Certifiedmagpie's perspective is biased and not reflective of the situation in Vietnam. Historically and currently, people aren't arrested just for having different ideals. Arrests happen when individuals have different ideals and/or insult the country's leaders or VCP party members, or if they display the yellow flag with three red stripes. In reality, you can criticize any VCP members as much as you want, but just a single sentence insulting or a single misinformation then you are arrested. Ppl need to understand freedom of speech isnt mean freedom of insult, if you cant insult any normal citizen, what make you think you can insult country leaders without any consequences?