Vietnamese Men

Vietnamese men: HANOI, Vietnam Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the countrys Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again, according to The Chronicle Herald. The latest boat carrying Vietnamese cruised into Australias Christmas Island one morning last month, according to witnesses on the shore. The hull number showed it was a fishing vessel registered in Kien Giang, a southern Vietnamese province more than 2,300 kilometres 1,400 miles from Christmas Island, which is much closer to Indonesia than it is to the Australian mainland and This year alone, 460 Vietnamese men, women and children have arrived on Australian shores more than in the last five years combined. The unexpected spike is drawing fresh scrutiny of Hanois deteriorating human rights record, though Vietnams flagging economy may also explain why migrants have been making the risky journey. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.