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Ashley Lampard is a former junior reporter at Southeast Asia Globe based out of Hanoi, covering issues related to climate change, biodiversity and the environment.
A massive decrease in Chinese fishing fleet activity throughout 2020 may not provide the full picture, with a recent ramping up of aggression in the South China Sea leaving many once again questioning China’s true motivations in the disputed waters
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Ashley Lampard
- Apr 05, 2021
With rights abuses and environmental degradation rife in the fast-fashion industry, recent years have seen Vietnam's traditional crafts enjoy a resurgence in demand, empowering women from minority cultures to become stakeholders in their communities
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Ashley Lampard
- Mar 22, 2021
In a country infamous for its restrictive press freedom environment, and with his reporting exposing the nefarious behaviour of violent gangsters, how does Vietnam’s preeminent investigative journalist Do Doan Hoang navigate one of the country's most dangerous jobs?
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Ashley Lampard
- Mar 11, 2021
In an attempt to beautify the capital, back in 2018 Hanoi officials announced a dog meat ban that would be in full effect in the city centre by 2021. But as we enter the new year, the much-maligned meat remains readily available on menus at the heart of Hanoi
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Ashley Lampard
- Feb 05, 2021
The US first dropped Agent Orange on January 18, 1962, and with it thrust upon Vietnam a legacy of health complications passed down through generations. Still today, one school near Hanoi works to mend the lasting trauma inflicted by the deadly herbicide
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Ashley Lampard
- Jan 18, 2021
Famed for its nudist colony and banana plantations, Banana Island is little more than a punchline for many Hanoians. But for the small community living there, a cycle of proposed housing developments, and even foresting projects, has left their livelihoods in doubt
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Ashley Lampard
- Jan 05, 2021
Doing it for the Gram, flexing, or in the case of Vietnam, song ao – whatever you call it, young people globally are 'living their best lives' through social media. Relatively harmless, but in Hanoi, influencers are leaving a trail of broken art as they literally overstep the mark
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Ashley Lampard
- Nov 27, 2020
It happens every year. It’s normal, to an extent, for the communities impacted. But this year’s record-breaking floods in Vietnam are different, with the devastating effects of decades of environmental mismanagement beginning to show
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Ashley Lampard
- Nov 06, 2020
A booming economy has given rise to fast-tracked consumption in Vietnam, and with it mounting waste. The country's leaders have introduced legislation to curb its plastic habit, but some observers warn it still has the potential to become the world's garbage dump
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Ashley Lampard
- Oct 16, 2020
As Hanoi’s biggest landfill Nam Son nears capacity, causing widespread pollution, disease and land disputes in nearby communities, tensions between locals and officials are ramping up as demands for compensation are ignored
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Ashley Lampard
- Oct 07, 2020
As a look back in history for the 75th anniversary of Vietnamese independence, the Globe reflects on how prisons became a symbol for colonial oppression, a breeding ground for communism, and ultimately gave life to the 1945 August Revolution
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Ashley Lampard
- Sep 03, 2020
For people living on the capital's streets, Vietnam's Covid-19 lockdown has made basic survival even more difficult. Now, as the country rides a second wave of infections, vulnerable people and their advocates are holding tight to what they have
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Ashley Lampard
- Aug 27, 2020
With the Mekong river under assault from climate change and damming, five of the Greater Mekong Subregion's filmmakers are offering their visions of what the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, and the communities that rely on it, will look like in a decades' time
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Ashley Lampard
- Aug 18, 2020
A new directive further tightening restrictions on Vietnam's wildlife trade was met with much fanfare last week. But from vague wording to lax enforcement, some conservationists have their doubts about how much impact it will have
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Ashley Lampard
- Jul 28, 2020
Following the release of a report late last week highlighting the devastating impact of snares on wildlife across Southeast Asia, the World Wildlife Fund has called on governments in the region to up their efforts to catch and punish perpetrators
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Ashley Lampard
- Jul 13, 2020
In northern Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of workers cross the Chinese border each year in search of work, among them women lured on false pretences and trafficked into marriage or sex work. As Vietnam's economy has slowed in recent months, these women are more vulnerable than ever
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Ashley Lampard
- May 26, 2020
