Intellasia has been very an active promoter of investing in Vietnam for many years now. But unfortunately today August 17 Intellasia is under official attack. In many online newspapers belonging to the state, there are many long articles alleging the Intellasia website is 'illegal' and has 'reactionary' content. These articles follow six weeks of harassment and interrogation of the proprietors and staff here at Intellasia. The articles state that the owner of the website 'illegally operates a website without a license'. This is despite the fact that the proprietor had categorically shown evidence that the website is owned and operated by two Australians—one in Vietnam and the other in Australia. +++ A recall initiative for Councilwoman Madison Nguyen is under way after she limited the right of people to speak on the matter of the entry portal designation of the Story Road entrance into San Jose, stating that the term Vietnamese Business District was FREE SPEECH. I don't know very much about Vietnam or the Vietnamese Community. But I do know Santa Clara County, where I have lived for more than 40 years as an adult. (San Jose is our capital.) I know that using the term 'free speech" to cover up a land grab by businesses with allegiance to a foreign government (Vietnam) is demagoguery.* Jean Libby, editor VietAm Review    more »