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Viewing cable 08HOCHIMINHCITY1056, OFFICIALS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS PORTRAY POSITIVE PICTURE OF

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08HOCHIMINHCITY1056 2008-12-05 03:54 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
VZCZCXRO8996
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHNH
DE RUEHHM #1056/01 3400354
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 050354Z DEC 08
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5199
INFO RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 3467
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY PRIORITY 5428
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HO CHI MINH CITY 001056 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, DRL/IRF, PRM/ANE, PRM/A 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL VM
SUBJECT: OFFICIALS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS PORTRAY POSITIVE PICTURE OF 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN BEN TRE AND SOC TRANG 
 
REF: A) HCMC 1054   B) 07 HCMC 1236 
 
HO CHI MIN 00001056  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Ben Tre and Soc Trang authorities attribute 
the positive religious freedom situation in their respective 
provinces in part to their sponsorship of annual training on 
2004 and 2005 central government regulations on religion.  Ben 
Tre officials cautioned, however, that religious believers 
should not carry out "activities hostile to the state under the 
cover of religion."  For their part, Soc Trang officials said 
the province does not require congregations to provide lists of 
followers and one religious leader can register several 
congregations.  Soc Trang Catholic leaders concurred with the 
positive picture depicted by provincial authorities: while their 
churches have space and personnel needs, they say they have good 
relations with Soc Trang officials and no official obstacles 
stand in the way of Catholics carrying out charitable 
activities.  End Summary. 
 
Implementing Regulations in Ben Tre 
----------------------------------- 
2. (SBU) Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee and Committee for 
Religious Affairs (CRA) officials on November 17 told PolOffs 
that central government regulations have facilitated religious 
practice because they codify certain rules and are "clearly 
written."  CRA organizes annual training programs on these 
regulations, including sessions on registration procedures, they 
explained.  (Note: The regulations include the 2004 Ordinance on 
Religion and Belief, the Prime Minister's 2005 "Instruction on 
Tasks Regarding Protestantism" and a 2005 decree guiding 
implementation of the Ordinance on Religion and Belief.  End 
Note).  Commune and district officials and villagers also come 
to the provincial administration seeking guidance on how to 
implement regulations, they said. 
 
3. (SBU) Ben Tre provincial authorities stated that people are 
free to practice their beliefs but warned that religious 
followers should not carry out "activities hostile to the state 
under the cover of religion."  They noted that the province has 
not experienced any negative incidents nor disciplined any 
officials for intolerance of religious activities since 2006. 
If a commune leader were to make derogatory statements about a 
religious faith, the leader would be disciplined, they 
guaranteed. 
 
4. (SBU) In response to PolOff's question about an incident 
reported to ConGen HCMC, Ben Tre provincial authorities denied 
that Tan Phong Commune police and officials insulted and 
threatened Vietnamese Assemblies of God followers.  Provincial 
authorities concluded that no one in the commune said the faith 
was "reactionary."  They said the problem was that the local 
head of the congregation registered a single congregation in 
three different places.  However, regulations require 
congregation to register at a specific locale, not three 
different locations, they stated.  (Comment: Local congregations 
must register in one locale, but there can be three different 
congregations at three different locales.  If they want to move 
their church they have to re-register at the new location.  End 
Comment). 
 
Promoting Peaceful Relations in Soc Trang 
----------------------------------------- 
5. (SBU) Soc Trang Ethnic Minority and Internal Affairs 
Department officials on November 20 told PolOff that relations 
between Kinh and Khmer are "harmonious."  Soc Trang officials, 
however, did not make mention of the cases of four former Khmer 
Buddhist Khmer monks who were imprisoned after their involvement 
in a February 2007 demonstration, which was raised by the USCIRF 
delegation last year (Ref B).  An Ethnic Minority Department 
official asserted that provincial and local governments have not 
denied benefits to anyone because of religious affiliation or 
ethnicity.  No officials had been disciplined for violating 
religious freedom regulations or for saying the Protestant faith 
was "reactionary," the official emphasized. 
 
6. (SBU) Soc Trang's positive religious freedom situation was 
partly attributable to officials and villagers participating in 
training on the contents of the 2004 and 2005 Central Government 
regulations on religion, the official continued.  He said Soc 
Trang does not demand that congregations provide lists of 
followers and one religious leader can register several 
congregations, the official explained. 
 
7. (SBU) Catholic Church leaders confirmed in a subsequent 
meeting that provincial and local authorities have pursued an 
enlightened approach toward religion.  The head priest at the 
Soc Trang Catholic Church (in the Can Tho Diocese) told PolOff 
that Catholics are free to practice their beliefs and have good 
relations with provincial and local authorities.  There are no 
obstacles to the Church carrying out charitable activities, 
 
HO CHI MIN 00001056  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
which mostly consist of administering to the poor, the head 
priest said.  The Church does not need approvals for its 
activities but informs local Vietnam Fatherland Front 
representatives about the activities, he said. 
 
Comment: If Only Tra Vinh Would Copy 
------------------------------------ 
8. (SBU) The largely positive state of religious freedom in 
these two Delta provinces stands in stark contrast to 
neighboring Tra Vinh (Ref A) and serves to highlight Hanoi's 
uneven progress in getting local governments to implement 
central government regulations on religion.  End Comment. 
 
9. (SBU) This cable was co-written by Embassy Hanoi. 
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