31.   Australian politician John Newman lost his life after fighting a brave campaign against Asian gangs terrorising the large Vietnamese community in his Sydney electorate of Cabramatta.

32.   Ethnic Vietnamese communities have also been the target of repeated Khmer Rouge attack.

33.   The Vietnamese Mafia sprang up in the large Vietnamese community that had settled in East Germany and remained after reunification.

34.   Their fate has become an election issue in Vietnamese communities in the United States, with pressure groups accusing Washington of having abandoned them.

35.   Vietnamese Community in Australia president Cuong Vo said the Vietnamese community would not vote for a government that sought to forge military links with Vietnam.

36.   Vietnam was mostly a transit point for drugs and there were links between organisations here and overseas Vietnamese communities, he said.

37.   Keating on Friday received a delegation of Vietnamese community leaders who urged him to press Muoi for political reforms and the release of political prisoners.

38.   Moore also noted that the statue was financed by private contributions from the Vietnamese community Ottawa, not by the Canadian government.

39.   Organizer Paul Tran said the Vietnamese community group he heads did not want to embarrass the president with an invitation.

40.   Police specialised in dealing with the Vietnamese community said the incident was probably linked to cigarette-smuggling controlled by Vietnamese gangs.