[Vnbiz] Vietnam detains Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen

[Hoang Thanh]

everytime i read these kind of news on the oversea e-news, i have the
feeling of uncomfortable and unsure about some thing!
I was in Hanoi last week and i saw infront of a Government House in the city
center, alot of farmers gather with banroll, show frustrated faces, and
police dont let anyone stop over to see what is happening. Poeple around
said those farmers are demonstrating for  proper land compensation,
In Ho Chi Minh city today, i saw the same scene: Around 20,30 farmers with
no'n la' under the sun-heat standing/sitting patiently in front of a Gov
House on Dinh Tien Hoang street,near my school. Police blockade the areas,
and lots of poeple passing by must ask questions "What is happening?" I
first saw this last 2 months, because it's near my school!

Back to this piece of news, I have been living under the Communist-ruled
country since i was born, I see other country have multi-party and poeple
have options ! Because VN is one-party, so i don't really care about
learning what is it like, there's no other to compare! However, if VN had
one more party, People's Democratic Party of Vietnam, for example (like this
below piece of news), i would be confused to choose, or to get used to this
change?!!may be.
Just something to share.
Thanh,.
2006/9/5, Phan, Tai <Tai.Phan at ed.gov>:
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> [Vietnam Business Forum]
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> Vietnam detains Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen
> Mon Sep 4, 2006 7:42am ET
> International News
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> HANOI (Reuters) - Authorities have detained a Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen
> who has used the Internet to call for multi-party democracy in the one-party
> communist state, the man's daughter said on Monday.
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> A U.S. embassy spokeswoman in Hanoi confirmed that the man, engineer Cong
> Thanh Do, 47, was in detention in Ho Chi Minh City and that he had been
> visited by consular officials.
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> A Vietnam government spokesman said he had no information on the case.
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> Word of the man's arrest came almost a week after Vietnam released
> cyber-dissident Pham Hong Son as part of a presidential amnesty after he had
> served more than four years in jail for posting essays and translations on
> democracy over the Internet.
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> The United States and European countries had campaigned for the release of
> Son and others considered rights activists. Hanoi has been under pressure to
> release activists as it prepares to join the World Trade Organization this
> year and host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in
> November.
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> Do's daughter, Bien DoBui, said by telephone from the family home in San
> Jose, California, that her father was arrested on August 14 in Phan Thiet in
> the southern province of Binh Thuan and then taken to Ho Chi Minh City.
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> "On Friday, he told a visiting American consular official that he was
> going on a hunger strike," DoBui, 21 said. "We did not contact anyone until
> he came out with his role in a political group and the reason for his arrest
> became more clear."
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> However, she said Do had not been formally charged.
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> She said Do told the consular official he was a member of the People's
> Democratic Party of Vietnam and that he was a peaceful supporter of
> multi-party democracy and freedom of speech.
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> The embassy spokeswoman said she did not have details. "I can confirm the
> arrest and that we visited him as part of normal consular services".
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> (c) Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
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