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?