- Nguyen Si Binh
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Nguyen Si Binh was born in South Vietnam. He is a Vietnamese American and serves as the Chairman of the People's Action Party of Vietnam.
Nguyen Si Binh attended the University of Maryland, College Park and graduated with a degree in Nuclear Engineering in 1981.
He worked for Bechtel Corporation, then in 1988 settled in Atlanta, Georgia, and joined a real estate developing firm as a Regional Manager.
On April 25, 1991, he and 16 members of this party were arrested in Vietnam, while trying to form a secondary political party. The government of Vietnam charged him with trying to overthrow the government.[1]
External links
- Return to Vietnam lands him in Jail[dead link] Atlanta Journal
References
- ^ http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/vietnam/VIE_3/Section%20I/Nguyen%20Si%20Binh.pdf Amnesty International
Categories:- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- American democracy activists
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Vietnamese democracy activists
- Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
- Living people
- People's Action Party of Vietnam politicians
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