Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Many Vietnamese now believe that a long-awaited true revolution has just begun.

Via Jonathan


Vietnamese protesters shout slogans against a proposal to grant companies lengthy land leases during a demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10, 2018. Photo: AFP/Kao Nguyen

 Vietnamese protesters shout slogans against a proposal to grant companies lengthy land leases during a demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10, 2018.The draft law at the centre of the furore would allow 99-year concessions in planned special economic zones, which some view as sweetheart deals for foreign and specifically Chinese firms. / AFP PHOTO / Kao NGUYENIn this picture taken on June 12, 2018 shows a damaged Vietnamese flag seen at a police station compound in central Binh Thuan province following the June 10 violent protest over a government proposal to issue 99-year-leases in special economic zones. An American citizen is being held in Vietnam for "disrupting public order" after he joined violent protests over a controverial special economic zone draft law, an official said on June 14. / AFP PHOTO / STR 

Note American flag and damaged Vietnam flag

Massive but orderly protests across the country hint at the beginning of the end of Communist Party rule

On June 7, a group of about 300 ordinary Vietnamese in Phan Ri Cua City of Binh Thuan province formed the first rally against a draft law on special economic zones (SEZ). They had trouble before with an ongoing Chinese thermal power plant investment project in their own province and were opposed to more such Chinese investments.

Two days later, tens of thousands of workers at Pouyuen footwear company in Tan Tao Industrial Park, Ho Chi Minh City, went on strike against the SEZ draft law.

The following day, on June 10, many demonstrations sprung up in other cities throughout the country, including the capital of Hanoi, Nghe An, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Dac Lac, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, My Tho, Vinh Long, Kien Giang, and Ho Chi Minh City.

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3 comments:

  1. Good. The Vietnamese people are finally openly asking for what they lost in 75.

    May God protect them and aid them in this movement.

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    1. The Vietnamese people are finally openly asking for what they lost in 75.

      May God protect them and aid them in this movement.

      Amen, Amen Amen.

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  2. Kick them all out of VN!

    -Thuy

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