Speech #1090172200

Fl 1630 After the Vietnam War. we remain with a divided Vietnam. the North and South Vietnam. but over the years. this Congress and these administrations have moved more closely to try to develop alliances with the United States and North and South Vietnam. under the argument that engagement is responsible and it helps to promote democracy. I would say that many of the Vietnamese in the Vietnamese community of the United States know that that is still a difficult road. Many are still fighting for family reunification. for the right to visit their families. or the right for their families to be reunited with them. Even though we move closer and closer to trade relationships. we still have harsh conditions in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. and that has to do with the ongoing fight for confiscated and personal property that has not been returned. Unfortunately. as the oneparty system was established under the Vietnamese Communist Party. uncompensated confiscation of real and personal property from Vietnamese citizens was widespread and there was no solution.