L'ambassadeur vietnamien en France donne une réception amicale
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 17 novembre 2008, 08:42 - Infos en français - Lien permanent
Une rencontre amicale exceptionnelle s'est déroulée la semaine dernière à l'ambassade du Vietnam en France. Organisée à l'initiative de l'ambassadeur Lê Kinh Tài, cet événement avait pour but d'exprimer les remerciements et la reconnaissance du peuple vietnamien envers ses amis français qui s'attachent, cœur et âme, à un pays qu'ils aiment et qu'ils respectent.
Dans son allocution, l'ambassadeur Lê Kinh Tài a souligné le fait que la longue histoire commune avait uni les 2 Partis communistes, les peuples vietnamiens et français. Et d'ajouter qu'il s'agit là d'un patrimoine précieux qu'il est important d'entretenir et de préserver. Il a également affirmé que le PCV, l'État et le peuple vietnamiens n'oublieraient jamais le PCF, les camarades et amis français qui ont soutenu et aidé le Vietnam durant sa lutte pour l'indépendance et dans son œuvre d'édification et de défense de la Patrie. Il a exprimé son souhait de voir les amis français continuer d'aider et de soutenir le Vietnam dans son combat contre la misère et la pauvreté et dans la lutte pour la justice menée par les victimes vietnamiennes de l'agent orange/dioxine.
Exprimant ses émotions, Claude Delevacq, secrétaire général de l'Association républicaine des anciens combattants (ARAC) s'est dit con-vaincu que le Vietnam, un pays jeune, continuerait de se développer avec succès. Il a souligné que même s'il y a quelques années ce pays faisait face à maintes difficultés, il était parvenu à les surmonter. Preuve de cette réussite, le Vietnam attire aujourd'hui de nombreux de touristes. D'après lui, le charme vietnamien est de plus en plus apprécié à travers le monde, et notamment par la population française.
Dans une ambiance amicale, hôtes et invités ont porté un toast à la solidarité entre les peuples vietnamien et français.
Auparavant, une rencontre remplie d'émotion avait eu lieu dans le petit appartement de Madeleine Riffaud, dans le 3e arrondissement de Paris. Cette visite est un acte de reconnaissance de l'État vietnamien envers cette dame de 84 ans qui a apporté au pays aides et soutiens durant sa lutte d'hier pour l'indépendance nationale et qui continue dans l'œuvre actuelle d'édification et de développement.
Pendant plus d'une heure, l'ambassadeur Lê Kinh Tài a partagé avec elle joies et peines, en évoquant la situation au Vietnam et dans le monde. Il a affirmé que l'État vietnamien était toujours reconnaissant envers ses amis internationaux comme Madeleine Riffaud, des amis qui ont contribué et contribuent encore à renforcer les relations de coopération et d'amitié entre la France et le Vietnam.
Journaliste, poète et écrivaine de renom, Madeleine Riffaud est aussi une amie intime du peuple vietnamien. Elle a commencé à s'intéresser de près au Vietnam après avoir interviewé l'Oncle Hô. C'était à Paris… il y a 62 ans. Depuis, elle est attachée au pays tant par le cœur que par la plume. De nombreux Vietnamiens se souviennent de cette correspondante de guerre du journal L'Humanité, jeune et jolie, dont le surnom vietnamien était "Chi Tám". Les reportages et articles qu'elle a écrit sous les bombardements américains au Sud Vietnam, et surtout son livre Dans les maquis Vietcông, qui raconte sa vie avec les combattants vietnamiens, ont permis aux lecteurs du monde entier de mieux comprendre comment un peuple si pauvre et si peu éduqué avait pu vaincre les impérialistes américains si puissants.
Pour ses contributions considérables, l'État vietnamien lui a remis de nombreuses récompenses honorifiques dont la plus récente, l'Ordre de l'Amitié (en août 2005), lui a été remise à l'occasion de la 60e Fête nationale (2 septembre).
À l'heure actuelle, malgré son grand âge, Madeleine Riffaud apporte toujours son soutien à la lutte pour les victimes vietnamiennes de l'agent orange/dioxine. Elle a aussi été invitée à participer à 3 films dont un baptisé Hô Chi Minh intime, réalisé avec la coopération d'amis français du Vietnam comme Alain Ruscio, Raymond Aubrac...
Par Thu Hà Nguyên - Le courrier du Vietnam - 17 novembre 2008
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Venerable Chang Minh and the nuns at the pergoda of Frejus
Written by Mike Webster
This Letter is written to inform you of the terrifying events that occurred to a group of monks and nuns here in Frejus
the gang of 8 calling themselves the association
Mr Bernard Fuch, Mme Eluere Dung, Mr Paul Salmon, (the leader) Mme Denise Brin, Mme Desouter Nga, Mme Glemarec-Pham, Mr Mayne Michel, Mr Gadion Joel
The group of 5 in occupation of the pergoda now; Mr Paul Salmon, (the leader) Mme Denise Brin, Mme Glemarec-Pham, The woman Daniel and her husband
Introduction
I am English and not a buddhist, but I have often visited the Pergoda at Frejus to help the monks and the nuns from time to time with their administration. We were aware that there were problems at the pergoda and at one time I tried to speak to a woman on the association I had never seen before. I asked her name, she responded by shouting that I was Le fils du chien. So now I am obliged to write to you directly.
During our visits to the Pergoda we were aware of terrible things that were going on there. To start with we learned that the nuns were returning to Vietnam in a few days time, last November, so, before they left, we invited them to visit Frejus and spend the afternoon with us. They were obviously sad to return, but they had no choice as the association had their papers and would not return them until they were on their way back to Vietnam.
We explained that here in France we were free to make our own decisions, and that they could request an extension to their visa if they wanted.
They were pleased about this and Marie-julienne took them to Toulon to request the extension. When the officials were told the reason they had not been able to apply before theire request was granted..
However the tresurer from the association, who kept their papers, was not pleased, she found out when the pappers would arrive at the mairie and got there before the nuns arrived and managed to take the Visa extensions hereself. When the nuns arrived at the mairie the documents had gone.
The nuns were menaced to leave, insulted by spitting at them, one of the association's husbands let down his trousers in front of the younger nuns and menaced them, and in other ways also.
Then the association went to the police to say they had no right to remain at the pergoda. We then went ourselves with the head monk Chang Minh to explain what had happenned and spoke to a police woman Mme Pelerin who was very helpful and ordered that the papers of the nuns must be returned the following morning otherwise she would arrest the tresurer Mme Glemarec Pham. The papers were then returned to the nuns.
At the same time other members of the association started to menace the nuns, They would walk into their rooms and insult them, they tried to have a meeting secretly, but the head monk Chang Minh managed to get to the meeting. They demanded 50 000 euros from him for Debts owing to the association but when Chang asked for the accounts, which they had not produced for 3 years, they got very agitated and all stood up and left.
The only document relating to the debts is a lis of amounts of money owing to each of the members of the association.
Chang was not happy to pay money out like that so he insisted that this money was correctly accounted for and that they produce the account for the last three years before the authorities demand them.
Shortly after this event the tresurers both dissapeared, and several weeks later on their return they both resigned. It turned out that the person referred to as the tresurer was not the tresurer but the assistant tresurer, and the treasurer was the nun chang man, who according to her, never touched money.
Both these ladies had been away to a Spa, the treasurer had explained that it was ok, because the Patriarch knew about it. Why did they say that? There is also a qestion of what was hapenning to the money, the one assistant treasurer took no responsibility as she was only the assistant and the other who never touched the money?
The scene was now set for the arrival of the Patriarch at the Pergoda.
After a good celebration with many visiters and religious people, there was a meal followed by a meeting with the Patriarch who thanked the outgoing vice-president, Mr Bernard Fuch, for his work, and then got on to the business. The group of 6 at the back of the room insulted the Patriarch and dissrupted the meeting, forcing the Patriarch to close the meeting, a letter was sent out to the group of 6.
This group later broke into the Pergoda, and had a meeting on their own without the Patriarch and the religious community and elected themseves as the assembly and sacked the rest.
Recently, last week these same group of 6 broke into the pergoda again with up to 50 of their friends, broke the chaines and the locks. The head monk was away, and they smashed the doors open and entered the domestic area where the nuns were asleep in their rooms. They broke down their bedroom doors and up to 20 people entered the bedrooms of the two nuns, Mr Salmon pulled off the sheets of one nun and ordered her to get out. This nun ran to the toilet to lock herself in, the door was promptly smashed open.
The second nun was still in her room and the 20 people entered her room, she said whe was ill and needed to rest, but they ordered her out and started to put her personal belongings into bin bags. The two nuns left the Monastry to find safety outside. Their belongings less any money belonging to them were later sent to Nice to the other Pergoda.
The head Monk heard of this and returned to the pergoda arround 7 pm and found the gate closed against him. He proceeded to break the lock and entered the grounds. No sooner had he done so when he was attacked by Mr Salmon who struck him on the back of his head and said "I want to kill you". Chang Minh was obliged to leave and took refuge at the police station where he stayed the night.
The following day we were informed and immediately went with him to an avocat who told him that he had all the papers and that he could return to the pergoda, but if the occupants stopped him he was not to resist and they would deal with the matter in the courts.
The same day after leaving the interview witht the loyer we tried to enter the pergoda. We were met by a group of people who menaced us, two of the six, mr Salmon, and a woman mrs Denise Brun were very violent, they menaced us with punches and then the security guard arrived from inside thePergoda, they menaced us with their fists, gas, and by their appearance. We were forced to leavee the grounds. Mr Salmon menaced me with his fist at the gates and the guards followed us to the cars.
Two days later , Wednesday, we returned to the Pergoda with a Bailif (huissier) who was also prevented entering the pergoda and was menaced along with us by a guard with a musled big dog and by abuse, lies, and physical menaces from Mr Salmon.
The latest is that we lodged a complaint with the police for the theft of money, illegal eviction from the Pergoda, damage to the property etc. We raised the matter of a firearm that Mr Salmon aleged was found under Chang Minh's bed. The police took the statement from Chang Minh that he had no knowlege of this weapon and that it must have been placed there after he had left. The police certainly believed him.
Below is a passage written by "fleur" who is one of the anti-patriach group and the assistant tresurer resugned 2009 and now signing documents illegally
Un petit mot de Lien-Huong Pham-Thi - Fleur
Bonjour les amis,
notre pagode fête ses 90 ans le 21,22,23 Septembre, c’est à dire à la fin de cette semaine sous la direction de notre Patriarche, Chef Suprême de l’Ordre bouddhique Vietnamien mondial, avec ses bonzes et nonnes venus de plusieurs pagodes de France, repas, différentes danses Gymnastiques, musique traditionnelle, démonstration de Taichi....venez nombreux, ce n’est pas tous les jours qu’une pagode fête ses 90 ans, n’est ce pas ???...A bientôt. Fleur
and from the ex vise president, resigned in febuary 2009 and now the group have re-instated him illegally has written this!! now he has signed a document illegally separating the 6 from the patriarch
Depuis 1975, plusieurs régions ayant leurs propres pagodes, la pagode de Fréjus ne réunit que des bouddhistes des deux départements des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var à l’occasion des quatre ou cinq fêtes bouddhiques les plus importantes de l’année.
Depuis 1984, la pagode de Fréjus figure parmi les membres fondateurs de l’Ordre Bouddhique Vietnamien mondial, dont le chef suprême est également son président. L’Ordre Bouddhique Vietnamien mondial, qui rassemble 40 pagodes implantées sur quatre continents, a son siège à Montréal (Canada). De sa nouvelle position, la pagode de Fréjus sort de son isolement local pour participer à l’expansion du bouddhisme dans le monde.
Parallèlement aux activités cultuelles, la pagode continuera une action soutenue dans l’objectif de raffermir la culture et les traditions vietnamiennes chez les jeunes générations. En fonction des moyens mis à sa disposition, elle s’efforcera, comme par le passé, de se donner d’autres atouts, permettant à la communauté bouddhiste de regarder l’avenir avec sérénité.
En dehors de son caractère religieux, la pagode de Fréjus présente un intérêt touristique très apprécié. Elle constitue l’un des pôles d’attraction majeurs de Fréjus, qui possède dans sa région des édifices et vestiges témoins de plusieurs civilisations très différentes.
Well, you think this can only happen in Tibet, no, it has hapenned in France and we need your help.
If you agree that these events are intolerable, please write a note, just to say that the recent events at the pergoda and the eviction of the religious community is intollereable adressed to the and a copy to me please or why not email these people that have thrown the monks and nuns out, if so email m.Salmon email
Salmon paul 507, AVENUE MILLET Saint-aygulf 04 94 81 23 86 04 94 81 79 55
M Le Deputié,
Mairie de frejus,
Place Formigi
836000 Frejus.
violence contre bouddhists a frejus pergola
Bonjour
Je suis l'x épouse de M. PAUL SALMON.
Merci de rectifier l'adresse du concerné, IL N'HABITE PLUS à CETTE ADRESSE depuis 2004.....
MERCI
Je pense comme la plupart de mes amis vietnamiens : que le produit orange est instrumentalisé pour faire oublier les dix ans d'enfer qu'ont vécu les habitants du Sud, au même titre qu'ont été instrumentalisés les 22 millions de morts soviétiques pour que l'URSS se survivent encore 45 ans ou la Shoah pour spollier le peuple israélien.