Chủ nhật, 28/07/2013


President Truong Tan Sang wants Vietnamese Americans to become 'bridge' connecting

Tổng thống Barack Obama và Chủ tịch Trương Tấn Sang đánh giá cao vai trò của Việt Kiều tại Mỹ.

President Barack Obama and President Truong Tan Sang highly appreciated the role of overseas Vietnamese in the U.S..

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At the White House on 25/7, President Barack Obama and President Truong Tan Sang highly appreciated the role of overseas Vietnamese in the U.S. in bilateral relations.

Mr Obama said this community is "one of the great sources of power between the two countries' and is' stronger glue for any relationship of the two countries'.

In response, Mr. Sang also confessed to thank the U.S. government for 'the utmost attentive care' for Vietnamese-Americans for decades.

While the two leaders spoke, outside the White House, hundreds of Vietnamese Americans shout slogans against human rights abuses in the country - an issue that Mr. Sang acknowledged between Hanoi and Washington still many differences.

After talks with Mr Obama, leader of Vietnam has a speech about the Vietnam - American Center for International Strategic Studies in Washington.

In the FAQ, answering questions from Nguyen Trung of VOA Vietnamese language on the role of Vietnamese Americans for strengthening the relations between Vietnam and the United States, President Sang said that 'very important'.


[I] believe that our people, as the same Vietnamese blood will make a solid bridge, will promote cooperation in many aspects, especially in the framework of Partnership This comprehensive time.

President Truong Tan Sang said.

He said: "[I] definitely believe that our people, as the same Vietnamese blood  will make a solid bridge, will promote cooperation in many fields, especially in comprehensive framework for this work. [When] brought relations to a new stage of development, the Vietnamese people, Vietnamese Americans have a very important role in this process. "


Leader of Vietnam also said that many overseas Vietnamese 'business in the United States is very successful, even in politics'.


In the joint statement, President Obama and President Sang highlighted the importance of the exchange between the two countries, the success of the Vietnamese-American community in the United States and the importance of their contribution to with the development of bilateral relations.


Mr. Hoang Tu Duy, spokesman of the Vietnam Reform Party - an overseas organization have been banned operations in the country - told VOA  Vietnamese Language  that the Vietnamese expatriates in the United States' has the potential to contribute to the national development process '.

Mr. Duy said: "That I think everyone can see it. But the problem now is, whether the circumstances of the country it allows overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living abroad actually contribute to the change or not. I think if there is no political change, it is difficult for those who used to live in the free environment can contribute in a sustainable way in Vietnam. "


I think if there is no political change, it is difficult for those who used to live in the free environment can contribute in a sustainable way in Vietnam.
Hoang Tu Duy said.
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This activist added: "All persons Vietnam is very attached to the country, stick with the people of Vietnam. Thing that we do not accept is the only context dictator. Thing that must change so that we are comfortable with, how to contribute in Vietnam ".


Some observers believe that given the Vietnamese American issues discussed between the two heads of the community that is increasingly affecting U.S. policy toward Vietnam.

Vietnamese Americans often lobbied congressmen representing districts they live strongly voiced their concerns.

Before his visit Sang, many U.S. lawmakers urged Obama to put human rights high on the agenda with Vietnam authorities.

Mrs. Nguyen The Binh, former chairman of the Asian Advisory Committee of the Governor of Virginia, said that the Vietnamese American community 'has a very strong voice. "


She said: "The voters of the Vietnamese people to vote and support the congressman, senator, governor and the president. The ballots that have a power. Therefore cleverly reminded President Obama that is the power of the ballot that could affect the U.S. government and also put pressure on both of the National Assembly and the U.S. State Department on human rights issues, demands for human rights in Vietnam. "


After the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese citizens to leave the country to refugees, and many of them eventually came to the United States.


When to be asked whether the observers commented that the warmth of Mr. Sang is there is a sign that Vietnam willing to reconcile, Nguyen Manh Hung, a professor of international relations at George Mason University , said that 'words have to go hand in hand with action'.


Along talk about human rights, about democracy, but the two sides have different ideas, different definitions of that. The two that are not close together.
Professor Nguyen Manh Hung said.
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"Talking is one thing left to do is to take the specific actions they can take their [overseas Vietnamese] doing is bridging. There is much more work to be done, such as what I saw in Vietnam is promoting cemetery in Bien Hoa Binh Duong. It is a very important symbol, "Hung said.


"In addition, among the diaspora with Vietnam still have different views. Along talk about human rights, about democracy, but the two sides have different ideas, different definitions of that. The two are not that close together. "

There are millions of Vietnamese living in the United States, and is the largest Vietnamese community in the world outside of Vietnam.

Over time, the diplomatic representative of the United States are often exposed to Vietnamese community in the United States before leaving Vietnam to undertake the task.

During his tenure, the U.S. diplomats often return to the same United States, visit the Vietnamese American community to explore thoughts, their aspirations for home.

In early July, the new U.S. Consul General in Saigon Rena Bitter approached Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan, chairman of the organization called 'Rallying for democracy'  before to Saigon for working.

A month earlier, U.S. Ambassador David Shear met with the Vietnamese community in California to declare that human rights is one of the primary goals in relation to Vietnam.

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