"International Religious Freedom Report" noted "There were no reported anti-Semitic incidents during the period covered by this report. The country's small Jewish population is almost entirely of expatriates." In 2006, Chabad opened a center in Ho Chi Minh City, which is considered to be the economic center of Vietnam. A documentary about the Rabbi, Rabbi Menachem Hartman of the Chabad Center was made by Israeli TV Channel 8, and put online by Chabad. The film, (mostly in Hebrew with Russian subtitles) provides a look at the challenges faced by the emissaries upon their arrival, as well as a glimpse of the makeup of the Jewish community that existed upon their arrival. According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Chabad Center is reportedly used largely by business people and tourists from Israel and the United States, and as of 2007, there are some 100 Do Thai, or Jews in Hanoi and about 200 in Ho Chi Minh City. According to Hartman, about 10,000 to 15,000 Jewish business people and tourists visit Vietnam each year. In 2014, Chabad opened the Jewish center in Hanoi. Vietnamese refugees in Israel From 1977 to 1979 the Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin permitted approximately 360 Vietnamese boat people fleeing the 1975 Communist takeover of Vietnam to enter the State of Israel granting them full Israeli citizenship and rights as well as government-subsidized apartments. According to the Vietnamese Embassy in Israel, by 2015 approximately 150 to 200 former Vietnamese refugees and descendants were still in Israel while about half have left Israel mainly for the US and France. Very few have formally converted to Judaism having retained their former religions. Prominent Vietnamese in Israel Vaan Nguyen (poet and actress), subject of an award-winning documentary The Journey of Vaan Nguyen. Dr. Sabine Huynh (translator, sociologist and author), fled Vietnam for France in 1976 and has lived in Israel since 2001. Dao Wong (banker), headed Bank Hapoalim in Singapore, now lives in Switzerland. See also Israel–Vietnam relations References Jewish