Leaders of many faiths in Vietnam have reprimanded the government for brutally attacking followers of an independent group who protested against the planned destruction of their old temple. Six ...

They were commemorating a friend's death. The police stopped the members of the sect and confiscated motorcycles and registration documents. The arrest occurred after two months at the hands of ...

(New York) – Vietnam should suspend charges against six Hoa Hao Buddhist followers and investigate whether police actions against them were taken for discriminatory reasons or religious persecution, ...

Followers of an indigenous Buddhist sect in southern Vietnam were prevented by police from marking their founder's death anniversary, leading some to take up a hunger strike. When police stopped ...

Protesters belong to a sect that does not follow the official religious body. An Giang provincial authorities ordered the pagoda’s demolition. An elderly abbot is among those attacked. Hanoi (AsiaNews ...

As if to celebrate the first anniversary of his coming to power, Premier Ngo Dinh Diem struck three heavy blows last week against the Hoa Hao (pronounced Wha-How), the second of his country’s ...

Commemoration of the birthday of Huynh Prophet of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church in Vietnam has been blocked by local authorities with checkpoints that make it hard for the faithfuls to attend.