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Viewing cable 07HANOI100, VIETNAM'S CHRISTIANS REPORT MERRY CHRISTMAS, OTHER POSITIVE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI100 2007-01-18 06:57 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO0933
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #0100/01 0180657
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 180657Z JAN 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4346
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 2401
RUEHZS/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
RUEHROV/AMEMBASSY VATICAN 0005
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 000100 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND DRL/IRF 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM'S CHRISTIANS REPORT MERRY CHRISTMAS, OTHER POSITIVE 
DEVELOPMENTS 
 
 
HANOI 00000100  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
Summary 
------- 
 
1. (SBU) We are encouraged by initial enthusiastic reports from 
northern Protestants and Catholics that Christmas 2006 was 
celebrated with incident.  There have been no reports of official 
harassment of registered or unregistered Protestants anywhere in the 
north, and most house churches were allowed to gather for Christmas 
worship.  The Catholics note that Christmas has now become a part of 
Vietnamese cultural life in the north.  Both groups are focusing on 
property issues in the new year, and the Catholics hope to establish 
a pilot HIV/AIDS hospice in Hanoi to deepen its role in civil 
society.  We will watch closely to see whether the GVN continues to 
allow, and even to facilitate, religious activities through Lent and 
Easter.  End Summary. 
 
The Protestants are happy... 
---------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Pastor Au Quang Vinh, General Secretary of the Evangelical 
Church of Vietnam North (ECVN), enthusiastically told Poloff that 
Vietnam's northern Protestants are "ecstatic" because the Christmas 
season of 2006 marked the first time that local officials at the 
commune, district and provincial levels across the north actively 
helped facilitate Protestant Christmas celebrations.  Many deacons 
from registered and unregistered house churches have visited ECVN 
headquarters since the holidays, but none has reported any official 
harassment, a significant change in conditions in the region, 
especially in the Northwest Highlands.  Some deacons from 
unregistered congregations even report that, beyond allowing their 
congregations to gather for worship, local officials also promised 
to help the congregations register quickly with the CRA.  In 
general, local officials seem to have been impressed by the peaceful 
nature of the ECVN congregations' celebrations and no longer view 
them as a threat, Vinh said. 
 
3. (SBU) Vinh also reported that the ECVN added 64 additional 
congregations (6,000 believers) in the last few months of 2006, 
bringing the total number of congregations to 1091.  These latest 
congregations have all submitted their applications to register 
under the new framework on religion.  Vinh did not have any further 
updates on completed registrations of other churches and 
congregations in the north, but stated that it is possible that some 
remote congregations in the northwest have already received their 
registration certificates.  The ECVN should have a better idea of 
further registrations as more deacons travel to Hanoi in the coming 
months, Vinh said.  Asked if internet reports of harassment of ECVN 
Protestants in Lao Cai and Ha Giang provinces are true, Vinh stated 
that he had spoken personally with a number of deacons from both 
provinces in the preceding weeks and none had reported problems with 
local officials. 
 
4. (SBU) The Hanoi Provincial People's Committee (PPC) indicated 
just before Christmas 2006 that it would "study the problem of the 
ECVN church property in Hanoi" - the first official acknowledgement 
of ECVN's application to receive a land use certificate for their 
central church and training facility, Vinh continued.  The ECVN will 
follow up on this opening by working with the PPC to ensure the 
organization's application package is complete according to the city 
bureaucracy  Finally, Vinh noted that since the President's November 
19 participation in an ECVN-Catholic ecumenical service in Hanoi, 
Vietnamese Catholic and Protestant relations are better than they 
have ever been.  On Christmas Day, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet 
and his senior staff paid a surprise (and unprecedented) visit to 
Vinh's church.  Catholic parishioners and Protestants also exchanged 
holiday greetings and observed each others celebrations, Vinh said. 
 
...and the Catholics are merry 
------------------------------ 
 
5. (SBU) Father Dang Duc Ngan, Vicar General of the Hanoi 
Archdiocese, told Poloff in a separate meeting that the holiday 
atmosphere surrounding Christmas 2006 was the "best it has ever 
been" for northern Catholics.  In the past, northern Catholics felt 
less open to celebrate Christmas compared with Catholics in Ho Chi 
Minh City; however, Christmas has now become "a part of the cultural 
life of the Vietnamese people" and not just for Catholics.  Though 
the GVN may not have made a conscious decision to allow this 
development, Ngan noted that this last holiday season local 
authorities in Hanoi invited the Archdiocese to celebrate Christmas 
in "a grander, merrier atmosphere."  The police and security officer 
presence was much less visible compared with previous years, despite 
the large crowds near the Hanoi Cathedral.  The one security 
incident marring the Christmas holiday was the fault of a "mentally 
ill citizen" who attempted to set fire to the traditional nativity 
scene in front of the Cathedral on December 21.  Police arrested the 
individual and then set a 24-hour guard to protect the creche, Ngan 
 
HANOI 00000100  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
added. 
 
6. (SBU) Catholics in other northern provinces, including several 
previously problematic provinces, were also pleased by GVN support 
of their Christmas celebrations, Ngan said.  For example, Ha Giang 
Province, which had until recently refused to acknowledge the 
existence of Catholics within its borders, allowed two priests to 
travel to Ha Giang Town to celebrate mass with the province's 
Catholics.  To date, the Archdiocese has not received any reports of 
problems from any of its northern parishes over Christmas, Ngan 
said. 
 
7. (SBU) Ngan concluded by stating that, for the coming year, the 
Hanoi Archdiocese will focus on resolving two main problems:  1) the 
return of the former Papal Nuncio property adjoining the Hanoi 
Cathedral and 2) the establishment of Church charitable institutions 
in the north.  The GVN has told the Church that the Nuncio property 
will be returned only after the establishment of        diplomatic 
relations between Vietnam and the Vatican; however, the Archdiocese 
needs the property now to support the Vietnam Episcopacy Council, 
Ngan explained.  The Archbishop also hopes to establish a pilot 
HIV/AIDS hospice run by one of the Hanoi parishes in order to serve 
as a model for future Church charitable programs. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
8. (SBU) Some credible reports of problems from more remote regions 
in the northwest may surface in the coming weeks, as in previous 
years, but we are encouraged by the initial enthusiastic reports 
from both the Protestants and the Catholics.  We will watch closely 
to see whether the GVN continues to facilitate this new spirit 
through Lent and Easter. 
 
MARINE