Monastery Fights Against Government-Sent Land Grabbers

August 15, 2020 — 08/15/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Local authorities and land grabbers, backed by the Vietnamese government, have advanced their campaign to kick members of the Benedictine monastery off their land....

Local Vietnamese Government Announces Infrastructure Plan to Aid Ethnic Minority Christians

July 24, 2020 — 07/24/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) - Earlier this month, two members of Vietnam’s National Assembly visited Subdivision 179, a small village in Vietnam’s Lam Dong Province, home to some Hmong...

Monastery in Vietnam Attacked for Land Grab Campaign

July 15, 2020 — 07/15/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A monastery in Vietnam’s Thua Thien Hue province was attacked by thugs backed by local authorities as part of a land grab campaign, according...

Family of Imprisoned Vietnamese Pastor Beaten and Detained

July 5, 2020 — 07/05/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – The family of a political activist and pastor in Vietnam, who has been imprisoned for his promotion of democracy, was subject to violence and...

Rights Group Urges Vietnam to Free Prisoners of Conscience Amid COVID-19

April 6, 2020 — 04/06/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Vietnamese human rights group issued a statement calling on Vietnam’s government to free all prisoners of conscience to protect them from being infected...

Vietnamese Catholics Blocked from Fencing Off Religious Statue

March 24, 2020 — 03/24/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – On March 22, State officials and police in a northern province of Vietnam have stopped Catholic parishioners from building a fence dividing a Sacred...

Vietnamese Christian Released from Prison

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Y Ngun Knul Suffering from Medical Conditions Due to Incarceration 03/12/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that an ethnic Montagnard...

A Farmland for Persecuted Hmong Christians in Vietnam

February 26, 2020 — Chao Vang* and his wife appreciate ICC's assistance. 02/26/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Chao Vang* and his wife are ethnic Hmong who resided in Son La province...

Rights Group Urges EU to Highlight Religious Freedom in Vietnam Dialogue

February 21, 2020 — 02/21/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – On February 19, Human Rights Watch (HRW) submitted recommendations to the EU, asking the entity to focus on five priority areas regarding the dire...

Vietnamese Church Spared from Demolition

January 4, 2020 — 01/04/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A parish in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam has been granted “buildings of historical value” status, ending a long controversy...

Vietnamese Catholic Refugees in Bangkok Risk Deportation to See Pope Francis

December 13, 2019 — 12/13/2019 Thailand (International Christian Concern) – From November 20 to November 23, Catholics in Thailand were thrilled to see Pope Francis in their country, as the last pope to visit...

Nativity Scene Removed by Force in Saigon’s Loc Hung

December 11, 2019 — 12/11/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – On Sunday, Vietnamese authorities clashed with citizens over a Christmas nativity scene displayed in a Catholic community in Ho Chi Minh City that has...

Church Charity Event in Southern Vietnam Halted by the Police

December 4, 2019 — 12/04/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – An event organized by the Catholic Church for disabled South Vietnamese veterans in the southern province of Tien Giang, received unexpected guests this week...

Vietnamese Priest Banned from Attending Pope’s Mass in Japan

November 28, 2019 — 11/28/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Catholic priest was recently blocked by the Vietnamese government from travelling to Japan to attend a mass by Pope Francis. On November 21,...

Christian Teacher Sentenced to 11 Years Over Alleged Facebook Post

November 18, 2019 — 11/18/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Nguyen Nang Tinh, a 43-year-old Christian music teacher, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state” in Vietnam’s...

Human Rights Lawyer Arrested, Exiled for Faith

October 1, 2019 — 10/01/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Nguyen Van Dai, a Christian human rights lawyer, has defended other believers and those under oppression for nearly 20 years. He was arrested in...