2010/6/14 Tor Lillqvist <<a href="mailto:tml@iki.fi">tml@iki.fi</a>> <div class="gmail_quote"><div> [snip] </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Could well be. Still, it can also be used as a propaganda showcase by the government. But anyway, my intent is not to stop LGM from being held in Vietnam. I just want to raise the awareness of the fact that it *is* a single-party state that isn't too hot on "freedom as in speech". I really wish for some advice from some well-known organisation like Amnesty, or Reporters Without Borders. </blockquote><div> Official Warnings when travelling to Vietnam [<a href="http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.asp?id=316000" target="_blank">http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.asp?id=316000</a>, Canada] [<a href="http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/conseils-aux-voyageurs_909/pays_12191/vietnam_12310/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/conseils-aux-voyageurs_909/pays_12191/vietnam_12310/index.html</a>, France] [<a href="http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/asia-oceania/vietnam" target="_blank">http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/asia-oceania/vietnam</a>, UK] [<a href="http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1060.html" target="_blank">http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1060.html</a>, USA] Health Issues [<a href="http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/travel/asia/vietnam.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/travel/asia/vietnam.shtml</a>, Vaccine] Reporters Without Borders [<a href="http://en.rsf.org/spip.php?page=recherche&lang=en&recherche=vietnam&image.x=40&image.y=1&image=">http://en.rsf.org/spip.php?page=recherche&lang=en&recherche=vietnam&image.x=40&image.y=1&image=</a>>>, Reporter Without Borders] Amnesty International [<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/viet-nam">http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/viet-nam</a>, Amnesty] Louis </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> --tml </blockquote></div>