To Jim Longo and any others interested in Human Rights, or the lack thereof, in contemporary Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia (with great thanks for your interest). Please see these websites which will keep you far more up-to-date and informed than the dysfunctional "news media."

For Viet Nam:
fva.org crfvn.org Montagnard-Foundation.org Hoahao.org vnhrnet.org caodai.net gb4hr.net

Also see these general websites which have "search" buttons to click on for Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos:

hrw.org (Hman Rights Watch) cpj.org (committee to protect journalists, ranks countries by degree of oppression) amnestyusa.org (Amnesty International)
uscirf.gov (US Commission for International Relgious Freedom. Call 202 523-3240 and ask for free copies of their 2003 report on Viet Nam, and 2004 annual report mentioning Viet Nam and Laos) rsf.org (Reporters Sans Frontiers/Without borders. Like cpj.org, rsf.org looks at oppression of press/speech) unpo.org (Unrepresented People's and Organizations. Focus on ethnic minorities with no political voice, as is case with Montagnards in Viet Nam) phaseloop.com (surveys political prisoners and has list of same in Laos, Viet Nam) Freedomhouse.org (did report in 2003, submitted to UN, listing Laos and Viet Nam as among 19 worst governments in world; report can be downloaded from website)

CAMBODIA: khmerintelligence.org (fantastic source of information on government by thuggery in Cambodia. Current president, Hun Sen, is former Hanoi-trained Khmer Rouge complicit in earlier "killing fields" mega-atrocity) khmerkrom.net (ethnic Cambodians living in Viet Nam's Mekong Delta, subjected to degrees of ethnic leveling) Cambodiapolitics.org camweb.org khmernet.com cambodiadaily.com (English language newspaper published in Cambodia) gocambodia.com

LAOS: (as with Cambodia, these two nations can be found on general human rights organizations cited above: amnestyusa, hrw.org, cpj.org, etc.) laoveterans.com laohumrights.org vietianetimes.com laodemocracy.com laonews.net

HMONG (Laos' major ethnic minority) hmongnet.org hmongihrw.org (human rights watch) Hmongnation.com hndlink.org hmongcenter.org hmongtimes.com neeg.org hmongtoday.com Also see longwalkforfreedom.org and www.longwalkforfreedom.org (I do not know why "www" distinguishes between two sites but it does) for day-by-day account of current Hmong people march from Minnesota to Washington D.C. to raise awareness of egregious human rights violations and ethnic leveling of Hmong and non-communist Lao in Laos. They need donations and help, and you WILL NOT SEE ANY OF THIS on our wonderful news media.
   This will get anyone started on keeping track of cesspool that is SE Asia today. See also another website: transparency.org This outfit gauges and ranks countries annualy by degree of corruption. Viet Nam now way down near bottom.
   To Jim: Jim, please leave your email address and more information will be provided to you directly. Don't want to take up too much of this space here. Thank you, very, very much, for your concern.