Arsenal F.C. Appears unwilling to prevent a key Vietnamese academy partner company trading on its name whilst accused of widespread environmental & human rights abuses in Cambodia và Laos, said Global Witness today.
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Rubber giants Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) và Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) are accused of causing extensive social & environmental damage in và around their plantations in Cambodia & Laos, according to Global Witness’s May 2013 report & film, Rubber Barons. At the time, both companies committed to review the environmental and social impact of their activities in Cambodia & Laos and take action to remedy any problems found. However, reports received from both companies in July show that neither company has made any genuine effort to fulfil its pledge or has any intention of doing so.
Meanwhile, HAGL’s Chairman Duc has used the truyền thông to trade heavily on the company’s close relationship with Arsenal. Media reports state that HAGL is the club’s main distributor for merchandise in Vietnam, while the partnership also includes the HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy, & saw the London club play a Vietnam XI on a recent trip sponsored by the company. HAGL chairman used this visit khổng lồ boost the company’s image & publicly dispute Global Witness’ findings. Duc was reported in the press saying that the findings were “90 per cent untrue”, before claiming "you can see that the team has come, can"t you? Nothing has happened."
Megan Mac
Innes from Global Witness said: “Although this is not the first time that HAGL và VRG have promised action but done nothing, we are genuinely shocked at how bad these reports are. Our investigation showed how both companies are routinely bulldozing farms và ruining lives – this shows they have no real interest in cleaning up their act. Instead, HAGL’s Chairman Duc is far more interested in using Arsenal’s name khổng lồ launder his company’s reputation in the media, and the club seems happy khổng lồ let him bởi vì so.”
Global Witness contacted Arsenal with its concerns after the Rubber Barons findings were picked up by fans, who wrote blogs and started a petition demanding that the club break all ties to HAGL. Arsenal responded that it was unaware of the allegations, and that its relationship with the club had effectively ended in 2008.
The club has since clarified khổng lồ Global Witness that HAGL remains part of the club"s wide talent scouting network, but that the recent associations with the company related to HAGL"s sponsorship of a match on Arsenal"s 2013 tour of Vietnam, and no other use of the Arsenal name has been granted for some time.
“Arsenal initially said they’re no longer involved with HAGL, but their trip is sponsored by the company, they’re partnering on an academy and the club’s name is plastered all over HAGL’s advertising,” said Mac
Innes. “There is no excuse for fudging this, this company has kicked people off their land in giao dịch they knew nothing about, & then used armed security forces khổng lồ guard the plantations, there have been many human rights abuses. If Arsenal wants khổng lồ be seen as a credible & positive influence in the region, it has khổng lồ clear up its position and publicly over all ties with HAGL.”
International investors in HAGL & VRG have also been keenly watching the reporting process as a chạy thử of both companies’ intentions & will be extremely disappointed to see the results so far. These investors should publicly threaten lớn divest from both companies if they don’t clean up their act by the over of November 2013.
Rubber Barons provided community testimony và other evidence of land grabbing, lack of consultation with communities, non-payment of compensation and routine use of armed security forces lớn guard plantations in Cambodia. Large areas of supposedly protected intact forest have been cleared, in contravention of forest protection laws and apparently in collusion with Cambodia’s corrupt elite.
Despite promising khổng lồ investigate these problems, HAGL’s report simply states “there are no land disputes between HAGL và local people” and “HAGL’s project do not harm the livelihood of local people as well the society and environment in the area” without providing any evidence to back this up. VRG’s report denies the existence of any disputes, but then goes on to lớn say “it is impossible to identify the arable land areas belonging to the local population when implementing … land concessions”.
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Hi res images and testimony from communities in HAGL’s plantations available on requestHo đưa ra Minh City, 9th March 2021 -Red Bull, the leading energy drinking brand in the world, has partnered with the Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Football Club khổng lồ launch the talent recruitment tournament, giving young football talents and enthusiasts an opportunity to lớn be a part of the professional training program. The partnership also highlighted Red Bull’s efforts inspreading positive power & unleashing the inner strengthof many young talents along the paths khổng lồ conquer their passions.
Ho đưa ra Minh City, 9th March 2021 -Red Bull, the leading energy drinking brand in the world, has partnered with the Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Football Club to launch the talent recruitment tournament, giving young football talents and enthusiasts an opportunity to lớn be a part of the professional training program. The partnership also highlighted Red Bull’s efforts inspreading positive power và unleashing the inner strengthof many young talents along the paths lớn conquer their passions.
Ho bỏ ra Minh City, 9th March 2021 -Red Bull, the leading energy drinking brand in the world, has partnered with the Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Football Club khổng lồ launch the talent recruitment tournament, giving young football talents và enthusiasts an opportunity lớn be a part of the professional training program. The partnership also highlighted Red Bull’s efforts inspreading positive power & unleashing the inner strengthof many young talents along the paths lớn conquer their passions.
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Red Bull partnered with Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club, kicking off the young talent recruitment tournament
Ho bỏ ra Minh City, 9th March 2021 -Red Bull, the leading energy drinking brand in the world, has partnered with the Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Football Club lớn launch the talent recruitment tournament, giving young football talents and enthusiasts an opportunity lớn be a part of the professional training program. The partnership also highlighted Red Bull’s efforts inspreading positive power and unleashing the inner strengthof many young talents along the paths to lớn conquer their passions.
For many, the passion for the “Kingof sports” has been fueled by various achievements of the national footballteam. Starting with the marvelous victory at U23 Asia, the team did not stopbut continued lớn amaze the public with successive accomplishments, from beingthe champion of AFF Cup 2018 lớn winning the gold medal at SEA Games 30, andmany more victories at the continent-wide level. The class of football players,namely Cong Phuong, Van Toan, and Xuan Truong, etc, with outstanding skills andequivalent capability, has lightened up the spark for sports in many footballfans. The success of this generation is largely attributed khổng lồ sports academies,large-scale training initiatives, & professional recruitment programs. Amongwhich, HAGL stood out as one of the first professional football institutes in
Vietnam, contributing many “golden” names to the Vietnamese footballscene.
With the aim of making professionalcoaching programs more accessible lớn young talents, Red Bull partnered with
HAGL Football Club to lớn launch the football talent recruitment tournament helpingto evoke the inner power nguồn of these potential professional football players forteenagers from 15 to lớn 20.
Within the partnership, therecruitment tournament shall reach out lớn 05 provinces and cities, including
Tien Giang, Can Tho, An Giang, Pleiku và Binh Thuan, kicking off from April2021.
At the elimination round, candidateswill be divided into teams khổng lồ compete 3-on-3 và 5-on-5 with each match lasting3 minutes. After which, 4 best candidates per province will be shortlisted tothe final assessment round in Ho bỏ ra Minh đô thị in June 2021.
In this final round, 20 selectedcandidates from 05 provinces will be grouped into teams of 5 members to lớn playoffense. In the end, at least 1 và at most 4 candidates with the bestperformances will be selected by HAGL Football Club. The winners have thechance khổng lồ participate in a 4-month training program compatible with their agerange, hosted by Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club’s Youth Team in Gia Laiprovince. All living and training expenses are covered by HAGL Football Club, inalignment with the Club’s standard. During the 4-month training course, the young talents willreceive football scholarships valued at đôi mươi million VND per individual from Red
Bull, và the chance lớn appear in the brand’s đoạn clip along with the popularfootball player quang Nho. After the training period, these young talents arepresented with an opportunity to lớn sign the official contract with HAGL Football
Club.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Huan, Country Director of TCPVN - the owner of Red Bullbrand, stated: “For young people, thepath khổng lồ pursue their dreams will always be filled with obstacles. Red Bullhopes lớn empower them with a source of positive energy in order to evoke theinner strength within each young talent & cultivate their resilience, bothphysically & mentally. We believe that the young talent recruitmenttournament, with the company of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club, will bringforth their confidence và courage lớn overcome any challenges they mightencounter along their path to pursue professional football.”
Mr. Nguyen tan Anh, Managing Director of HAGL Football Club, stated: “Thepotential, capability, and perseverance of young Vietnamese football players,especially those within the age range of 15-20, are tremendous, & thattreasure has yet to lớn be found. Many talented football players are waiting for achance to lớn be nurtured and shine. Through this recruitment tournament, we hopeto discover the most potential faces và let them be a part of our club’stalent pool.”
With this journey of evoking theinner strength within Vietnamese future talents, once again, Red Bull reaffirmsits mission of spreading positive power, as part of TCPVN’s sustainabledevelopment in Vietnam.
For moreinformation about the young talent recruitment tournament co-organized by Red
Bull, a brand of TCPVN và Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club, please contacthotline 1900-969674, or visit: http://redbulltainangbongda.com/.
About Red Bull:
Founded in 1981, Red Bull quicklybecame a famous & successful energy drink brand in Thailand. In 1987, Red
Bull entered the international playground, opening a whole new market forenergy drinks. From the first Red Bull cans sold to lớn date, Red Bull pridesitself on being the source of energy & inspiration for the community in morethan 167 countries và being the world"s leading energy drink brand.
Constantly affirming its reputation,helping lớn boost energy for body toàn thân and spirit, Red Bull officially came to the
Vietnam market in 1994. More than 20 years of "supplying energy" for
Vietnamese users with international quality, Red Bull constantly inspires young
Vietnamese to explore their potential, overcome all challenges khổng lồ achieve theirgoals, with the spirit of "the bravery of conquering the goal".
About Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club
Founded in 2001 as a handover from the Department of
Sports, Gia Lai province, the team immediately won the championship in theprofessional Vietnamese football league in 2003-2004 and the Super cup2003-2004. In 2007, the HAGL – Arsenal – JMG Academy was established andcontributed players to the national U-19 team that gained success in the
Southeast Asian league và the Asian U-19 elimination round in 2024. Theymarked the nice & kind football styles of HAGL.
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Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club currently owns the
Pleiku Stadium, the only & one stadium in Vietnam designed in aninternational style with roof and separate seats serving capacity of 12,000people. The team now is stationed in si Rong Sports Center which is 12km faraway from the Pleiku City. The center includes 5 standardized football fields,gym, physiotherapy room, swimming pool, cafeteria, airy space & convenientlocation.