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According to the official statistics, in 2014, the estimated number of Caodaists is 4.4 million, it was a dramatic increase of 1.2 million followers or an increase of 37.5%. Country Information and Guidance — Vietnam: Religious minority groups. December 2014.
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]
There are two main groups of Chams practicing the Islamic faith in Vietnam: one in Central Vietnam, specifically in the Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces, corresponding to the territories of the ancient Champa kingdom. This group is commonly referred to as the Cham Bani.
At least 50% of the current Protestant population is composed of members of tribal groups; the Vietnamese government's treatments towards them is varied. [1] The tribal Protestants in Northern Vietnam do not face government persecution, but Protestant southern tribe members, notably the Hmong and H're, suffer from some religious persecution.
Although the 2005 World Christian Database estimated the Baháʼí population of Vietnam well above 300,000, [66] [67] the U.S. State Department estimated the Baháʼí population at around 8,000 in 2012. [4] Regardless, the 2015 estimate from the World Religion Database, the direct successor to the World Christian Database, was of 413,000 ...
The two groups listed on Wednesday had recruited ethnic minority people in Vietnam, trained them and instructed them to "carry out terrorist activities, incite protests, kill officials and ...
The religion quickly gained followers by the millions, within a decade of propagation, attracting both the rural peasants and the French-educated urbanites. [ 1 ] Soon after, Caodaism began to attract attention from various political actors due to its insurgent ideas which eventually saw some of its factions participating in an armed insurgency ...
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.