Key Events * Vietnam's Crackdown on Religious Communities Prompts U.S. Commission's Alarm * Former Political Prisoner Vũ
Hiếu Mạnh wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luật Khoa Magazine on March 15, 2025. Thúc Kháng translated it into
Key Religious Events in February 2025: * The Vietnamese government established a new ministry, the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs and Religion,
This article was published in Luat Khoa Magazine on June 26, 2023. Lee Nguyen translated this into English. The Dak
Buddhist temples will face less interference but will still have to share their merit donations.
It was the time of intricate entanglements of Caodaism's difficult relations with France, Japan, the Vietnamese Communists, and Ngo Dinh Diem's Government.
Indigenous ethnic groups reject the dominance of the Kinh people in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
Repression remains severe, continuous, and systematic.
“For every high mountain, there is an even higher mountain” is an outdated proverb. “For every Buddha statue, there is an even taller Buddha statue” is a more appropriate statement in Vietnam today.
[New Religions] Deputy Minister of Home Affairs: Bureau of Internal Security is a "pivotal unit" in the campaign
The government oppresses religion to control further and stabilize its regime.
A senior Ministry of Home Affairs official has vehemently and unequivocally criticized the USCIRF for the first time.
This article was published in Luat Khoa Magazine on May 24, 2023. Lee Nguyen translated this into English. A renowned
[New Religions] Hanoi Committee for Religious Affairs establishes Office of Belief and New Religious Phenomena According to the Hanoi Moi
[The Government’s Reach] Cao Bang authorities destroy funeral homes, storm into residences and dismantle altars Duong Van Minh practitioners
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