By NGUYEN-KHOA THAI-ANH
While mainstream America is still reeling economically from the recession and remain uncommitted on who to vote for in the November election, Vietnamese Americans are clamoring for basic human rights in U.S.–Viet Nam relations.
Despite intercession by the U.S. Congress and diplomatic, behind-the-scenes efforts by the American embassy and others, the Viet Nam government hardly relents. The onset of the Arab Spring, coupled with sporadic incidents with China’s territorial transgressions as well the riots of China’s own people, do not make Vietnamese leaders sleep easy at night, especially with Burma inching toward democratic reforms.
To change the tide, the United States will need to take a more forceful hand in diplomacy. As the first African American president, President Obama personifies the long struggle for human rights in America. Yet, under his watch, there has been a muddled response to the Viet Nam’s human-rights issues.
While many in the U.S. are viewing President Obama moving the country to a more gentle direction as positive, the perception he has not taken the Vietnamese American grievances of communist Viet Nam seriously may backfire on him. Whether Vietnamese American leaders can mobilize hundreds of thousand votes in the upcoming election for his opponent remains to be seen, but this much is known: something must be done.
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