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Politics & Government
Free Vietnam Alliance
Many Vietnamese living abroad, particularly in the United States, oppose
the current government in Vietnam and actively work for changes in their
former homeland. The Free Vietnam Alliance (FVA) provides information
about the organization and its activities on its website as well as providing
documents and information about current events in Vietnam, particularly
relating to dissidents and human rights. Other such sites include:
Thai Binh
Viet Quoc Think Tank
Vietnamese Political Action Committee
U.S.-based periodicals opposed to Vietnam's current government, providing news and commentary, include Vietnam Democracy Newsletter.
Governments
on the WWW: Vietnam
This website provides links to national and regional Institutions; representations
in foreign countries; political parties; political, tourist, and human
rights information; and encyclopedia and factual information. See also:
ABC Country Book of Vietnam
Gossip from Vietnam
The National Assembly of Vietnam
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Vietnam
Vietnam Government
Vietnam Government Offices
Vietnam's Useful Websites
Pete
Peterson: Assignment Hanoi
This website, the companion resource to a PBS television special, focuses
on Pete Peterson, a former POW and U.S. ambassador to Vietnam since 1997,
the first ambassador in 27 years. The site documents Peterson's past in Vietnam
as a soldier and then prisoner of war and explains his current mission to
bring about reconciliation between the two countries. Information is provided
about Vietnam's recent history, current political and cultural conditions,
and diplomatic relations with the U.S. Also included are classroom study plans,
links, a bibliography, interviews, and suggestions for writing assignments.
Political
Resources on the Net--Vietnam
Links are provided to the 1992 Constitution, election information, political
organization, and to organizations opposed to the current government in Vietnam.
Links are also avaliable to the Voice of Vietnam, the Saigon Times
Daily, the Vietnam Economic Times, and the Vietnam Business
Journal.
U.S. Embassy
(Hanoi)
The United States embassy in Vietnam's website provides a list of key officers,
travel information, news, and State Department-related information plus links
to related sites in English and Vietnamese. See also, Pete
Peterson: Assignment Hanoi. For an good summary of recent relations between
the U.S. and Vietnam, see the State Department's U.S.-Vietnam
Relations.
Vietnamese Embassy
(Washington, D.C.)
The website of Vietnam's embassy in Washington, D.C. provides news, economic
and business information, consular information, and information relating to
diplomacy.
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United States of America, the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C. inaugurated a series of cultural events with the exhibition of contemporary Vietnamese art, TRADITION AND CHANGE: Vietnamese Art Today. Opening July 12, 2004, at the Embassy at 2251 R Street, NW, the exhibition features two paintings by each of fifteen of Vietnam's most respected artists. For more invormation, see Anniversary.
