June 24, 2005

Foreign Universities in Vietnam Ordered to Teach Communist Ideology

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

The government of Vietnam has ordered all Vietnamese students who attend foreign-owned universities in the country to take courses in communist ideology and Ho Chi Minh's political theory.

According to the order, which was issued in April and made public last month, students must pass these courses: "Marxist-Leninist Philosophy," "Marxist-Leninist Economics," "Scientific Socialism," "History of the Vietnamese Communist Party," and "Ho Chi Minh Thought."

All Vietnamese citizens

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