Making use of this policy, hostile forces in exile have recently colluded with reactionaries in the country to incite land-related petitioners to demonstrate in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The main cause of these petitions lies in the inconsistency of the legal system, shortcomings in the leadership and poor economic management in several localities, which have led to bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness. They are unavoidable issues in developing countries like Vietnam. The crux of the matter is that the Party and State have a firm resolve to perfect the legal system and are doing all they can to meet people’s expectations.

Judging from these weaknesses, hostile forces claimed that Vietnam violated democracy and human rights, and have incited petitioners to join demonstrations against the Party and State. The aim is to build up public pressure for sanctions against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, first of all to nullify Vietnam’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2008-2009 period.

Reactionaries in exile, Buddhist abusers and political opportunists in the country have teamed up to play the game. It is reactionaries who gathered and sent information about petitions to hostile forces and anti-Vietnam organisations abroad. They set up what they called the Hoa Mai club in the US, and the Petitioner support committee to aid and abet bad elements in Vietnam who are inciting people to go ahead with complaints and petitions. So far, they have sent more than US$21,000 to petitioners in Ho Chi Minh City, and planned to transfer additional US$32,000 to petitioners in northern provinces.

Ringleaders of the reactionary forces in Vietnam are Buddhist abuser Thich Quang Do and political opportunists Hoang Minh Chinh and Nguyen Khac Toan. They have distributed hundreds of millions of Vietnam Dong to petitioners, encouraging them to take to the streets in an attempt to cause social disorder and carry out a “colour revolution” in the country.