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Testing the government’s good faith

1997 Sect's assault on mourners at funeral of Cao Dai follower in Truong Hoa Commune, Town of Hoa Thanh, Tay Ninh Province On October 31 and again on November 1, 2024, over 15 members of the state-created and controlled 1997 Cao Dai Sect, accompanied by thugs and...

Y Cuah (Choa) H’dok, ECVS Pastor

Y Cuah (Choa) H’dok, ECVS Pastor

On March 26, 2024, Pastor Y Cuah Hdok of ECVN-South declared in a video broadcast on the Public Security website of Dak Lak Provincial Police that โ€œFreedom of belief and religions must be within the framework of the Party, the State. We must obey whatever the State...

Y Tuan Mlo, ECVS Pastor

The current Head of the ECVN-Southโ€™s representative board in Dak Lak Province, Pastor Y Tuan Mlo, is of the Ede ethnicity and has served in various positions in the provincial government. In October 2023, the GCRA included him in its delegation visiting the United...

Nay Sia, ECVS Pastor

Using ECVN-South to target independent house churches was not an aberration of the local or district government authorities. On 4 February, 2023, ECVN-South Pastor Nay Sia appeared on the television program of the Police Department of ฤแบฏk Lแบฏk Province to accuse...

Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)

Arguably representing Vietnamโ€™s majority religion, it was outlawed in 1981 and immediately replaced by the government-created Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS). Most of UBCVโ€™s pagodas are now in the possession of VBS. Those few left have been targeted for demolition by...

Evangelical Church of Vietnam-South (ECV-S)

Formation of ECV-S The ECVN-South, founded in 1921 in South Vietnam, was recognized by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 2001. The Central Highlands region in southern Vietnam is home to many indigenous peoples commonly known as โ€œMontagnardsโ€...