Vatican Vice Foreign Minister Monsignor Pietro Parolin listens during talks with Nguyen The Doanh, head of Vietnamese government’s religious affairs commission (not seen in picture) in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Parolin told reporters after the talks that the Holy See and Vietnam have laid “good basis” toward progress in establishing diplomatic relations, but stressed it would be a long process. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)