http://www.hoapham.net/2006/10/27/in-hanoi-samestuff-theatre/ Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.hoapham.net/2006/10/27/in-hanoi-samestuff-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Anonymous Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:37:00 +0000 http://hoa.asianaustralian.org/?p=53#comment-28 When we were in Hanoi in December last year, we experienced the same thing. A Communist party congress was happening so there were plenty of people working on the streets, sweeping and weeding, but very few beggars etc. I asked our guide where the beggars were and he said <i> because of the congress, they'd been moved. </i> When I asked where to, he just shrugged. Maybe just perpetually moved on, or imprisoned, as they do to Aboriginal peoples in northern Qld ...<br/>~ Oanh When we were in Hanoi in December last year, we experienced the same thing. A Communist party congress was happening so there were plenty of people working on the streets, sweeping and weeding, but very few beggars etc. I asked our guide where the beggars were and he said because of the congress, they’d been moved. When I asked where to, he just shrugged. Maybe just perpetually moved on, or imprisoned, as they do to Aboriginal peoples in northern Qld …
~ Oanh

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