[CREATE] Free as in Speech, and Vietnam?

Louis Desjardins louis.desjardins at gmail.com
Mon Jun 14 07:24:10 PDT 2010


2010/6/14 Tor Lillqvist <tml at iki.fi>

[snip]

> 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.
>

*Official Warnings when travelling to Vietnam*
[http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.asp?id=316000,
Canada]
[
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/conseils-aux-voyageurs_909/pays_12191/vietnam_12310/index.html,
France]
[
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/asia-oceania/vietnam,
UK]
[http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1060.html, USA]

*Health Issues*
[http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/travel/asia/vietnam.shtml, Vaccine]

* Reporters Without Borders*
[
http://en.rsf.org/spip.php?page=recherche&lang=en&recherche=vietnam&image.x=40&image.y=1&image=>>,
Reporter Without Borders]
*
Amnesty International*
[http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/viet-nam, Amnesty]

Louis


>
> --tml
>
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