Quê Mẹ 105-106

Table of Contents

• Letter to our readers in the United States and Canada Quê Mẹ
• Goals for 1990: a plan of action for Democracy in Vietnam Võ Văn Ái
• Tribute to Vo Thanh Minh, an example of courage and integrity Thi Vũ
• Relaying the flame: Campaign to channel democratic news and information into Vietnam VCHR
• New Year’s Traditions: parrallel sentences Phan Trí
• Unparalleled parallel sentences from the communist regime Cao Phong
• When the Party Secretary General waxes poetic Phùng Hoan
• Horoscope for 1990 Huyền Nhân Cư sĩ
• Horse non-sense for the Year of the Horse Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner
• Poem de Bùi Giáng Bùi Giáng
• Chronology of Vietnamese civilization (4) Thượng Đăng
• Poems: Mai già nở lạnh :
  – Đêm dư nửa
  – Điểm canh
  – Điểm hồng
  – Lục bát Quách Tấn
• Nhân Tông’s Buddhism in action: a 13th century Vietnamese school of Zen Trần Phổ Minh
• Poems: Xuân hiểu :
  – Xuân cảnh
  – Xuân vãn
  – Thiên trưởng vãn vọng
  – Nguyệt Trần Nhân Tông
• In the New Year, re-reading the irreverent Trang Quynh
• Que Me and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights’ activities and achievements in 1989 Quê Mẹ
• Appeal by the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights VCHR
• Poems: Ngũ hành sơn… :
  – Ngồi bên mé nước sông Hàn… Luân Hoán
• Round-up on world events in 1989 – Hoai Nhân Hoài Nhân
• Chronology of the up-heavals in the communist world in 1989 Lý Tường
• Poems: Xuân :
  – Nụ cười
  – Nắng và kim cương
  – Dáng thương
  – Đêm Thi Vũ
• File on Ho Chi Minh: The 1937 Democratic Front – a pro-Soviet tactic Đinh Phú Xuân
• Vietnam bans exile music Văn Trinh
• The fake, the sham and the counterfeit, or doing business under communism Phù Hoa
• The Vietnamese Communist Party in face of the changes in the communist world Lê Hữu Trách
• Report from Saigon, world capital of the “cyclopousse” Phước Thành
• Conversation with the Professor and jurist Nguyen Manh Tương Hòa Khánh
• The Club of Former Resistance Fighters is still active Lưu Văn Khánh
• Interview with Professor Lé Van Hao, former NLF personality Trần Nghi
• Poems: Ngọn quế viễn phương :
  – Hoa sóng Thái Tú Hạp
• Poem: Em đêm kinh tế mới Nguyên Nghĩa
• The spirited repartee of Cao Ba Quat Bảo Trâm
• Poem for Y Lan Băng Tâm
• Appraisal of the “cultural renovation” in Vietnam from 1986-1989 Nguyễn Hưng Quốc
• Poem for Y Lan Trần Vấn Lệ
• Snowflakes will always fall on New Year’s Eve Phạm Công Thiện
• Humour in poetry Nguyễn Thị Ca Dao
• Sitting on the crest of the whirlwind Nh. Tay Ngàn
• Story of the bicycle Nguyễn Hòa
• The same old end-of-the-year hang-ups Tưởng Năng Tiến
• The living clock Nguyễn Khóa Sinh
• A New Year’s Eve tale Đoàn Đức Nhân
• The garden of yore Trần Hoài Thư
• Satirical verse on Ho Chi Minh Lê Văn Trân
• The broken dream Hồ Đình Nghiêm
• What’s new in the 1990 “Quid” ? Hoàng Xá
• Quê Me’s Letterbox Quê Mẹ