"...so I have ongoing hope that capitalism will eventually prevail."
Along with capitalism hopefully more freedoms will follow. My old pastor is involved with the underground Christian church in Vietnam. State "Christian" churches are allowed to a certain degree. Bibles are not allowed though as she smuggles some in each trip. Christian leaders are arrested if they don't toe the line - so I imagine not all of the "re-education facilities" have closed their doors.
No, they have not. Check:
It documents the plight of Prof. Nguyen Huy, a democracy advocate now serving a 15 year sentence.
He's the father of my wife's best friend, who fortunately was spirited out of Vietnam 10 years ago.
Her younger brother, Dr. Nguyen's son, is an attorney who has been blacklisted from that profession by the Ho Chi Minh City Communist Party.
That's the way the commies work: they start with the alleged offender and work all the way down the family tree.