Press Release of Vietnam Freedom of Religion or Belief Roundtable Contact email: bpsos@bpsos.org; Website: https://www.vnforb.org/April 6, 2020Today 28 religious organizations, the vast majority of which are not legally recognized by the Vietnamese government, and 108 individuals coming from different religious and ethnic communities wrote to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc calling for a policy of social…

January 31, 2020 Committee SecretaryJoint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and TradePO Box 6021Parliament HouseCanberra ACT 2600 Australia Re: Inquiry into whether Australia should enact legislation comparable to the United States Global Magnitsky Act Dear Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, are…

January 27, 2020 Committee Secretary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade PO Box 6021 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Australia Dear Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, We are writing in response to the Committee’s inquiry into whether Australia should enact legislation comparable to the U.S.Global…

WASHINGTON, DC –  Anurima Bhargava, a Commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today announced her adoption of Vietnamese religious freedom advocate and Hoa Hao Buddhist Nguyen Bac Truyen as part of USCIRF’s Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project. Before his imprisonment, Truyen led the Vietnamese Political & Religious Prisoners Friendship Association, which assists prisoners…

Responding to a recent call by UN Secretary General António Gutteres, religious communities in hundreds of locations throughout Vietnam will hold prayer services this Thursday August 22, for victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief. “On this Day, we reaffirm our unwavering support for the victims of violence based on religion and…

WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his outreach to Texas’ Vietnamese community, his recent visit to the Children’s Mid-Autumn Festival at the Cali Saigon Mall in Richardson, and his efforts to enhance human rights in Vietnam. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s floor remarks are below, and video can be found here.  “We…

Responding to the call by UN Secretary General António Gutteres, numerous religious communities in Vietnam observed August 22 as International Day Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. Observance was conducted in the form of prayer services at churches and temples, outdoor candlelight vigils, or home-based gatherings for silent prayer. See: www.asianews.it/news-en/Oppressed-by-the-regime…

CIVICUS speaks with Thang Nguyen of Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a civil society organisation based in the USA and Thailand, about the challenges for civil society and religious minorities in Vietnam, and about their work to enable civil society responses. Can you tell us about BPSOS and the work it does? I’m currently the CEO…

Local authorities in Ho Chi Minh City seized land and demolished 503 homes, with losses topping US$ 4 million. The City and “interest groups” plan to speculate on the sale of the land. Every evening at 7 pm, residents pray the rosary under the statue of Mary. Hanoi (AsiaNews) – On 22 August, the world celebrated…

DAI DAO TAM KY PHO DO (94th Year) TOA THANH TAY NINH *** CAO DAI TAY NINH TEMPLES OF TEXAS Trademark registration of Cao Dai Religion’s name by Vietnamese government-created sect canceled by US agency Press Release by Cao Dai Tay Ninh Temples of Texas August 26, 2019 Contact information: 5535 W. Ledbetter Dr., Dallas, TX 75236 | minhdao@daocaodai.org…