14,000 Gather in Vietnam for Evangelism Event

March 6, 2023 — 03/06/2023 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) - Over 14,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, attended the Spring Love Festival hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association from March 4-5....

Vietnamese Priest Banned from Going Abroad

October 27, 2022 — 10/27/2022 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Vietnamese priest who serves veterans was banned from leaving his country while on a business trip to the U.S. On October 24, Father...

Benedictine Monk Dies from Cancer After Allegedly Being Poisoned

October 7, 2022 — 10/07/2022 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) - Father Anthony Padua Nguyen Huyen Duc passed away on October 4 in a German hospital. He was 50 years old and had been battling...

Thailand Aims to Reform Tough Refugee Policy After Saudi Asylum Case

January 21, 2019 — 01/21/2019 Thailand (International Christian Concern) – The 18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun's quest for resettlement as an asylum-seeker might inspire better treatment for Thailand’s refugee community. On January 11,...

Vatican envoy calls on Vietnam to respect religious freedom

August 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli called on Vietnamese government in his recent homily to respect religious freedom and view Catholic Church as something positive instead of problematic. Although Communist Vietnam...

NEWS | Vietnam Sentence Catholic Blogger and Single Mother to 10 Years in Prison

July 6, 2017 — 38-year-old Mary Nguyen Ngoc Nhy Ouynh has recently been sentenced to 10 years of prison for “propaganda against the communist government.” Many activists and lawyers have spoken out, saying the...

Freedom House Index Reports Southeast Asia Remains Predominately Repressed

January 28, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Freedom House, a non-profit non-partisan organization, unveils an index for each countries record of freedom ranging from political freedom to religious freedom. The 2016 edition has unveiled little...

Long Awaited Refugee Status given to Vietnamese Christians in Cambodia

January 22, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In Vietnamese highlands, there is an ethnic group known as Montagnards or "mountain people" which have been a target of persecution for years. The reason for persecution is...