Tags: Vietnam

Included an event at a memorial that consisted of a downed U.S. bomber and learning a pro-Communist song

Somebody tell CPAC it's 2013

Went to Vietnam to promote democracy

Tough market to crack

Were connected with banned pro-democracy movements

Not big respecters of free speech

Don't let his reputation as a peacenik fool you. John Kerry is no anti-interventionist.

Prison sentences were for "Anti-State Propaganda"

Confidence in local police is low

Not a surprise, really

The government isn't quite ready to sign on to the whole concept of public criticism

Democrats have been more rhetorically anti-war than actually so

Famous for burning monk photo

It is the first time the US has been directly involved in such a clean up effort.

Tensions between Beijing and Hanoi have mounted in recent weeks over what China calls the South China Sea and Vietnam the East Sea.

A country in which homosexuals are currently whipped is seriously considering allowing them to marry.