February 20, 2019
President Donald Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

On the occasion of your coming to Hanoi to attend the US – North Korea Summit on February 27 and 28, 2019, we, the undersigned, representatives of the Alliance for an Independent and Democratic Vietnam, a coalition that brings together organizations, civil societies, and people from Vietnam and abroad with the purpose of fighting for freedom, democracy, independence and territorial integrity for Vietnam, highly appreciate your efforts for peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the Asia Pacific region which includes Vietnam.
We wish you and your country a great success.

We would like to take this opportunity to write to you and your country to present the Vietnamese people’s thoughts as follows:

On Vietnam, since 1954 in the North and since 1975 for both North and South Vietnam, the Vietnamese Communist Party has imposed a totalitarian regime on our country, human rights have been violated, people’s basic freedoms are deprived. Since the United States normalized relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1995, although the Hanoi government has somewhat eased its reign on the economy, people are still not allowed to exercise basic freedoms and democracy, the country still has no future, many prisoners of conscience are still unjustly detained or placed under house arrest, independent religions are still suppressed and cruelly treated.

Externally, Beijing’s Communist authorities used force to occupy the South China Sea, including Vietnam’s Paracel and Spratly Islands, established military bases to control the Southeast Asian nations, implemented a policy of expansion and world domination, and endangered the security and interests of the United States and others around the globe.

Dear Mr. President,

We learned from your published defense strategy that the South China Sea is one of the places where US interests need to be protected. We believe that Vietnam, if it becomes a free and democratic country, will be a useful partner and a reliable ally which will help your government’s Indian-Pacific strategy achieve great success.

Therefore, we respectfully submit to you the following requests:

1- Supporting the Vietnamese people to have a government truly free and democratic, especially the freedom of religion and beliefs, so that people can live in freedom, peace and prosperity; contributing to the stability, peace and prosperity in the Asia Pacific region; and securing the interests of the United States of America.

2. Pressuring Hanoi authorities to immediately release all prisoners of conscience who are still in detention, including religious practitioners and believers, to return property confiscated back to religious organizations and people.

3. Forcing the Beijing Communist government to:

a. Respect international laws for the sea and sovereignty of nations.
b. Disband military bases which have been set up illegally in the South China Sea.

4. Help Vietnam bring the issue of South China Sea to the international Permanent Court of Arbitration to deal with parts of the sea and islands that China have previously forcibly taken from Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.
May the Almighty bless Mr. President and the American people.

Best regards,

Vietnam and Overseas, February 20, 2019

The Alliance for an Independent and Democratic Vietnam

I) The Advisory Council
– Pastor Nguyen Hoang Hoa: Head of Vietnam-US Lutheran Protestant Community Church.
– Father Nguyen Van Ly: Priest of Archdiocese of Hue, Prisoner of Conscience, Vietnam National Association contact.
– Chief Justice Hua Phi: Chief Representative of Nhon Sanh Block of Cao Dai Church, Tay Ninh Holy See (Traditional Cao Dai).

– Mr. Le Van Soc: Public Relations Chairman Assistant of the Pure Hoa Hao Buddhist Church.
– Most Venerable Thich Khong Tanh: Deputy Director of the Executive Council of the Sangha of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam.
– Most Venerable Thich Quang Thanh: The Abbot of Bao Quang Pagoda in California, USA. Chairman of the Executive Council of Vietnam Buddhist Church in the World.
– Venerable Thich Huyen Viet: President of the Second Bureau for the Dissemination of the Dharma, President of Overseas Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam.
– Former Major General Nguyen Duy Hinh: Former commander of 3rd Infantry Division of the Republic of Vietnam, former IV Corps Deputy Commander, former ARVN I and III Corps Chief of Staff.
– Dr. Do Van Hoi: Former Chairman of the Executive Board of the Vietnamese American National Federation of the United States.

II) The Executive Council:

– Engineer Le Thanh Nhan: Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Vietnam Nationalist Party. President.
– Rev. Vu Minh: Former Lieutenant Commander of the US Air Force, former Deputy Commander of the US Air Force Chaplaincy Space Division. Chief of the Church of the Martyrs of Vietnam in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Deputy President.
– Mr. Phan Thanh Chau. Deputy President.
– Mr. Le Quoc Viet. Deputy President.
– Mr. Quang Bao: Khuong Viet Forum. Deputy President.
– Mr. Nguyen Thien Van. Deputy President.
– Dr. Nguyen Hong Dung. Deputy President.
– Mr. Le Trung Khuong. Deputy President.
– Dr. Tran Quoc Hung: Vietnam Democracy Center. General Secretary.
– Mr. Chau Kim Khanh. Assistant General Secretary.
– Mr. Phan Ngoc Thach: Former President of North Dallas Business Association, former US Army Officer. Finance Committee Director.
– Mr. Huynh Loc. Treasurer.
– Mr. Vo Thanh Nhan. Communication Director.
– Mr. Ha Van Tai. Assistant Communication Director.
– Mr. Duc Nguyen: Central Commissioner, Representative of Vietnam Social Democratic Party (Hoa Hao).
– Brother Nguyen Thanh Liem: Leader Cao Dai Church of Northern California
– Mr. Tran Tu Thanh: former prisoner of conscience, Helsinki Vietnam Human Rights Commission
– Mr. Quoc Viet: Vietnam National Association Overseas
– Mr. Vu Hoang Hai: Bloc 8406 Overseas
– Mr. Nguyen Huu Phuoc: Young Patriots Overseas – Canada
– Ms. Hoai Huong: Young Patriots Overseas – United States
– Mr. Nguyen Phu: HO Association in San Francisco, California4
– Mr. Doan Huu Dinh
– Journalist Vo Tung Chinh representing Social Media
– Mr. Tran Viet Dao
– Architect Do Chau Son in Europe

III) The Delegate Council:

United States:

– Washington DC: Mr. Vo Thanh Nhan and Mr. Dao Hieu Thao
– Dallas, Texas: Engineer Nguyen Thien Bang, Dr. Tran Quoc Hung and Mr. Phan Ngoc Thach
– Houston, Texas: Mr. Nguyen Phi Long
– Atlanta, Georgia: Mr. Tran Van Ninh
– San Jose, California: Engineer Doan Van Lap and Mr. Quoc Viet
– Orange County, California: Mr. Phan Thanh Chau
– Chicago: Mr. Viet Tam Quoc
– Austin, Texas: Mr. Chau Kim Khanh and Engineer Nguyen Dai Nam
– Arizona: Poet Vinh Liem
– Orlando, Florida: Mr. Ha Van Tai
– Colorado: Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Bat
– Kansas City: Mr. Nguyen Linh
– Philadelphia: Mr. Nguyen Phuc Viet and Mr. Tran Tam
– New York: Mr. Hoang Xuan Quang

Australia:
– Mr. Phan Chau Ky

Europe:
– Germany: Mr. Nguyen Thien Van
– France: Mr. Phan Lam Khanh
– Norway: Mr. Nguyen Viet Son
– The Netherlands: Mr. Nguyen Thanh Cong

Canada:
– Mr. Nguyen Huu Cuong
– Montreal: Mr. Vu Van Thai

Southeast Asia:
– Thailand: Mr. Vo Thai Ha

Vietnam:
– Hanoi: Mr. Vu Son Tay
– Da Nang: Mr. Huynh Quoc Trong
– Saigon: Mr. Hung Quoc