sentenced to eight years on March 30, 2007.  The image of Father Ly's trial in which a Communist goon is covering his mouth has become a symbol of Chong Cong, or Resistance, by Vietnamese in the worldwide diaspora that began in April 1975 with the Communist invasion of South Vietnam.  The NVA was supported with a large infusion of weapons from the Soviet Union and backup troops from China, whereas the United States did not honor a promise made of supplying money and supplies and cut off the South Vietnamese at the moment of Communist aggression.