Tag: Vietnam
Seminary rector becomes new auxiliary bishop of Ho Chi Minh City
Joseph Bui Cong Trac will be the second auxiliary bishop chosen by the Vatican after Louis Nguyen Anh Tuan was appointed in 2017
Land rights dispute threatens Catholic parish in Vietnamese village
Local authorities occupied the land in 1972 and the parish priest said there have been several attempts by the Church to secure its return
Protestants in Vietnam’s Central Highlands complain of constant police harassment
The Evangelical Church of Christ’s claims came just ahead of Wednesday’s U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue
Priest who escaped Vietnam in 1975 named auxiliary bishop of Atlanta
Bishop-elect Tran, 56, was 9 years old when he and his family left South Vietnam on a barge in Saigon in April 1975
Vietnam ranked world’s fifth worst country for internet freedom
Vietnam was one rank below Russia, which plunged down the list from last year because of war in Ukraine
Typhoon Noru tears across Vietnam
More than 300,000 people in Vietnam hunkered down in shelters overnight
Vietnamese authorities call ‘Jesus Church’ in northern provinces an ‘evil religion’
The “Jesus Church” is concentrated in provinces including Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, and Thanh Hoa
Vietnamese blogger sentenced to 5 years after trial without defense lawyer
Since the beginning of the year, Vietnam has sentenced at least 21 bloggers and activists
Foreign embassies in Hanoi issue joint statement on religious freedom
Their comments came as groups across Vietnam complained of police harassment during a day of remembrance
Vietnamese police harass religious groups commemorating faith-based victims
Cao Dai followers, Protestants and Buddhists were among groups pressured to abandon memorial days
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