Religion

Plum Village And Its Three Obstacles In Vietnam
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Will Plum Village become another extension of the Vietnamese government?

Vietnamese Communist Party Spies Inside Religious Institutions
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This article was first published in Luat Khoa Magazine on March 11, 2022. The translation was done by Lee Nguyen. In a letter from Plum Village in 2008, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh said that the Vietnamese government had more or less changed its views on religion, especially towards Party

Religion Bulletin, January 2022: The Government Committee For Religious Affairs Has A New Head Who Is Yet Another Police Cadre
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The state of religious affairs in the new year: good news, bad news, and the same old controlling ways.

Four Reasons Why Vietnam Should Invite The UN Special Rapporteur On Religious Freedom For A Country Visit
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A visit would be a chance to improve the country’s image in the eyes of the international religious community.

Religion Bulletin, December 2021: Government Committee For Religious Affairs Wants To Determine Direction Of The Vietnamese Buddhist Church
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Noteworthy religious news in the final month of 2021

Religion Bulletin, November 2021: An Hoa Parish Lodges Complaint As The Land It owned Pre-1975 Is Divided And Sold
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The parcel of land, previously a school, is currently on sale for 40 million dong/m2.

Religion Bulletin, October 2021: Police Continue To Obstruct Falun Gong Practitioners
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New religions face increasingly draconian controls.

Religion Bulletin, September 2021: Hanoi Municipal Committee For Religious Affairs Concerned About New Religions Operating Over Social Media
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Vietnamese authorities may face the most complicated wave of new religions ever.