PREAMBLE

1. Since the day the leaders and members of the Vietnamese Scouting and Guilding Movement were forced to leave Vietnam, a conserted effort has been made to reactivate the Movement's activities in the countries of new resettlement.
2. The common need and wish of the Vietnamese Scouting are to set up a central organization in order to represent Vietnamese Scouting on the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS), and to coordinate Vietnamese Scouting activities in the countries of new resettlement in such a way that these activities are consistent with the WOSM and WAGGS and compatible with the environments of these countries.
3. The agreements and pledges given in this document will be used as a basis for the organization of Vietnamese Scouting units which will operate under the auspices of the Central Committee of Vietnamese Scouting in the future.

DIRECTION

1. Vietnamese Scouting constitutes a large family of Boy Scouts as well as Girl Guides who continue to follow the aims laid down by Baden Powell. The Central Committee of Vietnamese Scouting is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
2. Vietnamese Scouting will continue to retain its national characteristics while responding to the current need of preserving the Vietnamese spirit and culture. In this area, Vietnamese Scouting is prepared to work together with other Vietnamese organizations sharing the same objectives.
3. The Central Committee of Vietnamese Scouting will provide guidance to its members in respecting the rules of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and in respect to the jurisdiction of national Scouts associations.

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

1. In each country, Vietnamese Scouting units will be established and will operate in full agreement with local Scouting organization.
2. The Central Committee of Vietnamese Scouting will provide liaison, coordination and guidance to all Vietnamese Scouting units.
3. Vietnamese Scouting regards this worldwide organization structure as a contribution to the overseas Vietnamese community in its continuous effort to promote the betterment of the welfare of the Vietnamese people.

Made at Costa Mesa, California
On the Third day of July, 1983

(Excerpted from the document of the Vietnamese Training Team in Canada. For Vietnamese language please use VNI font)