VIETNAM: Pro democracy activist deported

Updated December 12, 2007 21:17:35

Vietnam has deported a Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist after his arrest last month with a group of other dissidents triggered protests from the United States. Last week, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom reported that Vietnam's overall human rights record remained very poor, and has deteriorated in the last year.

Presenter: Adam Connors
Speakers: Michael Michalak, US Ambassador to Vietnam; Dr Thong Nguyen, a central committee member of the Viet Tan in Australia; Luke Donnellan, Victorian MP