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When police came to Nguyen Van Dai's door on Feb. 8, the Vietnamese human-rights lawyer thought he was in for a routine questioning session. After all, police had summoned the high-profile dissident at least five times in the previous six months to grill him about his educational seminars on democracy. But this time was different. Dai was taken to his local People's Committee, where about 200 murmuring citizens were waiting to denounce him for crimes against society. One by one, members of the audience, most of them elderly, shuffled to the microphone to criticize...
...season of singles streaks and doubles reshuffling for the Crimson. Junior Dan Nguyen pulled off a four-game win streak at the season’s outset—moving up the ladder from No. 4 or 5 to No. 3 in the process—and winning seven of his first nine matches...
...newly elected captains Nguyen and Clayton, the Crimson will have a strong lineup with a good mix of experience and youth...
When police came to Nguyen Van Dai's door on Feb. 8, the Vietnamese human rights lawyer thought he was in for an ordinary questioning session. He was certainly used to them, having been called in by police at least a dozen times for running educational seminars on democracy, which authorities said threatened national security. But this time, it was different. Dai was taken to his local People's Committee, where about 200 murmuring citizens were waiting to denounce him for his crimes against society. One by one, the audience, mostly elderly, came to the microphone to speak - sometimes heatedly...
...hard to convince ordinary Vietnamese that their system is actually becoming more open and democratic. Hanoi may soon announce the results of its May 20 National Assembly elections, touted as a democratic exercise because the government actively encouraged pre-screened "self-nominated" candidates to run. In February, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held an unprecedented online chat with ordinary citizens, in which he frankly answered questions on the economy and press censorship. Meanwhile, state media have published lengthy articles criticizing multi-party "Western-style" democracy as messy and debilitating, while trumpeting the "Vietnamese style" of one-party rule...