From: vinsight@netcom.com (Chan T. Vninsight)
Subject: Overseas Vietnamese's Democratic Efforts
Originator: daemon@media.mit.edu
Reply-To: vinsight@netcom.com
Organization: N/A
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 08:02:54 GMT


Vietnam Insight February 1992 issue:

**********
VIETNAMESE CONFERENCES ON 1991 POLITICAL PROCLAMATION
**********

Following the introduction of its 1991 Political Proclamation on October
26, 1991 in Washington, DC, USA, the National United Front for the
Liberation of Vietnam (NUFRONLIV) has, through its worldwide network of
chapters, met various Vietnamese organizations to beef up efforts for
Vietnam's freedom.

Meetings have been held throughout the world, in Paris France, Sydney
Australia, Toronto Canada, Frankfurt-Krefeld Germany, Purmerend Holland,
and various cities in the United States with high concentrations of
Vietnamese such as Houston Texas, Orange County California, Atlanta
Georgia, Chicago Illinois and Seatle Washington.

The discussions in general centered on NUFRONLIV's 1991 Political
Proclamation, which analyzes Vietnam's overall situation and the world's
favorable changes, and lays out NUFRONLIV's practical and humanistic
approaches for the popular struggle for peace, freedom and prosperity in
Vietnam.

Concerns and discussion were also extended to the preparation for
national reconstruction after communism. The general consensus is that
this subsequent phase following liberation is if anything more difficult
than the preceding phase considering communism's destructive legacy.

NUFRONLIV's representatives also summarized the Resistance's activities,
its achievements and difficulties, and drew realistic assessments of the
democratic struggle. After over a decade at work, NUFRONLIV has
successfully established a resistance infrastructure throughout Vietnam to
mobilize the support of the masses. Its all-people-all-front strategy
based on the spirit of unity has effectively undermined the communist
system in all areas. These achievements, however, are not without cost.
The resistance has encountered increasing difficulties as Hanoi clamps
down harder on democratic movements. Concerted efforts by democratic
forces at home and abroad, however, are mounting endless pressure over
the distressed regime in Hanoi.

The meetings have generated immense support and enthusiasm from
participants. It was left clear that 1992 will not be an easy year for
Hanoi, even if it should survive to see 1993.

***********
FREE VIETNAM ALLIANCE TOURS BELGIUM AND AUSTRALIA
*******

In his worldwide tour to promote democratic efforts and the Free Vietnam
Alliance's Proposals For Vietnam's Democracy, the Alliance's General
Secretary has stopped over in Belgium and Australia to meet with local
government officials, politicians, and the Vietnamese communities.

Professor Nguyen Vo Ky has taken these opportunities to thank many
Belgium supporters, among them, the Count De Wynter who have been so
dedicated to the Vietnamese cause of freedom. He also met with
representatives of the Socialist Party in Liege, the People of Europe
Party, the Party of Free Reform in Bruxelles, and the local media.

In his visit to Sydney, Prof. Nguyen Vo Ky met with many religious
leaders, media figures and representatives of many organizations within
the Vietnamese community. In a special meeting with the governor of New
South Wales, Prof. Ky expressed concerns about the deteriorating
situation in Vietnam, especially in the human rights arena. He called
for the Australian government to pressure Hanoi for democratic reform.

The Alliance's Proposal for Vietnam's Democracy outlines basic steps for
democratizing Vietnam based on the principles of democratic pluralism,
social justice, market economics and respect for human rights. It calls
for cooperation from the Vietnamese Communist Party's leadership and its
members to peacefully transform Vietnam to a democratic society.

With its members actively working both in and outside Vietnam -- the
34th member being a Hanoi-based organization named the Vietnamese Social
and Democratic Party -- the Free Vietnam Alliance has been the target of
special condemnation by Hanoi.

The official daily Quan Doi Nhan Dan charged on Dec.30, 1991 that a
videotape with subversive content, titled "Spring Romance," was smuggled
into the country by the Free Vietnam Alliance.

"In between music programmes, there are pictures of the August coup in
the Soviet Union which have been distorted and bear a clear reactionary
content," the army newspaper said. It also emphasized the videotape was
directed by Nguyen Vo Ky.

-- 
Vietnam Insight (vinsight@netcom.com)
Chan Tran, editor
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese