Bỏ Điều 4 Hiến Pháp - Tự Sát Hay Hồi Sinh *

The graffiti means to ask the communist party to abolish article 4 in Viet Nam's constitution where its state that "only the VN communist party rules the country, no other party has legitimate right to challenge with them". Therefore, any party forms within Viet Nam will consider as illegal, giving the communist power to suppress.

A full description is found at:

http://www.vietvungvinh.com/Portal.asp?goto=VietNam/2007/20070830_08.htm

Thank you, People's Democratic Party for sending the photograph and explanation. 

The following article is from Women for Human Rights in Vietnam. 

Hanoi, August 30, 2007 � In an effort to learn more about the condition of democracy and human rights in Vietnam, Mr. Michael Orona, Deputy Director of the Office of Asia and Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department, had scheduled to meet with pro-democracy activists in Hanoi.

 The meeting, arranged by Women for Human Rights in Vietnam , had been scheduled to take place at the office of Mr. Nguyen Phuong Anh in Hanoi at 3 PM on August 30, 2007. Mr. Orona, supposedly was to meet with fifteen pro-democracy activists including Mr. Pham Van Troi, Mr. Vu Hung, Mr. Pham Duc Chinh, Mr. Do Duy Thong� However, the Hanoi regime attempted to prevent this meeting by holding a number of these activists against their will at police stations in their local provinces, preventing them from traveling to Hanoi to meet with Mr. Orona. For example, Mr. Pham van Troi was held at the Ha Tay police station. In addition to Mr. Pham van Troi, six other pro-democracy activists who live outside Hanoi were taken into custody as well.

 Therefore, the meeting with Mr. Orona began with only eight pro-democracy activists, those living in Hanoi . However, the meeting was broken up after thirty minutes by a police raid of the office, during which all Vietnamese attendees of the meeting were taken to the Bach-Khoa police station for questioning.

Thank you, Women for Human Rights in Vietnam and the People's Democratic Party