Vào cuối tuần vừa qua, khoảng 30 anh chị em trẻ thuộc các hội đoàn như VietACT (Liên Minh Người Việt Chống Tệ Nạn Buôn Người), Tổng Hội Sinh Viên (THSV), Đoàn Thanh Niên Phan Bội Châu, và VPAC (Uûy Ban Vận Động Chính Trị Người Mỹ Gốc Việt) đã tụ tập trong một phiên họp tại văn phòng Tổng Hội Sinh Viên để lên kế hoạch tổ chức sinh hoạt Đêm Nhân Quyền sắp tới. 

Every day of the year, there are human rights violations against people all over the world. Women, children and men are being raped, abused, exploited, tortured and persecuted, beyond our imaginations in places close to home like Vietnam and even here in the United States.

It must be stopped.

On December 9^th, 2006, the evening before Universal Human Rights Day, a collaboration of passionate and motivated individuals and organizations including the Vietnamese Alliance to Combat Trafficking (VietACT) will organize an evening of awareness.                                                     

By John E. Carey
November 17, 2006

President Bush is making an historic visit to Vietnam this weekend. While the agenda is crowded with discussion of trade, North Korea, Iraq, the War Against Terror and other issues, American Human Rights activists are pressing for the United States to make stronger statements about Vietnam's record on human rights.

Let's Respect Human Dignity of Foreign Wives

``Marry Vietnamese Women’’ _ says advertisement placards set up in the countryside and on the outskirts of metropolises. And many Korean men follow the advice: In 2000, there were only 95 Korean-Vietnamese couples, but the number has rocketed to more than 10,000 in just five years. The government might as well thank its Vietnamese counterpart for helping to solve the problem of numerous rural bachelors. The problems are a very inhumane matchmaking process and many unhappy marriages.