"VN is moving in the direction of more freedom of the people"

I recently spent 5 months in Vietnam. I am a Vietnam Veteran. I was treated well. I have had a close association with the Vietnamese people. Now I am a member of a Vietnamese family. During the time I was in Vietnam I could see much more positive than negative. Every encounter I had with police was good. I found them much like police in the US except the police in Vietnam do not carry weapon. The fear of the government of Vietnam is mostly superstition like the negative feeling about the Vietnamese government in the US.

I would say that today that the government of Vietnam is far from perfect but it is moving in the direction of more freedom of the people. I would be glad to speak to anyone about my feeling on Vietnam today. I have been treated with honor and respect by the Vietnamese people and the Vietnamese government any time.

Allen W. Walker

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