To the nearly 20 million inhabitants of the Mekong Delta
who are deprived of their voice
To the Friends of the Mekong Group
NGÔ THẾ VINH
順天者存,逆天者亡
Thuận thiên giả tồn, nghịch thiên giả vong
Thuận với thiên nhiên thì còn.
Nghịch với thiên nhiên thì mất. [Mạnh Tử]
“If you conform to the laws of Heaven you will endure
If you disregard them you will perish” [Mencius]
“All development plans must take into consideration the – environmental costs – vis a vis the health of the people as well as the natural resources in the long term of the nation.” Ngô Thế Vinh
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Introduction:In recent history, the post 1975 years, the term “rehabilitation” used by the Vietnamese Communists, in all aspects and in the cruelest sense of the word,conveys the most abysmal connotations that invoke thedehuminazation of the individuals, destruction of the environment, depletion of the resources, resulting in a country devoid of a future. This is the second installment concerning the 48 years of the rehabilitation of the Mekong Delta carried out by the Vietnamese Communist Government that brings about the devastation of the most fertile delta area of Asia and also of the world, as well as the impoverishment of the whole nation.