{"id":6098,"date":"2025-06-18T20:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2025-06-18T20:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:51:37","slug":"meeting-with-hoi-thanh-mennonite-viet-nam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2025\/meeting-with-hoi-thanh-mennonite-viet-nam\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with H\u1ed9i Th\u00e1nh Mennonite Vi\u1ec7t Nam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week I traveled to Vi\u00eat Nam\u00a0with Minear, our Connecting Peoples Coordinator, to meet with the Vietnam Mennonite Church<\/a> (H\u1ed9i Th\u00e1nh Mennonite Vi\u1ec7t Nam) at their General Office in Ho Chi Minh city. The purpose of our visit was to reestablish collaboration between MCC and VMC for the purpose of resuming Vietnamese Mennonite participation in MCC’s Global Service Learning programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vi\u1ec7t Nam Mennonite Church was founded in 1964 and currently represents 109 congregations in the country with approximately 10,000 members. This national church body was legally recognized by the Vi\u00eat Nam government in 2007 and is a member of Mennonite World Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Taking a photo with Pastor David Long Thanh Vo in front of the VMC General Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The primary focus of our meeting was on IVEP<\/a>\/YAMEN<\/a> and forming a selection committee for the 2026-2027 class, but we also shared information on the Seed<\/a> and Seek<\/a> programs. Vietnamese Mennonite participants in these programs will be sent out through the MCC Cambodia & Myanmar office in Phnom Penh.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Presenting VMC President Huynh Dinh Nghia with a copy of the Anabaptist Community Bible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Vi\u00eat Nam Church Leaders expressed their grief at the closure of the MCC Vi\u00eat Nam program during the COVID-19 pandemic and were very glad that MCC had initiated reconnection. We also had a good discussion about the history of MCC\/VMC, the current situation in Vi\u00eat Nam, and MCC’s work in Cambodia & Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We had Ph\u1edf together for lunch near the VMC office before heading back to Phnom Penh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We’re planning a follow up visit in September to assist with the selection process and provide other supports. I’m also going to ask our International Seek Facilitator, Oscar Suarez<\/a>, to plan a visit to VMC to promote Seek<\/a> after the current cohort heads home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I traveled to Vi\u00eat Nam\u00a0with Minear, our Connecting Peoples Coordinator, to meet with the Vietnam Mennonite Church (H\u1ed9i Th\u00e1nh Mennonite Vi\u1ec7t Nam) at their General Office in Ho Chi Minh city. The purpose of our visit was to reestablish collaboration between MCC and VMC for the purpose of resuming Vietnamese Mennonite participation in… <\/p>\n

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