Monday, April 23, 2007

Wall Street Journal March 30: the Not-So-New Vietnam

March 30, 2007

Vietnam's much heralded economic opening may be continuing apace, but when it comes to politics, it's one-party as usual. Vietnam's democracy movement will soon mark the first anniversary of a ground-breaking manifesto and the birth of a major new pro-rights group. So naturally Hanoi is marking the occasion by arresting activists, five of whom were tried, convicted and sentenced yesterday in a four-hour trial in Hue.

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