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Chris Smith: The Communist party is not Vietnam's future. That future lies with Nguyen Van Dai and many other advocates of political…

On the recordMay 9, 2016
The Communist party is not Vietnam's future. That future lies with Nguyen Van Dai and many other advocates of political reform and human rights.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith asserts that Vietnam's future depends on reform advocates like Nguyen Van Dai.

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