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Thanh Hai Ngo and Vietnam

Vietnam: 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, according to CTV. The bill was originally entitled the "Black April Day Act", as April 30 is known among many, including Ngo, who fled South Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam war and - An obscure private member bill from a Conservative senator has sparked a diplomatic spat between Canada and Vietnam. 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.