Quê Mẹ 142-143

Table of Contents

• The Poetry of Bui Giang: transcending birth and death Thi Vũ
• 30 years later: the 1968 Tet Offensive revisited Võ Văn Ái
• Choé’s Vietnam (cartoons from the official press by one of Vietnam’s most talented cartoonists) Choé
• Vital statistics: overview of life in Vietnam through figures from the official press Quê Mẹ
• Tet Mau Than in Hue: the real story :
  – revelations by the Commander-in-chief of the 1968 Communist military offensive Trần Phổ Minh
• Tet Offensive in Binh Dinh (extracts from memoirs sent clandestinely from Vietnam) Quách Tấn
• Human Rights at the forefront of the Francophone Summit in Hanoi :
  – VCHR & FIDH publish Appeal in “Le Monde” endorsed by French and intemational personalities
  – Message to Vietnamese workers from the Intemational Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  – French reporters attempt to visit Thanh Cam Reeducation Camp Đỗ Kỳ
• Vietnam’s dissidents Le Monde
• Tigers in the Communist Press
• Violations of religious freedom in Vietnam in 1997 Lý Tường
• Restrictions on the religious life and studies of Buddhist in Vietnam Hai Trang
• Quê Me meets dissident Wei Jingsheng in Paris Quê Mẹ
• From Emile Zola to Wei Jingsheng Trần Phổ Minh
• Traditional rural New Year celebrations: Hat Boi theatre at the Communal Hall Thân Trọng Kỳ
• Tigers in Vietnamese folk-art Trạng Hổ
• Selection of Poems Bùi Giáng, Đặng Thế Kiệt, Phạm thị Quý, Quan Dương, Thi Vũ, Vũ Hoàng Thư
• Trees and flowers in my life, from labour camp to exile (reminiscences of a former political prisoner) Ký giả Lô Răng
• Hue, a certain art de vivre Trúc Chi Tôn Thất Kỳ
• Cry, my beloved country Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner
• My village Lý Lan
• Worlds apart Trần Hoài Thư
• Beyond the Clouds Vũ Hoàng Thư
• Nguyen Trai and the Ca Bla On Ang Na Cuc Nang Sutra: study of the Buddhist Sutra’s translation into Nom script in the XVth Century (5) Lê Hữu Mục
• Awareness here and now (1) Tâm Tràng Ngô Trọng Anh
• The scar Trần Long Hồ
• Quê Me’s Letterbox Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner