Viet Nam Human Rights
"Is Vietnam safe?"
27/3/16
“Is Vietnam safe?”
David, a Colombian, asked me when the public television showed a documentary
film about Vietnam war. That was an old film with the pictures of the war with
gunfire and dead people.
David told me about his
hometown, Mompox, a small town lying on the edge of the Madgalena river, the
first town of Colombia to gain the independence
from colonial
rule in Spain
in 1810. He also told me about General Simon Bolivar – the symbol of the South America, about the General journey in a famous
novel, General in complex fight of
Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
I told David that, I had
seen these images in stories about the prolonged fight for independence of my
country, which has “a lot of wars” as the thought of almost Latin America
people about Vietnam.
There is a common thing between Vietnam
and South America countries, the non-submission and faith
in what has been selected. The Latin America
people and Vietnamese people have fought, died and sacrificed their bonds and
blood to gain the independence. On September 2nd, the independence
day of Vietnam,
many Colombian friends congratulated us; my school spent a private status on
the facebook of the school to congratulate Vietnamese students; my teacher was
very happy and wrote some sentences in both Spanish and Vietnamese on board to
celebrate us. Having a independence day is a proud thing and just nations
sharing the desire of independence can understand the happiness of the honor...
I also have a lot of beautiful memories in country, which locates on the
other side of hemisphere. A Panamanian bartender asked where I come from when I
was bewildered in a shop. Knowing that Vietnam
is my hometown, he was very surprised and talked out loud: “Woa, Vietnam,
Ho Chi Minh”. The whole shop suddenly stirred. Everyone moved close to me,
talking and marveling. My country was far away but they had heard a lot about
it. “Ho Chi Minh, a hero, who had won France,
the United State
and even Japan.
Ho Chi Minh, you know, the Great” the bartender excitedly said. He showed me
all his knowledge about Vietnam,
other people brought me the lunch, gave me a cup of orange juice, an ice-cream,
a key chain... A little girl come from a heroic country, was welcomed in Panama.
If I hadn’t set foot on the country of the famous canal, I wouldn’t have
understood this pride.
It was very hard to explain to David that the film he saw was out-of-date. Vietnam is now
one of the safest countries in the world. I showed him 30s clip, marketing the Vietnam
tourism, a beautiful clip with perfect sound. He was surprised that “Vietnam has beautiful beaches as Colombia,
I want to visit your country”. “You know, I was heard that Vietnam is with wars, Japan
is with nuclear bombs and Colombia
is with drug” Juan Carlos Valencia, a lecturer at the University
of Bogota (the capital of Colombia)
told me. He said he will visit Vietnam, he has a lot of friends in Vietnam and his friends, who visited Vietnam, told him that “Vietnam is a paradise”.
“There are still a lot of things to do, I means our countries”, Juan said.
Juan’s subject at the university is inter-cultural communication. Juan often
meets Asian students and is a fan of Vietnamese food. Every week, Juan visits
his girl friend in Medellin, a developed city
300 km away from Bogota capital and they will
eat at a Vietnamese restaurant in Medellin.
Every day, Juan like eating noodle at a Asia restaurant in Bogota. The restaurant is very famous and
crowded. If you want to eat there, you have to book your table or queue up in
long lines of customers.
If someone asks me to introduce a typical festival in Vietnam, I will
introduce the “Troop Banquet Ceremony of
the Hoang Sa Flotilla”. I will tell the foreigner about Vietnamese fishermen,
who are always ready to sacrifice their lives to protect the country’s
sovereignty. That is the traditional of the nation and Vietnamese people.
Because the East Sea
is the flesh and blood of our Motherland./.
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Vietnam, in its struggle to develop its economy, is becoming a tourist paradise.
The people of Vietnam are warm and welcoming.
Vietnam is a large exporter of rice. The Red River and Mekong deltas are very fertile with at least three crops a year in the South.
Vietnam is now one of the most active countries in the economic integration in ASEAN region and the world
Foreigner visitors are coming to Vietnam to experience a lot of beautiful landscapes and delicious foods.
The country is now enjoying peace after hundreds of years of wars for independence. That peace is highly valued and most of the war damage has been cleared away.
I live in Viet Nam which is peaceful, happy, no terrorism, friendly, beautiful country.
Every country has a rich cultural heritage and natural beauty, yet Vietnam seems especially endowed.
I love Vietnam
There are now no wars in Vietnam, Vietnamese are now living in peace and have all conditions to develop.
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