Vietnam: This 99-year-old woman is resisting the authorities

Her house has already been torn down, but this 99-year-old woman still refuses to leave her property, standing up to Vietnam's coal rush.

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00:16I can't leave my house and my land.

00:23I can leave my village, but I can't leave my people.

00:46I can't leave my people, but I can't leave my land.

00:59I can't leave my people, but I can't leave my land.

01:11My wife and my wife's house was bombed.

01:15If they had bombed our house, all the other houses would have been destroyed.

01:20I'm afraid.

01:21In July, the government of Vietnam declared a national emergency.

01:27The government of Vietnam declared a national emergency.

01:33In July, the government of Vietnam declared a national emergency.

01:39They planned to disperse.

01:42But they didn't allow us to return to our home.

01:45The people weren't allowed to go there.

02:18China is here, my home is here, my land is here, my home is here, so where can I go now?