Vietnam to try American for terrorism

Source: AP

HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese-American and two Vietnamese nationals will be put on trial on charges of terrorism for allegedly planning to distribute anti-government pamphlets in Vietnam, an official said Thursday.

Nguyen Quoc Quan, of Sacramento, and Vietnamese nationals Nguyen Hai and Nguyen The Vu face jail terms of up to seven years if convicted. Their trial begins Tuesday at the People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung said.

The three were arrested last November at a house in Ho Chi Minh City along with Truong Van Ba, an American, and Nguyen Thi Thanh Van, a French national. Authorities allegedly found them preparing to circulate anti-government pamphlets on behalf of Viet Tan, a California-based pro-democracy group that Vietnam considers a terrorist organization.

Viet Tan says it promotes nonviolent political change in Vietnam, and U.S. Ambassador Michael Michalak has said he has seen no evidence the group is engaged in terrorism.



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terrorist crimes they could charge America with, they have to make shit up.

i just don't get it...

"no evidence" is all that's required!

I spent three months in HCMC last year. Much of the time I spent in a hotel across the street from a police station. Several times a week they brought in a police wagon to cart off people who were living in the city without government permission.

My hotel was ten dollars a night, I could get a meal in a restaurant for two or three dollars, a four day tour to the Mekong delta cost less than forty dollars (including transportation, guide, hotel, and breakfast). Transportation anywhere was incredibly cheap, i traveled back and forth to Danang, Hue, Hoi An, and then ended my trip in Hanoi.

That would work in the US, why not in Vietnam.

seems another country's Freedom of Speech.