Analysis of Vietnamese Blog Posts

Cộng đồng Phú Mỹ Hưng (CĐPMH) is an online forum created and monitored by current Phú Mỹ Hưng residents. The website/blog focuses mainly on residents opinions and views on the issue of land tax and legal administration in Phú Mỹ Hưng. On this page you will find links to PDF’s containing original Vietnamese blog posts along with responses to the post. Listed above are important themes, figures and issues related to the posts.

The advantage of the blog is that it provides a diverse, if perhaps slightly fragmented, set of view points from residents living in Phú Mỹ Hưng and actually dealing with the issues themselves, as well as detailed analyses by of the law in favor of the people by lawyers in residence. The blog is a great approach to finding out what residents have to say about the issue.

On the other hand, one must also acknowledge the blog’s disadvantages and imperfections as one inspects its content. As diverse as the participants may seem, the blog’s scope of opinions is not representative of Phú Mý Hưng residents as a whole since one cannot expect everyone in the residence to be able to log in and participate in a social platform as technologically advanced as a blog, or perhaps speak Vietnamese well enough to join.

In addition, the vantage point on the issues of land tax in the blog is very one-dimensional, since only residents participate in it. Thus it is important to keep in mind that not all information important to understanding the dynamics of land tax issues is available via the blog and therefore ask questions concerning other players in the game. Many of the documents mentioned are also difficult to identify accurately without actual evidence.

Themes:

-Power structures

-Opposition to authority and Phú Mỹ Hưng

-Signs of oppression into paying land tax and futile opposition

-Sueing authorities

-Significance of signatures

-Legal flaws and contradictions

-Reality

-Legal documents involved

-Documents involved

-Media

Main issues:
  1. Who has to pay land taxes in Phú Mỹ Hưng?
  2. How much must residents pay for land taxes?

 

Key Figures:

Chi cục thuế Quận 7 – District 7’s Tax Department (CCTQ7)

Công ty Phú Mỹ Hưng (PMH)

Uỷ ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh – Hồ Chí Minh City’s People’s Council (UBND TPHCM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below are links to PDF files of selected analyzed blog posts.

October 24, 2011 – Tư Vấn Của Luật Sư

November 7, 2011 – CTY PMH Đơn Phương Tăng Phí Quán Lý Vô Tội Vạ

November 9, 2011 – Đồng Bào Chú Ý !!!

December 31, 2011 – Cư Dân Nên Làm Gì Đề Không Bị Nộp Oan Tiền SDĐ?

March 2, 2012 – Chi Cục Thuế Quận 7 Xuyên Tạc Sự Thật, Bóp Méo Luật Pháp.

August 16, 2012 – Các Cơ Sở Pháp Lý Đề Thắng Kiện Tại Tand Quận 7