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Viewing cable 05HOCHIMINHCITY1338, CHRISTMAS 2005 IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM

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05HOCHIMINHCITY1338 2005-12-30 02:34 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HO CHI MINH CITY 001338 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL KIRF SCUL SOCI PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE
SUBJECT: CHRISTMAS 2005 IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM 
 
REF: A) HCMC 1310, B) HCMC 1182 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  ConGen contacts in the Catholic and 
Protestant communities report that, barring a handful of 
exceptions, Christmas services in all Central Highland provinces 
and elsewhere in southern and central Vietnam were held without 
any government interruption despite increased police and 
military presence prior to the holiday.  The GVN's concern that 
ethnic minority separatists would use Christmas to stage 
anti-GVN protests reportedly resulted in the arrest of some 
suspected "Dega Protestants" in the Central Highlands before 
Christmas, but in no other disruptions to the religious 
celebrations (ref A).  On the eve of Christmas, the GVN 
announced approval for the legalization of the first two 
previously unrecognized churches under Vietnam's new legal 
framework on religion. These developments reflect the GVN's 
strategy of promoting non-threatening religious groups as 
alternatives for the "Dega Church", which the GVN believes has 
separatist aspirations.  End summary. 
 
Peaceful Celebrations 
--------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Catholic officials said Christmas services were packed 
throughout the Central Highlands and elsewhere in southern and 
central Vietnam with no incidents reported. Our contacts from 
the Kon Tum diocese (which covers Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces) 
said the diocese secured permission to hold additional services 
in 51 temporary locations in Gia Lai and 4 in Kon Tum, but still 
could not meet parishioner demand. In Dak Lak and Dak Nong, 
Catholic services were also held without impediment. 
 
3. (SBU) The GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of 
Vietnam (SECV) told us its congregations were able to observe 
Christmas throughout the Central Highlands without police 
interference although police scrutiny had reportedly increased 
before the holidays. In Gia Lai province, the SECV held services 
for more than 75,000 - mostly Montagnard - followers.  Our SECV 
contact in Gia Lai told us that SECV Christmas services were 
held at all of its 29 recognized churches and at over 250 other 
"meeting points." In Kon Tum province, the SECV was allowed to 
hold Christmas services in all of its 13 "meeting points." 
 
4. (SBU) In Dak Lak province, despite stepped-up security in the 
run-up to the holiday, local officials permitted the SECV to 
hold services at the five churches and 11 "meeting points" that 
have been officially recognized. A provincial SECV leader said 
that the organization was also allowed to hold Christmas 
services at most of its 300 other unrecognized "meeting points." 
 The exceptions were those congregations who did not apply for 
permission in advance to hold church services, and were 
therefore instructed to celebrate privately. The Dak Lak SECV 
representative added that provincial authorities were 
considering recognizing in 2006 another six meeting points that 
have been "operating stably." In Dak Nong province, the SECV was 
allowed to hold Christmas services at all of its recognized and 
unrecognized "meeting points". A provincial SECV leader there 
said that, in addition to the one church that has been 
recognized to date, the authorities are considering recognizing 
in 2006 four out of 122 "meeting points" in the province. 
 
5. (SBU) Protestant house church leaders told us they heard few 
reports of serious police harassment at the thousands of house 
church Christmas services in the southern, central and Central 
Highland provinces of Vietnam. According to a close contact in 
the house church community, a local police official informed him 
before Christmas that house churches in HCMC would be allowed to 
hold Christmas celebrations in hotels or restaurants provided 
they gave local authorities advance notice of their celebration. 
(Note: According to the current regulations, religious 
activities are only allowed to take place within registered 
religious premises. End Note.) Our contact also noted that three 
days before Christmas the GVN approved the applications to 
legalize the HCMC operations of the Grace Baptist Church (also 
known as the Vietnam Southern Baptist Convention) and the 
Seventh Day Adventist Church. These were the first two 
previously unrecognized churches successfully registered under 
the new legal framework on religion (reftel B). 
 
But Some Problems Remained 
-------------------------- 
 
6. (SBU) The exceptions to general reports of unimpeded 
Christmas celebrations are a handful of cases of police attempts 
to prevent or interrupt Christmas celebrations, especially at 
unrecognized house churches.  House church contacts reported 
about a dozen incidents scattered throughout southern, central 
and Central Highland regions in Can Tho City, and Binh Dinh, Dak 
Nong, Kon Tum, Binh Phuoc, Long An and Vinh Long provinces.  In 
most cases, when church leaders contacted central-level MPS 
officials requesting intervention, local officials backed off 
and celebrations eventually resumed. 
 
7. (SBU) A reliable contact in the SECV told us that, in a 
meeting to congratulate the SECV on Christmas, Gia Lai 
provincial authorities informed the organization of the 
existence of "an overseas reactionary organization" called the 
"Dega Movement" or "Dega Church".  The authorities said an 
alleged Dega plot to cause disturbances in the Central Highlands 
during Christmas resulted in the arrest of a number of people 
suspected of involvement with the movement.  Separately, the 
Montagnard Foundation posted on its website a list of 27 Dega 
Protestants allegedly arrested in this roundup, but our contacts 
have not been able to confirm any of these cases. Our contacts 
have also not been able to confirm if there was any interference 
by police in the Christmas services of Protestant groups 
suspected of being sympathetic to the "Dega Church" and ethnic 
minority separatism.  Post will continue to monitor the 
situation. 
 
8. (SBU) Comment: SECV and Protestant house church leaders 
agreed that the GVN showed greater openness and tolerance 
towards their Christmas celebrations this year than in the past. 
 The remaining cases of police harassment were not concentrated 
in any particular area, such as the Central Highlands, but 
scattered throughout various provinces in southern and central 
Vietnam. This bears out the religious community's concern that 
the new legal framework on religion may be implemented 
inconsistently at different levels of government and in 
different provinces.  The long-awaited successful registration 
of the first two previously unrecognized churches under 
Vietnam's new legal framework on religion is an important step 
as these applications are considered test cases for both the 
GVN, in ironing out bureaucratic procedures, and for 
unrecognized churches, in testing the sincerity of the GVN to 
liberalize its religious policy. These developments further 
reflect the GVN's two-track strategy of promoting 
non-threatening religious groups while continuing to suppress 
the "Dega Movement."    End Comment. 
WINNICK