My office has prepared an update on the state of freedom of religion or belief in Vietnam. Please find a link to the report below. Thank you for your engagement with issues of religious freedom. David Anderson, MP Click here to view the PDF version Full Article

By Evan Maguire | The American Spectator On Wednesday, July 11th, the United States Embassy in Vietnam issued a statement criticizing a decision by a Vietnamese appeals court to continue to detain three human rights activists for “propaganda ... Full Article

By Samuel Smith | Christian Post Christians from various parts of the world recently detailed for The Christian Post how they, their families, friends and ministries have been persecuted simply because they worship Jesus Christ. On Wednesday, ... Full Article

By Seb Rumsby | The Diplomat Upland Vietnam has witnessed a remarkable religious transformation within one marginalized ethnic minority in the past three decades. Since the 1980s, where Protestant Christianity was virtually unheard of in ... Full Article

By Joseph Nguyen Hung | Herald Malaysia Online “The government’s Law on Beliefs and Religions has some innovative and positive points. However, there are many aspects that worry us and alarm us,” say Vietnam’s Catholic bishops in ... Full Article

By UCA News reporter | La Croix If you are following a non-sanctioned religion in Vietnam you can expect harassment from the authorities, according to a religious freedom watchdog. “We recorded 59 violations of religious freedom by the ... Full Article

By Luke Hunt | The Diplomat NHA TRANG — In a provincial church in Nha Trang, on Vietnam’s southern coast, a steady stream of parishioners arrive for Saturday evening mass. This chapel is typical of the many churches that dot the landscape, ... Full Article

By Imogen Faux | World Watch Monitor Vietnam’s National Assembly finally ratified (on 18 Nov.) its Law on Belief and Religion amid extensive criticism from parliamentarians, human rights and religious groups, who deem it to be below ... Full Article

By Carey Lodge | Christian Today Religious freedom in Vietnam is at serious risk following the passing of the country’s first ever Law on Belief and Religion last week. The law passed on 18 November, despite concerns that it does not ... Full Article

By Jardine Malado | Christian Today Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and 50 civil society organizations and religious groups in Vietnam urged the government to to comply with international human rights laws by revising the draft of the Law ... Full Article

By Vishal Arora | WorldWatch Monitor Vietnam’s new “Law on Belief and Religion,” scheduled to come into effect this year, will add another layer of governmental repression and control to an already pressurised Church, says Vo Tran Nhat, ... Full Article

Third worship place threatened with demolition.Special to Compass Direct News LOS ANGELES, (Compass Direct News) – Vietnamese officials in Muong Cha district, Dien Bien Province, destroyed two new church buildings of ethnic minority Hmong ... Full Article