Vietnamese exiles say he or members of his family may have been involved in corruption scnadals.
On her way back to Europe she was detained and forced into Vietnamese exile because of the war.
An outspoken Vietnamese exile has once again been murdered in the capital, raising new fears among refugees about speaking out in public or print.
Võ Văn Kiệt was the highest-ranking former government official to have openly spoken out about reconciliation with Vietnamese exiles and democracy activists.
Many Vietnamese exiles from the United States and Europe plan to attend the canonization cermonies.
There were now tens of thousands of Cambodian and Vietnamese exiles on Vietnamese territory.
He went to Paris in 1915 to get the support of progressive French politicians and Vietnamese exiles.
Refugees say some poor Vietnamese exiles, unable to raise cash for sea voyages, are volunteering for the work for pay or food.
Many Vietnamese exiles say the law allows Hanoi to mask the number of political prisoners it holds by simply reclassifying them as common criminals.
The indictment and court testimony held that Thailand had armed, trained and recruited resistance fighters from refugee camps where Vietnamese exiles were "starved and beaten."