧) នៅវត្តពោធិយារាម ហៅវត្តចាស់ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ
Sat 1st Waxing Moon of Āsāḷha B.E.2561, June 24, A.D.2017 Year of the Rooster
Video source Sam Rainsy

Princess Sisowath Pongneary Monypong, the Highest Representative of King Norodom Sihamoni, the Buddhist monks, and people commemorate (remember) the date June 4, B.E.2493 A.D.1949 when colonial France transferred Khmer land, Kampuchea Krom, to colonial Vietnam to continue colonizing her until today.