Quê Mẹ 117

Table of Contents

• On the problem of Vietnamese Boat People in the camps of South East Asia (Editorial) Võ Văn Ái
• 40 years of contemporary Vietnamese poetry: The poetry of Vu Hoang Chương Thi Vũ
• The “Democratic Forum”, a political programme with a new solution for Vietnam Forum for Democracy
• Chronology of Vietnamese civilization Thượng Đăng
• An insider’s view of Radio Hanoi: Programmes for overseas Vietnamese Tạ Quân
• News in brief: Poverty reduces artists to earning a living by peddling pig’s tripe soup; potting fish; prostitution :
  – Forest devastation causes desertification in Tay Nguyen
  – A review of prices over the past month Quê Mẹ
• A survey of Vietnamese Youth today Trần Quốc
• Vietnamse legal system condones arbitrary arrest and unlimited pre-trial detention Nguyễn Tung
• Letter from the Soviet Union: Vietnamese students are threatened with forced repatriation and imprisonment by Hanoi Embassy D.Ð
• The history of the Vietnamese Communist Party: a history of cruelty and successive errors Hoàng Nguyễn
• Review of Vo Van Ai’s book: “The Combat for Democracy in Vietnam” Xuân Vũ
• Mr Danh’s Pagoda (short story) Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner
• Y Lan’s Letterbox Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner
• Looking at the window of Jean Giono s house in Manosque Phạm Công Thiện
• The Nightmare (short story) Ngô Ngọc Bội
• Quê Me’s Letterbox Quê Mẹ
• Dead-end road (short story) Lâm Chương
• Poem: Em cứ nghĩ Hoàng Minh Trường
• The Vietnamese romanized alphabet and demotic script on the computer Đỗ Thông Minh
• Science page: Quantum mecanics and reality (2) Thường Long Khánh
• Medical page: Cholesterol Đặng Quốc Cơ (D.s.), Nguyễn Đại Bằng (B.s.)
• Vietnamese around the world Quê Mẹ