Cao Disappointed Over Administration's Decision to Strengthen Ties with Hanoi
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao (LA-02) expressed his "profound disappointment" over the Obama Administration's decision to strengthen bilateral relations with Vietnam's communist government.
Cao, the first and only Vietnamese-American ever to serve in the United States Congress, described Hanoi's record on human rights and religious freedom as "atrocious." He said the the Vietnamese government does not deserve better U.S. ties until it demonstrates greater respect for the freedom and dignity of its own people.
Cao cited numerous examples of abuses committed by the Vietnamese government, including the harrassment, arrest and false imprisonment of pro-democracy advocates and clerics, the seizing of religious institutions and destruction of religious symbols, and the use of eminent domain to strip property owners of their holdings without just compensation.
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Vietnam police fire tear gas at protest
HANOI — Vietnamese police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of thousands who gathered to protest the death of a young man detained by police, an official said Wednesday.
The incident took place in Bac Giang province northeast of Hanoi on Sunday, said the official from the provincial People's Committee, the local government.
"Thousands of people were in front of the People's Committee... to ask for the truth" about the death of the man who was held for a traffic violation, said the official, who declined to be named.
He said they had brought the young man's coffin with them.
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