Population
79 million
84% ethnic Vietnamese
2% ethnic Chinese
Khmers
Chams
50+ other
Capital City
Hanoi
Leadership
President
Tran Duc Luong
Prime Minister
Phan Van Khai
Religion
Buddhism (primary)
Taoist
Confucian
Hoa Hao
Caodaists
Muslim
Christian
Vietnam
Ambassador
to the
U.S.
Ambassador
His Excellency Nguyen
Tam Chien
Embassy of Vietnam
1233 20th St. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 861-0737
Fax: (202) 861-0917
Email:
info@vietnam
embassy-usa.org
Web:
www.vietnamembassy
-usa.org
BIO
While Christians in Vietnam are supposedly allowed religious freedom under their constitution, many
believers continue to claim harassment and persecution from
officials and neighbors for their faith.
The
vague language used in the Vietnamese legal system
leaves many religious activities open to
interpretation by
officials. While Vietnam claims to have
freedoms in line with
international standards, they have worded
the laws them-
selves in such a way that they are open to
be applied to
whatever situation the government deems
threatening and
can be manipulated to basically justify the
torment of any
group, Christians being among the targets.
Please read the report on religious repression in Vietnam
(see link at right) for more information.
Also, please continue
to read Outcry and look through our prisoner
list to find
names of those being detained for religious
activities.
Where
can I read a general
report about religious
repression in Vietnam?
Can you recommend some
other Vietnam websites?
