Vietnam’s ‘Napalm Girl’ Finds Christ

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service TRANG BANG, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- The girl-turned-woman who helped end the Vietnam War when she was pictured screaming naked as blobs of sticky napalm melted through her clothes, says she has embraced Christianity as a way to forgive and find healing in love.  

Vietnam Launches “Military Crackdown” On Degar Christians

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- The Vietnamese government continued a massive military operation Monday, November 1, involving thousands of armed soldiers, riot police, other security forces and local police to "wipe out" Degar Montagnard Christians in the Central Highlands who refuse to join a state approved church, according to representatives.

Vietnam Detains Bible Students, Expels Missionary

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists say Christians in Vietnam face increased persecution after a foreign missionary was expelled and Bible students were detained by security forces

Australian Evangelist Trip To Vietnam Sparks Debate On Faith

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service EvangelistHANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A five-day tour by Australian Christian evangelist and motivational speaker Nick Vujicic in Vietnam has sparked discussion about faith among Vietnamese youth and could pressure the government to rethink the state’s tight control of religious activities, rights activists said in comments seen by BosNewsLife Monday, June 17.

NEWS ALERT: Vietnam “Massacre” Of Hmong Christians; Pastors “Beheaded”

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Vietnamese security forces beheaded pastors and shot to death "many" other Hmong Christians who gathered to await Jesus Christ's return after a false prophecy by an American preacher, according to a leading advocacy group's leader.

Evangelist Palau Joins Vietnam’s First Protestant Celebration In Decades

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- International evangelist Luis Palau travels to Vietnam to participate in the country's first Protestant church founding celebrations since the end of the Vietnam War.

Vietnam ‘Destroys’ Churches of Hmong Christians

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Vietnamese security forces have destroyed two churches of minority Hmong Christians in northwestern Vietnam and threaten to tear down a third, a Christian news agency said Wednesday June 27.

Christians Fear More Repression Under Vietnam’s New Constitution

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service vietnamesesoldier01_1303425322023HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Christian activists expressed concern Friday, December 6, that a revised constitution for Vietnam can be used to repress religious leaders and faith groups. Vietnam's amended constitution will come into effect on January 1 next year.

Vietnamese Christian Lawyer Fears Leaving Home After Attack

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service aVietnamPolice HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A Vietnamese Christian rights lawyer and Protestant church leader has been attacked when he left his home in Hanoi following years of house arrest and imprisonment, activists have told BosNewsLife.

Vietnam Frees Long-Time Jailed Priest, But Pastor “Killed” By Military

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos indexpriestHANAOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Church officials in Vietnam say one of the country's longest serving prisoners of conscience was released under pressure from the United States, but Christians remain concerned about an alleged Communist government-led crackdown on devoted believers, which included killing an evangelical pastor and a Christian convert.