URGENT BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Evangelist Palau Cancels Festival In Hanoi Amid Government Pressure

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife Luis Palau was welcomed by large crowds when he arrived at the airport in Ho Chi Minh City last week. Via Luis Palau Evangelistic AssociationHANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Luis Palau, the first American evangelist to openly preach in Vietnam since the Vietnam War, has cancelled his massive evangelism 'festival' in the capital Hanoi after authorities delayed permissions and local churches were no longer able to organize the event in time.

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.

BREAKING NEWS: Vietnam, China, Send Top Church Leaders To Jail

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HANOI/BEIJING (BosNewsLife)-- Two of Asia's most known Christian leaders were detained Tuesday, July 26, with Vietnam confirming it sent ailing Catholic priest and democracy activist Thadeus Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly back to jail, while China reportedly sentenced a top leader of the underground Protest church movement, Shi Enhao, to two years labor camp for "organizing illegal" worship services.  

Catholics Injured In Vietnam Crackdown On Prayers For Land

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service aVietnamPolice HO CHI MINH CITY (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm returned to Vietnam's largest city Friday, August 2, after several people were injured in a violent government crackdown on Catholics praying for the resolution of land disputes, Christian rights activists said.

International Concern Over Vietnam’s Detention of Ailing Priest

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- There was international condemnation Thursday, July 27, about Vietnam's decision to detain a frail dissident priest and leading human rights activist despite him suffering from a brain tumor.    

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 Jails Catholic Protesters

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service aVietnamPolice HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Two Vietnamese Catholics, whose arrest sparked mass protests in Vietnam's Nghe An Province last month, have been sentenced to six and seven months imprisonment, trial observers told BosNewsLife Thursday, October 31.

Evangelist Graham: ‘Thousands Turn To Christ In Vietnam During Historic Festival’

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham says thousands of people accepted his invitations to follow Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior during a historic Christian festival in communist-run Vietnam where authorities have oppressed religious minorities. "As the Holy Spirit worked in hearts, at least 4,500 people over two nights came forward publicly during the invitations, both inside the sports complex and outside in the extended area, to make life-changing decisions for Christ," he said in a statement following the December evangelism event in Hanoi, the capital.

Vietnam Authorities “Halt” Construction Work On Church Land

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent Santosh Digal reporting from Manila VIETNAM POPEHANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Amid protests against reported church destructions, the city of Hanoi has ordered one of its districts to stop construction work on land claimed by the Catholic church, BosNewsLife monitored Thursday, May 7.

Christian Hmong Tribesmen Detained Amid Questions Over Massacre

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Eight ethnic Hmong tribesmen remained in prison Thursday, May 3, after a court in northwestern Vietnam sent them to 30 months imprisonment for what the government called "disturbing social order and inciting separatist unrest last year."