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Christianity was first introduced to Vietnam in the 16th century. [1] Christians represent a significant minority in Vietnam: Catholics and Protestants were reported to compose 7% and 2% of the country's population respectively in 2020. However, the real number of Christian in Vietnam is 10% to 12%. [2]
Vietnamese Muslims remained relatively isolated from the mainstream of world Islam, and their isolation, combined with the lack of religious schools, caused the practice of Islam in Vietnam to become syncretic. Although the Chams follow a localised adaptation of Islamic theology, they consider themselves Muslims.
[8] [9] Luqin (Hanoi in north Vietnam) was home to one of the largest Muslim communities in Vietnam when Vietnam was ruled by Tang China. [ 10 ] The earliest known material evidence of the continued spread of Islam are Song dynasty -era documents from China, which record that the Cham began converting to Islam in the late 10th and early 11th ...
Mahayana Buddhism is the largest organized religion in Vietnam. [7] There is a significant minority of Catholic Christians. Other religions include Protestant Christianity, Theravada Buddhism, Islam, Hòa Hảo, and the syncretic Cao Đài religion.
The Vietnamese Cao Đài diaspora began to settle in the USA in 1975, primarily as refugees escaping the socialist regime after Saigon’s fall. Like many refugees who deal with forced migration, the Cao Đài Vietnamese diaspora community had been transplanted into a foreign land, unfamiliar to their culture, lifestyle and religious tradition ...
The two countries only maintain unofficial relations and dialogue, but the historical presence of Christianity in Vietnam has a relatively long history. The first Catholic missionary to Vietnam started at the 15th century. Christian presence became more frequent in the 16th century, with the arrival of French, Polish and Portuguese Jesuits.
A variant of the Lord's Prayer in Vietnamese (Kinh Thiên Chúa 經天主) written in chữ Nôm in the book, 聖教經願 Thánh giáo kinh nguyện. Vietnamese Hail Mary in chữ Nôm and chữ Quốc ngữ, late 18th century. The first Catholic missionaries visited Vietnam from Portugal and Spain in the 16th century. The early Catholic ...
Vietnamese Christian texts (2 P) Pages in category "Christianity in Vietnam" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.