Health of Vietnamese Pastor Failing in Prison, Says WifeMarch 3, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnamese pastor and democracy activist Nguyen Trung Ton detained in prison is in failing health, according to his wife. He was arrested last July for his involvement in the...
Vietnamese Christian Vows Return To His Village To Share Gospel With His OppressorsFebruary 13, 2018 — ICC Note: The Christian Post reports the story of a Vietnamese man who was brutally attacked for his faith in 2016 by his own family and local villagers. Though beaten and...
ICC Provides Support to a Group of Hmong Christians in VietnamFebruary 8, 2018 — By Linda Jones 02/08/2018 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – Like other minority groups living under the authoritarian regimes of Southeast Asia, Vietnam's Hmong community is regularly marginalized and harassed both...
Christian Blogger in Vietnam Condemned to Five Years in PrisonJanuary 19, 2018 — ICC Note: Oppression is an influential tool that many powerful entities, like the government, use to silence those that disagree with them. Many Christians have become oppressed and seen as...
Catholic priests resist internet censorship in Communist VietnamJanuary 12, 2018 — ICC Note: Social media have become an effective way for people to share information and express opinions in a Communist Vietnam, where the government bans private newspapers and promotes state-run...
Catholics in Northern Vietnam Protest Officials’ Interference in their parishJanuary 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Catholic leaders in Vietnam’s north-central province are protesting authorities’ interference in their parish, accusing local officials of wanting to remove their priest due to land ownership dispute at...
Release International Lists China, India as top countries of concern for 2018January 3, 2018 — ICC Note: In the latest report published by the UK-based Release International serving persecuted Christians, China is listed as a "key country of concern" for 2018, warning that Christians in...
Vietnam: Catholic human rights activist Maria Trần Thị Nga sentenced to 9 years in prisonDecember 29, 2017 — ICC Note: At the appeal trial, Catholic human rights activist Maria Trần Thị Nga received 9 years in prison and 5 years of house arrest. She was found guilty of...
Government backed ‘Red Flag’ Mob attacked Vietnam parishionersDecember 20, 2017 — ICC Note: Catholics in Nghe An province, Vietnam have experienced harassment yet again from communist supporters. Just last week, Dong Kieu Catholic church in the area was asked by local...
Vietnam: Catholic church asked to remove Nativity sceneDecember 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Local officials in northern Vietnam has asked a Catholic church in the area, Dong Kieu church, to remove a nativity scene in their parish. While authorities claim that...
Police prevent Catholics in Vietnam from attending Special MassDecember 13, 2017 — ICC Note: On Dec 10, Vietnamese police officers stopped a group of priests and laypeople from attending a special Mass served by Father Joseph Nguyen Duy Tan, an outspoken critic...
Vietnam bans another priest from leaving countryDecember 7, 2017 — ICC Note: A Vietnamese priest, Father John Luu Ngoc Quynh was prevented from traveling to France on Dec 5 to attend vow-taking ceremony of a Vietnamese Cistercian. He is the...
Christian Risks His Life to Distribute 100,000 Children’s Bibles in VietnamNovember 24, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian man in Vietnam recounts how he came to Christ and how he has been secretly distributing Bibles in his country. Last year alone, Bao distributed more than...
Vietnam: Jailed pastor’s wife asks for UN interventionNovember 20, 2017 — ICC Note: Since Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton went to prison for participating in human rights activities, his wife Nguyen Thi Lanh and two of their children have been harassed by...
Vietnam: Fresh concerns for ChristiansNovember 15, 2017 — ICC Note: The NOW! Campaign joined by 14 Vietnamese and international organizations calls for release of 165 prisoners who were arrested for their political or religious beliefs in Vietnam. Christian...
Vietnam Wrestles With Hmong ChristiansNovember 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Since 1980s, ethnic Hmong group in Vietnam went from not knowing Christianity to currently having around 300,000 Christ followers. In the late 1980s, there were no foreign Christian...
