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Viewing cable 06HOCHIMINHCITY1197, HCMC LICENSES 25 HOUSE CHURCHES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06HOCHIMINHCITY1197 2006-10-19 11:38 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
VZCZCXRO4173
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT
DE RUEHHM #1197 2921138
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 191138Z OCT 06
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1638
INFO RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 1156
RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 1725
UNCLAS HO CHI MINH CITY 001197 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
SUBJECT: HCMC LICENSES 25 HOUSE CHURCHES 
 
1. (U) The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Committee for Religious 
Affairs (CRA) October 17 announced that by the end of October, 
25 Protestant house church congregations will be registered to 
operate in the city.  Some of the licenses will be handed out in 
ceremonies that will be held October 20 and 24.  According to 
the CRA, these licenses will enable members of the congregations 
to gather, pray, hold services, and study the Bible at their 
places of worship.  The CRA said that more congregations, 
including one belonging to the Mormon Church, are now filling 
out registration applications for the next round of licensing, 
the date of which is yet to be announced. 
 
2. (SBU) Our CRA contact told us that local operation licenses 
would be granted directly to the house churches by People's 
Committees at the ward and district levels.  He acknowledged 
that HCMC is the first place in Vietnam to issue such licenses 
and added that the process will continue as soon as more house 
churches complete registration applications.  The contact said 
that local registration of congregations was required before the 
GVN would consider registering churches at the national level. 
(Note: National registration of churches would legalize such 
church activities as the appointment of clergy, the gathering of 
multiple congregations, training programs, and international 
exchanges.  End Note.)   The CRA official said local licensing 
would help the GVN monitor house church activities and 
properties, and would aid in the national registration process. 
 
3. (U) The 25 congregations to be granted licenses belong to the 
following 21 denominations: 
 
Israel Church 
Vietnam Baptist Fellowship 
Trung Tin Baptist Church 
Jehovah's Witness Church 
Agape Outreach Church 
Baptist Evangelistic League of Vietnam 
Trinity Baptist Church 
Outreach to Asia Nationals 
Vietnam Baptist Convention 
Church of God 
Vietnamese Outreach Church 
Timothy Gospel Church 
Chinese House Church 
Grace Baptist Church 
Revival Ecclesia Mission 
Vietnam More Than Conqueror Church 
Jerusalem Church 
Burning Bush Gospel Church 
Emmanuel Church 
Heaven Blessing Church 
Church of God International 
 
4. (SBU) Pastor Pham Dinh Nhan, Chairman of the Vietnam 
Evangelical Fellowship (VEF), an umbrella organization of house 
churches in southern Vietnam, told us he thought the HCMC 
licensing showed a "more open attitude" towards Protestant house 
churches.  Although Pastor Nhan had earlier demanded that house 
churches with activities in many provinces only be obligated to 
register at the national level, some VEF house churches in HCMC 
are among those that will receive licenses.  Pastor Nhan said 
this move by the HCMC CRA would encourage more VEF churches to 
apply for local licenses.  Pastor Nhan remains concerned, 
however, about the licensing procedures being followed in other 
provinces, which require congregations to submit lists of 
members as part of the application process.  He said such lists 
could be used by police to harass churchgoers. 
 
5. (SBU) Pastor Nguyen Ngoc Hien (also known as Pastor Henry) of 
the Vietnam Baptist Fellowship said the licensing is a step the 
GVN should have taken "a long time ago."  Pastor Hien shared 
Pastor Nhan's concern regarding the requirement of some 
provinces to submit lists of church members as part of the 
application process.  Pastor Hien noted that HCMC authorities 
did not have the same requirement, and that the Southern 
Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) did not have to submit the 
names of its followers when it was recognized several years ago. 
 
6. (SBU) Comment:  The licensing of these 25 congregations is a 
significant and encouraging development for Protestant house 
churches in HCMC.  Also significant is the positive response 
from house church leaders like Pastor Nhan, who in the past have 
been reluctant to work with Vietnamese authorities.  The fact 
that more VEF house churches plan to apply for licenses 
represents a real step forward in relations between the churches 
and government.  Challenges remain, however, including whether 
other provinces will follow HCMC's lead, whether those provinces 
will continue to insist on lists of names, and whether such 
lists, if submitted, will be used against churchgoers. 
 
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