By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 27, 2015
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Canadian ambassador to protest Canada’s recent move which officially mark April 30 as “Journey to Freedom Day,” informed Spokesman Le Hai Binh.
The bill, coded S-219 and introduced by Vietnam-origin Senator Ngo Thanh Hai, recognized April 30 as a national day to commemorate the exodus of Vietnamese refugees and their acceptance in Canada after the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese communist forces.
“This is a step backward in the relationship between the two countries, negatively affecting the growing relationship between Vietnam and Canada,” said Mr. Binh at a press conference in Hanoi on April 24, a few days after the bill, approved by the Canadian Senate in December last year, became effective.
“For Canadians of Vietnamese origin and the wide Vietnamese diaspora now living abroad, April 30 depicts a day when South Vietnam fell under the power of an authoritarian and oppressive communist regime that pays no heed to human rights,” Senator Hai said earlier.
“We remember April 30 as a black day because it represents the sad day we lost our country, our families, our friends, our homes, our freedom and our democratic rights. It commemorates a day of loss and grief,” he said.
The bill recalled one of the worst historic moments of Vietnam after the communists, with great support of the Soviet Union and China defeated Saigon regime supported by the U.S. After taking over Southern Vietnam, Hanoi imposed hard measures against former officials of the Saigon regime, forcing them to spend long time in re-educational camps with severe living conditions.
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese left the country in boats to other countries and they formed Vietnamese diaspora in many countries. Currently, over three millions of Vietnamese live abroad, mostly in the U.S., Australia, and Canada.
Together with overseas workers, Vietnamese refugees are sending huge remittance of between $8 billion and $11 billion every year to their home country.
Meanwhile, Vietnam and Canada are negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement which is expected to boost trade and investment between the two countries and eleven other nations, including the U.S. and Japan.
Canada is the 13th largest foreign investor in Vietnam, with total capital of nearly $5 billion in 138 projects.
Vietnam exported $2.3 billion of goods, mostly clothing, footwear and high-tech goods, according to Canadian government data. (mofa.gov.vn April 24)
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April 27, 2015
Vietnam Strongly Protests Canada’s Bill of “Journey to Freedom Day”
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
“For Canadians of Vietnamese origin and the wide Vietnamese diaspora now living abroad, April 30 depicts a day when South Vietnam fell under the power of an authoritarian and oppressive communist regime that pays no heed to human rights,” Senator Hai said earlier.
“We remember April 30 as a black day because it represents the sad day we lost our country, our families, our friends, our homes, our freedom and our democratic rights. It commemorates a day of loss and grief,” he said.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Apr 27, 2015
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Canadian ambassador to protest Canada’s recent move which officially mark April 30 as “Journey to Freedom Day,” informed Spokesman Le Hai Binh.
The bill, coded S-219 and introduced by Vietnam-origin Senator Ngo Thanh Hai, recognized April 30 as a national day to commemorate the exodus of Vietnamese refugees and their acceptance in Canada after the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese communist forces.
“This is a step backward in the relationship between the two countries, negatively affecting the growing relationship between Vietnam and Canada,” said Mr. Binh at a press conference in Hanoi on April 24, a few days after the bill, approved by the Canadian Senate in December last year, became effective.
“For Canadians of Vietnamese origin and the wide Vietnamese diaspora now living abroad, April 30 depicts a day when South Vietnam fell under the power of an authoritarian and oppressive communist regime that pays no heed to human rights,” Senator Hai said earlier.
“We remember April 30 as a black day because it represents the sad day we lost our country, our families, our friends, our homes, our freedom and our democratic rights. It commemorates a day of loss and grief,” he said.
The bill recalled one of the worst historic moments of Vietnam after the communists, with great support of the Soviet Union and China defeated Saigon regime supported by the U.S. After taking over Southern Vietnam, Hanoi imposed hard measures against former officials of the Saigon regime, forcing them to spend long time in re-educational camps with severe living conditions.
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese left the country in boats to other countries and they formed Vietnamese diaspora in many countries. Currently, over three millions of Vietnamese live abroad, mostly in the U.S., Australia, and Canada.
Together with overseas workers, Vietnamese refugees are sending huge remittance of between $8 billion and $11 billion every year to their home country.
Meanwhile, Vietnam and Canada are negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement which is expected to boost trade and investment between the two countries and eleven other nations, including the U.S. and Japan.
Canada is the 13th largest foreign investor in Vietnam, with total capital of nearly $5 billion in 138 projects.
Vietnam exported $2.3 billion of goods, mostly clothing, footwear and high-tech goods, according to Canadian government data. (mofa.gov.vn April 24)