LAOS, ANOTHER PROVINCE OF VIETNAM

Instead of Laos to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its victory, Vietnam shows its bossy and control over Laos.

The fact is very clear. Source from the Interior Ministry in Laos reportedly said that the Laotian Government and its National Assembly have to bite the bullet and shut down Christian Evangelical churches throughout the country because Laos was forced by Vietnam, its boss.

The government's yearly budget depends on foreign assistance, and much of that comes from NGO and Christian organizations. By shutting down all the churches in Laos, it stands to lose substantial foreign aid in which the government did not want to. But Vietnam made Laos to accept the move, the ministry said. Laos is very poor and depends on NGO and Christian organizations to help develop its rural areas, such as providing funds and materials for school and hospital.

There are two major reasons, which concern Vietnam and have to force the Laotian Government to close down the Christian Evangelical Churches. Every member of the Christian Evangelical Churches is forced to sign a consent letter to adopt other religion and to worship Phi (animism, shamanism and Buddhism). Christians are forced to renounce Christianity once and for all. Whoever does not comply and follow the order will be arrested and must face a life sentence according to the new penal code of justice (a secret code).

1. During the mid 1990s, Vietnam experienced an outburst of Christian conversion in Vietnam, mainly in the Northern and among ethnic minorities, in which Vietnam is very concerned about the instability among the ethnicity. Vietnam had arrested and detained thousands of Christians, and propagated to denounce their teaching and belief. Vietnam claimed that Christian missionaries from abroad converted thousands of ethnic minorities and teaches them not to bury their dead but wrap them with rugged clothes and throw the corps over the creeks and rivers. Vietnam is afraid that the same situation may repeat again in Laos.

2. The Vietnamese and Laotian governments suspected that foreigners and Christian Missionaries play a roll in these unsolved series of explosion around the country, as well in the Capital City of Laos. They fear that it may escalate and spread to Vietnam. Vietnam then made a clear decision to force Laos to shut down its Christian Evangelical Churches and to keep an eye on foreigners and all foreign aid organizations.

Therefore, it clearly indicates that Laos is no longer an independent and sovereign country, but simply a province of Vietnam. Laos has no right whatsoever to rule and govern its own people, but to take orders from the Hanoi Government. Laos has completely lost its independence, sovereignty, and the right of existence as a Nation-State. This is a sad and tragic situation for every Laotian citizen around the world.