Daring to Speak Out - Vietnam

Nov 2003

The Vietnamese government is cracking down on critics of the Communist regime, imprisoning all those who dare to speak out.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[ZobaK1]

solidarity with brave people of Vietnam who is not affraid of speaking out of commie opression!

fuck off commie punks!!!

[ZobaK1]

commies are fucking scumbags!

[vndigital]

@Viet174 sounds like you got your ass beaten many times. I have relatives in all 3 parts of Viet Nam, huge family mostly consist of poor and they have never been beaten by the cops. sounds like the people you know only want to cause trouble. yeah you can slip some money to the cops, why shouldnt they take it? they're only making minimum wage, that's what happens when a country is poor. cops have to feed their family too. the one to blame is the person slipping the money promoting the crime.

[Viet174]

@vndigital they didn't beat your ass to a pulp 'cause you ain't a resident of the country. if you were a Vietnamese & did that, I assure your own mother wouldn't even recognize you. when you enter the country, Vietnamese without a US passport are urge to slip $10-$20 along with visa. if not...expect your luggage to be completely toss out their private room. 

[Madeviets]

Y do all communist country don't allow free speech?

[vndigital]

@anthonyn31 yes I live in the USA and I have to watch RussiaToday for coverage about the government that I like under. I've been to Viet Nam, and I have said FU to the police chief at the district station and they didn't do anything. So I don't know where your assumptions are coming from.

[PeaceOfTruth]

@anthonyn31 Yeah, they will deny it even if people present them with proof and evidence of their corruption and totalitarian ruling.

[anthonyn31]

@dbzerbardock but will independents in the National Assembly be independent? I doubt so. In Syria, China, and even North Korea, a small minority of independents must accept the Party's agenda.

[anthonyn31]

@chunnie2410 WWII in Japan brought equal destruction just like the war in Vietnam, yet Japan recovered much quicker. Unlike in Vietnam, the post-war recovery didn't actually happened until President Clinton visited Vietnam in 2000. If it weren't for President Clinton visiting Vietnam, Vietnam would've been like Burma today.

[anthonyn31]

@chunnie2410 people are getting rich yes...yes, there's a KFC in Saigon, that's very nice...but what is important is whether every Vietnamese is happy of the status quo or not....and not everyone there is. Human trafficking still exist there, poverty still rampant in some parts of Saigon--I even went to areas that has slums, which is probably the most awful place I've ever been. And for speaking out, no one would dare speak out, because if you do, you get toss in jail.