VI. From 1987 to 2004
In December 1988, the Sub-District of Vietnam in Paris chapter with the participation of some Brothers from local Districts of Australia and Baltimore and Illinois proposed rename the District of Saigon by the District of Vietnam.
The General Counsel in Roma, after consultation with the Brothers in Vietnam, approved the proposition.
A new period open: ôn cố tri
tân (deriving from the past and applying for the future)
1. From the past: The period from 1975 to 1987 which is considered as a period
of surviving, has brought so much experiences about religious and
socio-political life of the District of Saigon;
2. For the future: By the end of the 80s, the iron curtain seems a little lifted
up - not for any sector. "Economies and Education are the monopoly on
rights and powers of the party and government" (the minister of education
declared at the meeting of Archbishop of Saigon with the attendance of Brother
Visitor Lucien and many Superiors of Orders/Congregations whose vocation is for
the education mission). However, there is a loophole in the law,
particularly in a country where corruption is so common. People know it, but
what can they do?