International Vietnamese Youth Conference

These political groups justify their actions by claiming that human rights abuses in Vietnam are caused by the CPV[citation needed].

Len Duong, among other groups, has organised campaigns speaking out against the detention of dissidents who call for additional political freedoms and multi-party elections (see Bloc 8406).

[3] It was co-hosted by the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California as well as the Phan Boi Chau Youth Network.

[5] It then was followed by a three-day camp at William Heise Park near San Diego and concluded with a press conference in Westminster, California on July 16.

In this spirit, it included some unusually reconciliatory activities, such as a debate, in the form of a fictional legal trial, concerning what punishment should be given to a communist official who accidentally killed a protester supporting the old South Vietnamese regime.

[10] Notable speakers of the conference included Premesh Chandran, CEO of a Malaysian news media organization, who spoke about grassroots approaches to free expression in the face of internet censorship and Chee Siok Chin from the Singapore Democratic Party.

[11] While Vietnamese film director Ham Tran was unable to attend, he gave the permission for his boat people drama Journey from the Fall to be screened at the festival to attendees.