Yes, very much so. It's really disappointing to see that in the 21st century this is still happening in places in the world like Vietnam. To speak from a personal point of view, in class I learned a lot about the dystopian societies, and we read a lot of these novels that are fictitious, they're not real. However, when you read them, you definitely see parallels to what happens in Vietnam in this totalitarian regime. It's unbelievable. It's like a work of fiction but it's unfortunately not.
On June 4th, 2015. See this statement in context.