Vietnamese Catholics jailed despite protests
Two Vietnamese Catholics whose arrest led to protests last month have been handed jail terms. Nguyen Van Hai, 43, and Ngo Van Khoi, 53, were ordered on Oct. 23 to serve six and seven months,...
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Vietnam’s two faces
n Vietnam’s paddy fields and distinctive rock formations are major attractions for tourists. Kristen Elsby / Getty Images As Vietnam celebrates 40 years since the end of what is commonly known...
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Vietnam’s Religion Law
The Ba Dinh meeting hall of the Vietnam National Assembly / Wikimedia Commons The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is drafting a “Law on Belief and Religion,” for passage in the National Assembly in 2016,...
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Vietnam’s Religion Law ‘created to repress, control’
Jeff Woodke and his wife Els addressing the media in McKinleyville, CA, on 31 March 2023. (Photo taken from YouTube video) Jeff Woodke, the US Christian aid worker who was released from captivity in...
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Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (centre), Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi, takes part in a procession in January 2015. Vietnam’s National Assembly finally ratified (on 18 Nov.) its Law on...
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Vietnamese pastor punished for ‘reports’ to US diplomats;...
Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh (USCIRF) A pastor imprisoned in south-east Vietnam is being further punished for telling a visiting U.S. diplomatic delegation about abuses he has suffered. Nguyen Cong Chinh,...
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The ‘remarkable religious transformation’ of Vietnam’s Hmong
Among the one million Hmong there are now an estimated 400,000 Christians (World Watch Monitor) Christianity started spreading among the Hmong in the highlands of northwest and central Vietnam in the...
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Vietnam’s religion policy and practice – contradictions continue
St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Hanoi (World Watch Monitor) Optimists are hard to find ahead of Vietnam’s impending introduction of its new Law on Belief and Religion, scheduled to come into effect on 1...
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Hmong Christians hospitalised after mob attack in Vietnam’s northwest
A head wound sustained during the attack (World Watch Monitor) Four Vietnamese Christian families – 24 people in all – have been attacked by a mob led by the village chief, local sources have revealed...
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New religion-control law changes little in Vietnam after 1 year
Christian leaders in Vietnam largely agree that little has changed since the new Law on Belief and Religion came into effect January 1, 2018. Its potentially positive provisions are unevenly applied,...
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