The Vietnamese Girl Scout Association ( vi, Hội Nữ Hướng Đạo Việt Nam) was the organization for Girl Scouts in South Vietnam. Girl Scouting began in Vietnam in 1928. In April 1957, the Vietnamese Girl Scout Association was established. In 1966 the Vietnamese Girl Scout Association was recognized as a member of the

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, last mentioned in 1973. Outside Vietnam since 1975, the Vietnamese Girl Scout Association and the

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have merged into a single group and operate under the leadership of the International Central Committee of Vietnamese Scouting, formed in 1983. Inside Vietnam, Scouting was initially banned. Moves by some

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members to reestablish a

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version of Scouting have been rejected by the General Secretariat of the

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. A few semi-official Scouting groups exist in Vietnam at present, which include both boys and girls together. Girl Scouting may again be making inroads in Vietnam, as in 1993 a reception was held in

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in conjunction with WAGGGS' Asia Pacific Symposium of

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for

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. The aim was to introduce or reintroduce the Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting movement and to explore possibilities of starting/restarting Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting in Vietnam, as well as

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and

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. Fifty women leaders from those nations attended the Asia Pacific Symposium, sharing their Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting experiences. However, like overseas Vietnamese Scouting, girls and boys may now be seen together in

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Scouting groups in Vietnam.

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Non-aligned Scouting organizations Overseas Vietnamese organizations Youth organizations established in 1957 Exile organizations Scouting and Guiding in Vietnam {{scout-stub

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