Democratic Voice of Vietnam
May 29, 2013
According to the Global Dispatch, the Vietnamese police detained Truong Duy Nhat, 49 and a former journalist who ran a blog containing anti-state views, on Sunday May 26.
He was first detained at his home in Da Nang City and then soon transported to Ha Noi, as part of a widening crackdown on dissent in the Communist-run country, according to a Voices of America report.
Nhat was charged of “abusing democratic freedoms in order to infringe upon the interests of the state, the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and/or citizens” under article 258 of the criminal code.
Read more: http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/vietnamese-blogger-truong-duy-nhat-arrested-for-anti-state-views-and-dissent-94746/
However, Dong Phung Viet, another blogger, believes that the triggering factor was Nhat’s recent decision to conduct a public vote of confidence of members of the Communist leadership, modeled after the National Assembly’s announced plan to conduct a vote of confidence of government leaders by National Assembly members.
The results of this public opinion survey may have angered the leadership. At the time of Nhat’s arrest, his blog, titled “A Different View”, was immediately shut down. However, blogger Dong Phung Viet was able to capture the survey data and compiled them as follows.
Position/Name Total votes High confidence Fair confidence Low confidence No confidence
President
Trương Tấn Sang 958 13% (121 Votes) 34% (327 Votes) 30% (291 Votes) 23% (219 Votes)
Vice President
Nguyễn Thị Doan 817 1% (8 Votes) 8% (69 Votes) 24% (194 Votes) 67% (546 Votes)
Speaker of the
National Assembly
Nguyễn Sinh Hùng 777 1% (10 Votes) 8% (66 Votes) 31% (237 Votes) 60% (464 Votes)
Deputy Speaker
Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân 687 8% (57 Votes) 39% (266 Votes) 32% (220 Votes) 21% (144 Votes)
Deputy Speaker
Tòng Thị Phóng 629 1%(3 Votes) 7%(45 Votes) 34% (215 Votes) 58% (366 Votes)
Deputy Speaker
Uông Chu Lưu 532 2%(9 Votes) 22% (118 Votes) 40%, (212 Votes) 36% (193 Votes)
Deputy Speaker
Huỳnh Ngọc Sơn 497 3%(11 Votes) 22% (109 Votes) 43% (216 Votes) 32% (161 Votes)
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng 820 4%(33 Votes) 3%(25 Votes) 17% (136 Votes) 76% (626 Votes)
Deputy PM
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc 625 2%(11 Votes) 8%(50 Votes) 29% (182 Votes) 61% (382 Votes)
Deputy PM
Nguyễn Thiện Nhân 627 3%(18 Votes) 20% (126 Votes) 39% (243 Votes) 38% (240 Votes)
Deputy PM
Hoàng Trung Hải 594 1%(8 Votes) 9%(52 Votes) 25% (149 Votes) 65% (385 Votes)
Deputy PM
Vũ Văn Ninh 583 1%(8 Votes) 18% (104 Votes) 40% (233 Votes) 41% (238 Votes)
