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In the past Christian foreign missionaries are not allowed to proselytize or perform religious activities without government approval. [62] Vietnam is now maintaining a semi-formal relation with the Vatican, a major breakthrough in contrast to other communist countries of China, Laos and North Korea. The Government of Vietnam reached an ...
During the Vietnam War, the US backed a Catholic named Ngô Đình Diệm for his leadership of South Vietnam. The US assumed that Diem would protect freedom of religion in South Vietnam, due to his deep faith, but instead he used his power to suppress Buddhism (which was the majority religion of South Vietnam) and promote Catholicism. [8]
For Orthodox Christianity, the Russian Orthodox Church is represented in Vũng Tàu, Vietnam, mainly among the Russian-speaking employees of the Russian-Vietnamese joint venture "Vietsovpetro". The parish is named after Our Lady of Kazan icon was opened in 2002 with the blessing of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church , which had been ...
The status of religious freedom in Asia varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the country ...
The failure of the revolt had a disastrous effect on the Christians of Vietnam. [35] New restrictions against Christians followed, and demands were made to find and execute remaining missionaries. [36] Anti-Catholic edicts to this effect were issued by Minh Mạng in 1836 and 1838.
Map of prevailing religion by country Map of relative importance of religion by country, based on a 2006–2008 worldwide survey by Gallup Countries with a state religion: Christianity (unspecified)
"Vietnam's mistrust of China runs deep, and from the Vietnamese people's viewpoint, there is little to no 'shared destiny' between the two countries, as long as China continues to claim most of ...
Protestants in Vietnam (Vietnamese: đạo Tin Lành lit. ' Evangelicalism ' ) are a religious minority, constituting 1% of the population in 2022. [ 1 ] Though its numbers are small, Protestantism is the country's fastest-growing religion , growing at a rate of 600% in the early 2000s.