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Vietnam is also home of two indigenous religions: syncretic Caodaism ( Đạo Cao Đài) and quasi-Buddhist Hoahaoism ( Phật giáo Hòa Hảo ). According to estimates by the Pew Research Center in 2010, most of the Vietnamese people practiced (exclusively) folk religions (45.3%).
5 ARVN members killed in coup. The Buddhist crisis ( Vietnamese: Biến cố Phật giáo) was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of civil resistance, led mainly by Buddhist monks.
It is the main religion in Vietnam. Vietnamese Buddhism is generally inclusive and syncretic, drawing on the main Chinese Buddhist traditions, such as Tiantai (Vietnamese: Thiên Thai) and Huayan (Hoa Nghiêm), Zen ( Thiền ), and Pure Land (Tịnh Độ). [ 1][ 2][ 3] Buddhism may have first come to Vietnam as early as the 3rd or 2nd century ...
During the Vietnam War, the US backed a Catholic named Ngô Đình Diệm for his leadership of South Vietnam. The US assumed that Diem would protect freedom of religion in South Vietnam, due to his deep faith, but instead he used his power to suppress Buddhism (which was the majority religion of South Vietnam) and promote Catholicism. [8]
e. South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, French: République du Viêt Nam ), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.
The Coconut Religion is a religion founded by Ông Đạo Dừa in Bến Tre, South Vietnam. It was one of many religions in the South until the new socialist government abolished it in 1975. Đạo Dừa advocated religious harmony, synthesizing many religions, especially Buddhism and Christianity. The Coconut Religion is not currently ...
Hòa Hảo is a Vietnamese new religious movement. [ 1] It is described either as a syncretistic folk religion or as a sect of Buddhism. It was founded in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú Sổ (1920–1947), who is regarded as a saint by its devotees. [ 2] It is one of the major religions of Vietnam with between one million and eight million adherents ...
Protestantism in Vietnam. Protestants in Vietnam ( Vietnamese: đạo Tin Lành lit. ' Evangelicalism ') are a religious minority, constituting 1% of the population in 2022. [ 1] Though its numbers are small, Protestantism is the country's fastest-growing religion, growing at a rate of 600% in the early 2000s. [ 2]