Quê Mẹ 101

Table of Contents

• Report on the Geneva International Conference on Indochinese refugees Quê Mẹ
• Diplomatic relations between Washington- Hanoi and the road to democracy in Vietnam Võ Văn Ái
• Saigon in 1988 (3): growing undercurrents of opposition Tinh Văn
• News from Vietnam: Students protest in Hanoi :
  – Poets Tran Huyên Trân and Thê Lư deceased
  – Underpaid soldiers resort to theft and arms smuggling
  – The State reglects the people
  – Even State officials are out of work!
  – Drugs, drink and delinquency in Saigon
  – Trân Bưu Kiêm, former Hanoi envoy to 1973 Paris Peace Agreement is back in France
  – Anti-government demonstrations in Cu Chi Quê Mẹ
• Cartoon NHS
• Denouncing manouvers towards a false “renovation” Hòa Khánh
• Letter from Vietnam (5) Cử Nghèo
• The crumbling of Communism Ngân Hà
• China: the days that shook the world Ngân Giang
• Under the banner of the Chinese Republic Đoàn Đức Nhân
• Cartoon NHS
• Poetry Luân Hóan Luân Hoán
• Three weeks campaign in the US for democracy and human rights in Vietnam Quê Mẹ
• The road to democracy Vũ Thư
• 40 years of contemporary Vietnamese poetry (1945-1985): The Poet Dinh Hung Thi Vũ
• Lament on passing white clouds (the poetry of Trân Huyên Trân) Nguyễn Hưng Quốc
• Summer’s tale Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner
• Application to follow the profession of… burglar! Nguyễn Song An
• Poem: Trên đèo Thanh-Bình Lâm Hảo Dũng
• Hongkong Refugees :
  – a day on Black Island Lê Đại Lãng
• Bones without blood Hà Thúc Sinh
• Poem: Tính chuyện cải số Đỗ Ngọc Bích
• Vietnamese around the world Quê Mẹ
• Quê Me’s Letterbox Quê Mẹ
• Cookery Page Nguyễn Thị Hà
• Wry smiles (jokes and humour from a communist regime)