The recent death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan Buddhist lama, in Hồ Chí Minh City has raised serious
The Vietnamese Magazine—an English-language publication by Legal Initiatives for Vietnam dedicated to raising international awareness of Vietnam’s political
Lê Giang wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luật Khoa Magazine on April 4, 2025. On March 29, 2022, a
The Protestant Church of Christ faces threat of heavy government repression. Five ethnic Thuong, pictured left, endured a government criticism
According to Vietnam’s official statistics [http://baochinhphu.vn/Tin-noi-bat/Cong-bo-ket-qua-chinh-thuc-va-tong-ket-tong-dieu-tra-dan-so-nha-o-nam-2019/382996.vgp] , in 2019, the religion with the largest
Kon Tum provincial police formally express the government’s position on Falun Gong. To our readers: In 2020, we began
The municipal government is being sued for borrowing a church’s school and not returning it, along with other news.
Vietnam makes no progress with freedom of religion, which remains tightly controlled. Vietnam is among countries with the greatest diversity
Religious activists in Vietnam are paying a heavy price, sometimes putting their lives on the line. The former head of
The September 2020 Religion Bulletin focuses on the Cao Dai religion, with information on the seizures of independent Cao Dai
“Thien An” means “heavenly peace”, but the Catholic monks here have never lived in peace. In the 45 years since
Discover the four common tactics the Vietnamese authorities use to suppress religious organizations in [The Government’s Reach]. In [Religion
This article was first published on 06/21/2020 in Vietnamese by Luat Khoa Magazine with Thái Thanh [https://www.
The Report on Religious Freedom in Vietnam is published each month. If you would like to contribute information to the
Long ago, there lived three monks: Thich Nhat Hanh, Thich Tri Quang, and Thich Quang Do. All three were well-versed
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