Introduction
of the
Vietnam Populist Party (VPP) is
a grass root political organization, which is mainly active in
Our united network of
dedicated Vietnamese compatriots committed to promote human rights, democracy
and the social development of
Our immediate goal is
a Free and Fair General Election in
Our legitimate goal is
to help building a new nation of
Principle Priorities:
We advocate and support the following
important priorities:
1.
Campaigning for the People’s basic freedoms.
2. Campaigning
for a Free and Fair General National Election.
3. Forming
a multi-party government system.
4. Reconsiderating
unjust treaties signed by the Communist government of
5. Ending all
forms of discrimination against the ethnic minorities in
6. Tracing
and retrieving all national treasures, which have been misallocated by
corrupted government.
7.
Improving living standards of the mass.
Active
Programs:
Our current main active campaigns are:
· Initiating momentums
among the mass, this prepares for the democratization process.
·
Building
a strong political coalition, that is capable of adapting and keeping control
under any political circumstances.
· Supporting victims of
corruptions, power abused, and human rights violations, to file formal
complaints and raise public awareness.
· Circulating the VPP’s
official newsletters in
· Broadcasting Hoa-Mai
Radio programs via 25m short-wave (12130 kHz) into
· Supporting and
operating charity activities to help relief hardships of the needy in
Campaign Methodology
Our campaign
methodology is to build the power of the mass by uniting the oppressed and
victimized people. We also call for participation and support from government, police
and military personnel. We believe the people power will win against tyranny.
We also believe in the
right of people’s self-determination. We strongly assert that Vietnamese people
must solve Vietnamese problems by its self-determenation rights. However we
do respect international supports in the forms of respecting
We intend to transform
the government mechanisms, including military and police forces, to their
lawful position, instead of disassembling the whole government system and
building a new one from scratch. This will help reduce crisis during
transitional period and utilize the current workforces. The only mechanism
needed to disengage is the Communist cells planted in all government branches.
In whole, we aim to initiate a political
change by non-violent methods, to transform
About the
Leadership:
The VPP’s leaders are
consists of young and middle-aged human-rights advocates. Many of those have
been active since 1975.
Due to the security
reasons, VPP’s Coordinating Committee withheld name and location of most of its
officers, pending for an open and formal party convention in
At this time, the
Liaison Office located in
The formal leadership
establishment of the organization is pending upon a party convention expects to
be organized later in
Office of
Representative
Our Liaison Office
located in
Cooperating with the
Liaison Office are Associate Members from different countries, including
Mr. Nguyen CongBang
can be reached by phone at 713-499-9627 or via
email at
Our
Message to You
DVD sincerely welcomes
your comments, suggestions and constructive ideas based on mutual respecting.
As famous proverb taught: "A thousand-mile
journey begins with one step". Therefore, we step forward and wish
that you would join the journey of democratization and development of
Working together, we can build a new country
of
May God bless you and your family!
The Liaison Office
GENERAL POLICY OF THE
VPP
Vietnam Populist Party is the opposition party
to the ruling Vietnamese Communist Party. It advocates a non-violent campaign
for democracy, freedoms, social justice; and interests for the poor.
VPP's Standpoints:
· We do not accept the
monopolistic leadership of Vietnamese Communist Party.
· We do not collaborate with the
Vietnamese Communist Party to share political power.
· We do not seek political
solutions imposed by foreign countries.
· We do not resort to violence as
the means for our campaigns.
· We do not encourage retaliating
Communist officials when regime changed.
VPP's policies:
· Concentrating to activities
conducted inside
· Using
“Love to conquer hatred” as our motto (to resolve Vietnam War
remaining conflicts).
· Use the power of the mass as
our weapon (to restore democracy).
· Use non-violent means as our
ways (to campaign for human rights).
· Use good will of the people as
our guidelines (in establishing policies).
Our Commitment
We
committed ourselves:
1. To help resolve current crisis in
2. To prevent unexpected crisis that might
lead
3. To endure hardships in realizing our platform.
4. To respect and utilize all forms of
contribution.
5. To reconcile and unite among
Vietnamese.
4. To help guide
Our Roadmap
Our
Platform is an elaborate and systematic plan of action, includes two schemes, and
aimed at two main goals:
1. Scheme #1: Aimed
to form a multi-party government; by campaigning for A Free and Fair Election
in
• The
Vietnamese Communist Party is still in power.
• The
regime collapsed due to sudden political incidents or popular uprising.
The
Road Map also offers tentative plans for transitional period, aimed to prevent
bloodshed and social crisis.
2. Scheme #2: Aimed to restore
democracy, liberty, and build prosperity and progressives for
Vietnam Populist Party welcome any participation, co-operation
or support from any groups of people; regardless of ethnicity, religions, level
of education, social class or past activities; including current Vietnamese
Communist Party members who have a democratic and progressive frame of mind.
Mr. Nguyen CongBang was born in 1955. His family is native of Kien-Giang province in Southern Vietnam.
In 1973, he joined the Army of Republic of Vietnam and served
the nation against the invasion of Communists until the end of the war.
After the Communists took control of South Vietnam, he formed an
anti-communist group and actively campaigned for a free Vietnam until he was
arrested in 1977 and sent to labor camp without a formal court
sentence.
In 1978, he escaped from the camp and seeked refugee at Pulau Bidong island in Malaysia.
In 1979, he settled in Houston (Texas) and continued his drives of liberating Vietnam from Coomunists' rule.
In 1983, he founded Hanh-Trang Magazine, a monthly publication campaigned for a free Vietnam.
In 1985, he formed Vietnam Youth Group, campaiged for a free Vietnam.
In 1987, he worked with the United Front of Laotian People for the Liberation of Laos (led by the Laotian Ex-Prime Minister Phoumi Nosavan) aimed to build a logistic line for the Vietnamese resistant forces which are reportedly active in the Vietnam-Laos border zone at the time.
In 1990, he traveled back to Vietnam for the first time to visit his homeland for observation.
In 1991, he helped the Vietnamese People's Party (Đảng Nhân Dân Việt Nam) and Lien-Viet Coalition, organized a public protest in Saigon for land-dispute farmers from rural areas.
In 1992, he formed the Social Assistance Program for Vietnam (www.sap-vn.org) a.k.a. Green Cross, carried out humanitarian programs to help the needy and handicapped people throughout Vietnam. (see L.A. Times archive)
In 1994, he was detained in Saigon for 53 days for false accusation of underground anti-government activities.
In 1996, he resigned his post of the charity works and continue his efforts of restoring democracy and freedom for Vietnam.
In 1998, he joined the Free Vietnam Coalition Party (Lien-Dang Viet-Nam Tu-Do) and the Free Vietnam Government (Chinh Phu Viet Nam Tu Do). In 1999, he was elected to the post of Vice-President of the party for a 3-year term. He was also appointed as Spokeperson of the organization. In 2002, due to policy disagreements, he resigned from the posts. He formally left the organizations in early 2004.
In January 2005, he founded Hoa-Mai Group, a dedicated group of overseas Vietnamese pro-democracy advocates, introducing New Vietnam Platform -- an elaborate and systematic plan of actions, aiming for a Free and Fair General Election in Vietnam and a constructive proposal for a desired government of Vietnam. The proposal receives enormous supports from Vietnamese inside the country and abroad.
In 2006, encouraged by pro-democracy groups in Vietnam, he co-founded the Vietnam Populist Party (VPP) which is also referred as "For the People Party" by media in Vietnam. Since then he has been in charge of the Liaison Office based in Houston (Texas), also acts as the General Secretary of the VPP.
