Quê Mẹ 116

Table of Contents

• The inalienable right to freedom of expression Võ Văn Ái
• Nostalgia for an unknown friend: travel notes in the US and East Europe Thi Vũ
• Poem: Đêm, nghe đàn ở xứ người Phạm Ngọc Triều Vũ
• Chronology of Vietnamese civilization (13) Thượng Đăng
• Newsin brief: Hanoi’s statistics on the standard of living in Vietnam :
  – Smuggling and infiltration across the Vietnamese border
  – Vietnam verges on ecological catastrophe
  – Unemployment rate of 20 % in Saigon
  – 200,000 without residence permits in Saigon
  – The people’s opinion goes unheaded
  – Party cadres commit the most crimes
  – Socialist economy bankrupt, mass redundancy for workers
  – Black market, counterfeit banknotes
  – In the -countryside, hunger is the only reality
  – Overseas Vietnamese returning home are searched, property confiscated
  – In the “people’s dictatorship”, the people get the worst lot Quê Mẹ
• The real reason behind the arrest of novelist Duong Thu Huong Lý Tường
• Hanoi authorities fear the “endearingly and evocative” name of Que Me Kim Vân
• Support “Democratic Forum”, the political programme with a new solution for Vietnam Forum for Democracy
• Que Me’s Four Point Proposal for Democracy in Vietnam VCHR
• National Endowment for Democracy holds conference in Washington Quê Mẹ
• Que Me’s US edition celebrates its first birthday in Dallas Quê Mẹ
• Review of Que Me US edition’s achievements over the year Nguyễn Văn Tường
• Former Lieutenant General Dang Dinh Linh reviews Vo Van Ai’s recent book Đặng Đình Linh
• Analysis of 4 recent petitions by 4 disillusioned Hanoi communists Anh Phương
• Calling for the most fundamental of civil rights: the right to free elections Xuân Vũ
• Poem: Ô cửa Trần Hoài Thư
• The orientation of diplomacy in post Communist Vietnam Tôn Thất Thiện
• Geopolitics in Vietnamese history from the Origins to the French colonial era Vũ Lâm
• A Tiny slipper in June Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner
• The vortex Hòa Thanh
• Children’s Page: Green Village Lưu Hải Sơn
• The Restoration Party launched in USA Lê Minh
• 5 Leaders of the National United Front for the Liberation of Vietnam arrested in San Jose Nguyễn Phương
• Vietnamese around the world Quê Mẹ
• Science Page: Quantum mecanics and reality (1) Thường Long Khánh
• Medical Page: Cardio-Vascular diseases Đặng Quốc Cơ (D.s.), Nguyễn Đại Bằng (B.s.)