Conservative Senator and Thanh Hai Ngo

Thanh Hai Ngo: An obscure private member bill from a Conservative senator has sparked a diplomatic spat between Canada and Vietnam. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Thanh Hai Ngo, would recognize April 30 as a national day to commemorate the exodus of Vietnamese refugees and their acceptance in Canada after the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese communist forces. Viet evacuees board a ship in Saigon as PRG troops close in on April 30, 1975. THE AP, Matt Franjola But despite Vietnam dark warnings that the bill will have an adverse impact on relations between the two countries, the Harper government appears determined to pass it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.