Can the Vietnamese ever speak for democracy? A look on Myanmar's protest.
Speaking on the ongoing Myanmar protests, which claimed the lives of more than 500 citizens, the protest has led me to think and question the desire of the protesters, and its willingness to commit for a long term run. At the same time, my soul spun to see on Vietnam, a country that is considered as the most brutal dictatorship in Southeast Asia, even above Myanmar; yet the Vietnamese people in majority, instead of taking its stance in solidarity for democracy; have chosen a cold-blooded extrusion of democratic activists, even banishing them away. Then, I look at Vietnamese abroad. Majority of them are refugees who fled from Vietnam, and surely they are more vocal for democracy, and absolutely, they did demonstrate by calling for solidarity, supporting the Burmese protesters. Yet, their call has been mocked as a foxed move, and this was owned by an action on January 2021 that stayed as a stain forever on the status of Vietnamese former refugees. To think, can Vietnamese ever speak for ...