Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Vietnam hit by mass land protests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6904733.stm
By Nga Pham BBC Vietnamese service
[The protesters are demanding the return of their land]
A mass protest over the Vietnamese government's land policies is gathering force, ahead of the opening session of the newly-elected National Assembly.
Witnesses say hundreds of peasants from the Mekong River Delta are surrounding the offices of the National Assembly in Ho Chi Minh City. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6904733.stm