From: Thang D. Nguyen <Thang.Nguyen@bpsos.org>
To: "hieudoanbdq@yahoo.com" <hieudoanbdq@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 4:05 PM
Subject: FW: [Daploisongnui] Fw: Đề nghị TS Nguyễn Đình Thắng giúp làm sáng tỏ vụ Houston - Đà Nẵng
To: "hieudoanbdq@yahoo.com" <hieudoanbdq@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 4:05 PM
Subject: FW: [Daploisongnui] Fw: Đề nghị TS Nguyễn Đình Thắng giúp làm sáng tỏ vụ Houston - Đà Nẵng
Thua Ong Doan,
Rat cam on Ong da lien lac voi chung toi. Toi hom qua chung toi da tra loi bang thu rieng cho bac Thinh. (*Chắc là Nguyễn Đạt Thịnh-Mt68)
Co le vi nhin tu ngoai nen mot so nguoi quan tam trong cong dong khong nam vung moi chi tiet. Duoi day la phan tom tat:
- Biet duoc moi quan tam cua nhieu dong huong, cuoi thang 11 nam ngoai chung toi tim hieu van de nay va biet rang Ba Thi Truong Parker da ky ket mot giao uoc voi Ong Van Huu Chien ngay 12 thang 7, mo duong cho cuoc tiep xuc voi Ong Nguyen Thanh Son ngay 15 thang 10 sau do. Xem tin: http://www.houstontx.gov/intltrade/august2012.html, http://www.houstontx.gov/intltrade/officeupdates.html.
- Ngay 2 thang 12 chung toi viet bai de nghi cach thuc de doi pho: http://www.machsong.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2552. Chung toi cung len chuong trinh phat thanh Saigon Houston Radio de trinh bay de nghi nay. Chung toi mong se co nhung nguoi co long dung ra thuc hien nhung dieu de nghi vi ca nhan chung toi can tiep tuc nhung cong viec uu tien dang tien hanh.
- Ngay 17 thang 12 xay ra viec cong an Da Nang dua xa hoi den den hanh hung va ham doa mot gia dinh giao dan Con Dau. Nguoi con trai trong gia dinh nay nam trong toan nguoi Con Dau lanh nan o Thai Lan va da duoc chung toi can thiep thanh cong cho quyen ti nan; cau ta vua den Hoa Ky dinh cu duoc 2 thang truoc do. Xem tin: http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/in_depth/con-dau-family-run-assaulted-police-ml-12252012231606.html. Chung toi nghi rang chinh quyen Da Nang quay tro lai ap buc dong bao o Con Dau vi tu tin rang ho co quyen dan ap dan mot cach vo toi va khi thay chinh quyen Houston khong ngan ngai khi lien ket va ket nghia voi Da Nang. Luc ay van chua thay ai dung ra thuc hien nhung dieu chung toi de nghi. Truoc tinh trang gay can o Con Dau, chung toi phai hanh dong chu khong the cho them duoc nua. Ngay 23 thang 12 chung toi thao van thu cho anh NguyenThanh Tai, cu dan Houston co em trai la Nguyen Thanh Nam bi tra tan den chet o Con Dau. Anh ay da gui la thu nay cho Ba Thi Truong voi noi dung: http://www.machsong.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2583. Chung toi cung thao la thu cho co Vu Phuong-Anh, cung la cu dan Houston, de gui cho Ba Thi Truong Parker. Vai hom sau chung toi dich than chuyen cho Ba Thi Truong la thu nua cua mot cap vo chong cu dan Houston da bi chinh quyen Viet Nam tuoc doat tai san.
- Sau do chung toi nho mot giao su Dai Hoc Luat va chu tich mot to chuc Luat Su Nhan Quyen o Houston lien lac voi van phong Ba Thi Truong de yeu cau hoi dap. Ong Matthew Shailer, Phu Ta Dac Biet cua Ba Thi Truong ve Mau Dich & Phat Trien Quoc Te, da trao doi email voi chung toi, co su tham du cua Co Deanea Flore, dac trach nghi le, va Terence O’Neill, dac trach van de buon nguoi. Chung toi nhac lai cac diem chinh trong thu cua cac cu dan Houston gui Ba Thi Truong (xin xem noi dung o cuoi email). Sau nhieu dot trao doi, ngay 7 thang 12 Ong Matthew Shailer khang dinh rang ban ky ket ngay 12 thang 7 chi la mot “tuyen bo” (statement) chu khong phai “thoa thuan” (agreement). Ong ta giai thich rang Ba Thi Truong moi chi co y dinh tham do thoi, chu khong he thoa thuan se lien ket hay ket nghia. Khi gap phai doan nguoi Viet o Houston 2 ngay sau do, Ong Matthew Shailer tai khang dinh dieu nay.
Theo chung toi nhan xet, van phong Ba Thi Truong thoat tien rat ham ho ve ke hoach ket nghia voi Da Nang. Cho den khi chung ta len tieng, ho khong hieu gi nhieu ve che do cong san o Viet Nam va nhung thuong ton ma che do ay da gay ra cho nhieu nguoi Viet cu ngu o ngay tai Houston. Ho chi nghi, mot cach don gian, den trien vong phat trien mau dich, van hoa, v.v. voi Da Nang va nhu vay la dem loi ich ve cho Houston. Khi nhan duoc cac thu tu chinh mot so cu dan Houston, Ba Thi Truong nhin ra van de va quyet dinh thoai lui khoi y dinh nay. Cac la thu nay cai Ba Thi Truong vao the luong nan neu tien hanh ke hoach ket nghia voi Da Nang: neu khong len tieng bao ve cho quyen loi cua cu dan da bi xam pham theo yeu cau cua cac la thu, thi se mang tieng tac trach hay ky thi; con nhu len tieng thi khong khac gi tat vao mat cua doi phuong (chinh quyen Viet Nam). Xin luu y la ban tin chinh thuc tren trang web cua Toa Thi Chinh ghi la hai ben da ky ket “agreement.” Sau nay ho khang dinh rang khong phai la “agreement” ma chi la “statement”.
Moi quan tam cua bac Thinh ve van ban ky ket giua Ba Parker va Ong Chien la dung, dung vao thoi diem truoc nam nay. Nhung sau do Ba Parker da thay doi y dinh. Co theo doi truoc va sau thi chung ta se thay su viec ro rang hon.
Hy vong nhung dieu giai thich tren day dap ung duoc phan nao thac mac cua Ong.
Chung toi van de nghi la dong bao o Houston tiep tuc theo doi va nhac nho Ba Thi Truong ve moi quan tam cua minh. Khi ho thay doi y dinh lan nay, thi cung co the ho lai se thay doi y dinh lan nua neu chung ta lo la.
Kinh thu,
Nguyen Dinh Thang
Dear Matthew,
Thank you for the prompt response. I appreciate the introduction to Ms. Leflore.
I understand that on July 12, Mayor Parker met with the Chairman of Da Nang City Van Huu Chien; the two signed an agreement to promote ties and explore business opportunities between the two cities. I welcome this development as an opportunity to also address issues of concern to many other sectors among the citizenry of Houston, most importantly compensations for the damages that Da Nang City in particular and the Vietnamese government in general have directly caused to Vietnamese-Americans living in Houston, including:
- Houstonians who were themselves or who have loved ones tortured by the Vietnamese authorities. Mr. Tai (Simon) Nguyen, who wrote directly to Mayor Parker, is but one typical case: his younger brother was tortured to death by Da Nang authorities in July of 2010. The surviving widow and two children are now seeking asylum in Thailand; I met them in Bangkok not too long ago. In our work, we have helped thousands of torture survivors who have resettled from Vietnam to the US. Our office in Houston alone has sent hundreds of such torture survivors to medical assessment of disabilities caused by torture. There are 30,000 such torture survivors who have been resettled to the US under a special program (Humanitarian Operation) since 1990. The consequences of torture on them have been well documented in numerous studies (see http://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/1998/09000/The_Dose_Effect_Relationships_between_Torture_and.5.aspx andhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19884610 for example). We estimate that the physical, psychiatric and emotional damages could amount to hundreds of millions of US dollars.
- Houstonians who were trafficked by the Vietnamese authorities and then threatened, harassed or persecuted by the same authorities because they exposed government-sponsored trafficking schemes. Ms. Phuong-Anh Vu, one of the victims, wrote to Mayor Parker. Her story is well documented in the media and in Congressional records. (See http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/10/phuong_anh_camsa_slavery.phpfor example.) She is not the only one living in Houston. In 2000 we rescued some 250 Vietnamese victims trafficked to the American Samoa; a score of them now live in Houston. In 2001 the High Court of American Samoa ruled that two Vietnamese state-owned labor export companies must pay 3.5 million US dollars in compensations to the victims. After 11 years, not a cent has been paid. And there is also the Coast to Coast case, which Naomi has more information on.
- Houstonians whose properties were unlawfully nationalized by the Vietnamese authorities. In our estimate, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese Americans had their properties left in Vietnam expropriated without compensation when Vietnam's National Assembly passed land laws in 1993 and 2003 to nationalize both their lands and their homes. Probably tens of thousands Houstonians are affected. Late last year we launched a petition to the White House and gathered 25,000 signatures within 3 weeks. (See http://wh.gov/4oS4.)
We hope that Mayor Parker would take every opportunity available to bring the above issues to the Vietnamese authorities, especially the government of Da Nang and the Vietnamese General Consulate in Houston. It would only make sense for them to consider paying fair and prompt compensations to affected Houstonians so as to allay legitimate concerns regarding doing business with a government that does not respect the personal safety and the private properties of Americans, that ignores American laws and court rulings, and that engages in unfair business competition through modern-day slavery.
I am including Atty. Vinh Ho, Executive Director of BPSOS-Houston. He may have information and points to add to this conversation via email or at a meeting with you in person.
Sincerely,
Thang
Nguyen Dinh Thang, PhD
Executive Director
BPSOS
Thank you for the prompt response. I appreciate the introduction to Ms. Leflore.
I understand that on July 12, Mayor Parker met with the Chairman of Da Nang City Van Huu Chien; the two signed an agreement to promote ties and explore business opportunities between the two cities. I welcome this development as an opportunity to also address issues of concern to many other sectors among the citizenry of Houston, most importantly compensations for the damages that Da Nang City in particular and the Vietnamese government in general have directly caused to Vietnamese-Americans living in Houston, including:
- Houstonians who were themselves or who have loved ones tortured by the Vietnamese authorities. Mr. Tai (Simon) Nguyen, who wrote directly to Mayor Parker, is but one typical case: his younger brother was tortured to death by Da Nang authorities in July of 2010. The surviving widow and two children are now seeking asylum in Thailand; I met them in Bangkok not too long ago. In our work, we have helped thousands of torture survivors who have resettled from Vietnam to the US. Our office in Houston alone has sent hundreds of such torture survivors to medical assessment of disabilities caused by torture. There are 30,000 such torture survivors who have been resettled to the US under a special program (Humanitarian Operation) since 1990. The consequences of torture on them have been well documented in numerous studies (see http://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/1998/09000/The_Dose_Effect_Relationships_between_Torture_and.5.aspx andhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19884610 for example). We estimate that the physical, psychiatric and emotional damages could amount to hundreds of millions of US dollars.
- Houstonians who were trafficked by the Vietnamese authorities and then threatened, harassed or persecuted by the same authorities because they exposed government-sponsored trafficking schemes. Ms. Phuong-Anh Vu, one of the victims, wrote to Mayor Parker. Her story is well documented in the media and in Congressional records. (See http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/10/phuong_anh_camsa_slavery.phpfor example.) She is not the only one living in Houston. In 2000 we rescued some 250 Vietnamese victims trafficked to the American Samoa; a score of them now live in Houston. In 2001 the High Court of American Samoa ruled that two Vietnamese state-owned labor export companies must pay 3.5 million US dollars in compensations to the victims. After 11 years, not a cent has been paid. And there is also the Coast to Coast case, which Naomi has more information on.
- Houstonians whose properties were unlawfully nationalized by the Vietnamese authorities. In our estimate, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese Americans had their properties left in Vietnam expropriated without compensation when Vietnam's National Assembly passed land laws in 1993 and 2003 to nationalize both their lands and their homes. Probably tens of thousands Houstonians are affected. Late last year we launched a petition to the White House and gathered 25,000 signatures within 3 weeks. (See http://wh.gov/4oS4.)
We hope that Mayor Parker would take every opportunity available to bring the above issues to the Vietnamese authorities, especially the government of Da Nang and the Vietnamese General Consulate in Houston. It would only make sense for them to consider paying fair and prompt compensations to affected Houstonians so as to allay legitimate concerns regarding doing business with a government that does not respect the personal safety and the private properties of Americans, that ignores American laws and court rulings, and that engages in unfair business competition through modern-day slavery.
I am including Atty. Vinh Ho, Executive Director of BPSOS-Houston. He may have information and points to add to this conversation via email or at a meeting with you in person.
Sincerely,
Thang
Nguyen Dinh Thang, PhD
Executive Director
BPSOS
Nguyen Dinh Thang, PhD
Executive Director
BPSOS (Boat People SOS)
6066 Leesburg Pike, Suite 100
Falls Church, VA 22041 USA
Falls Church, VA 22041 USA
Tel: 703-538-2190, x76476
Fax: 703-538-2191
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