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Little Saigon Eyes Kerry
Vietnamese Americans have little use for the senator who continues to subvert human rights in Vietnam.
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Lan Quoc Nguyen says that he is preparing for the worst. “We are resigned to the fact that if Kerry is elected, our cause will be set back 20 years. Our efforts will be doomed until he’s out of office.”
According to Van Tran, the Vietnamese-American community is “strong on national defense, strong on family values, and strongly religious,” a natural Republican group. It opposes Kerry’s quest for normalization of government relations with Vietnam until the government provides answers about missing family members, prisoners of war, and a commitment to basic human rights.
In Little Saigon they’ve been talking about the War for thirty years. If John Kerry wants to talk about the war, they would like to talk to him about it too. After all, they were there.
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john phan| 5.9.10 @ 11:48PM
Dear: To who may concern Vietnam corrupt airport custom rip off tourist at high level
Vietnam communist corruption international airport custom violation human right. People travel to airport special Vietnamese American citizen has been treat bad, rip off by Vietnam airport customs.
First line customs holding people passport and tell people star over stand line many times, bother people all stupid reason disrespect make people wait 6hrs. Then get to custom check lugged, continue bother item over tax charge. People don’t want to pay over tax custom impound. Import small gift personal items, single item not commercial valued at not more than $300 and people knew banned material, ( $329 a personal laptop import tax 300% which is $975tax) this country had three times high tax impact electronic just because different country different law policy, while in U.S already pay sale tax 10%. We are traveler tourist not commercial import. Exactly Vietnam custom don’t follow right policy, all bull lie theft no freedom. This is corruption of Vietnam government no one want to travel to Vietnam airport just because Vietnamese American citizen have family left over south Vietnam we have to visit every year. Some issue South Vietnam family no freedom lives under communist rule. Vietnam airport custom continues corruption, it will necessary Vietnamese American citizen and other VN around the world will open new revolution by any how cause or business even war to stop Vietnam fiction communist rule, government corruption. This situation is unacceptable had to take action now and strongly. United state government had been lack of power by state gov, Never been receive by government or any respond. U.S business continue send job to Vietnam without approve. U.S had been ignoring sale country labor to trade support communist while American tourist rip-off by Vietnam government. We’re family business don’t need to know political communist party but corruption law rip off. This is last voice that we doing the right thing, now is pay back times. Definitely open war, will give Vietnam government airport lesson of disrespect tourist. Until then VN want to call bullshit terror or what ever bullshit VN want to call, it will be to late for cost.