NEWS ALERT: Vietnam Catholic Prisoner Suffers “Serious Stroke”

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos 164-11HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A Catholic priest who is serving a long prison term in Vietnam on charges that Christians link to his fight for religious freedom and democracy has suffered another "serious stroke," his supporters told BosNewsLife late Thursday, November 19.

Vietnam ‘Government Assailants’ Attack Christian Center, Several Detained

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos aVietnamPolice HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists say violence against a Christian center and the detention of several believers in southeast Vietnam is the latest in a series of attacks targeting devoted Christians and unregistered churches in the Communist-run nation

Vietnam House Churches Report Police Crackdown

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service vietnamese_church_06-07-091HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Vietnam anticipated more raids on house churches Saturday, August 8, after a police crackdown on several congregations in recent weeks.

Vietnam Christian Prisoner Dies After Torture

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife 276_Demonstration_-arrestHANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A young Montagnard Christian man has died in a Vietnamese prison because of torture and abuse, the latest in a series of attacks on Christian prisoners in the communist-run nation, representatives said Wednesday, April 28.

NEWS ALERT: Thousands Accept Christ At Vietnam’s “Unprecedented” Christmas Gathering

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos prayerforvietnamHO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Up to 8,000 people came forward to "accept Christ" andfollow Him at an "unprecedented" massive Christmas gathering in Communist-run Vietnam,Vietnamese Christians confirmed Saturday, December 12.

Dozens Injured In Vietnam’s ‘Bloodiest Religious Crackdown’ In Recent Years

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service VietnamprotesterinhospitalinNgheAnProvinceHANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Concerns remained Thursday, September 12, over dozens of Christians who were injured in what has now been called "one of the bloodiest religious crackdowns" in recent years in Vietnam.

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.  

Widow Of Murdered Vietnam Christian “Forced” To Hand Over Children

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service 7798HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- There was international concern Monday, May 31, that the widow of a murdered Vietnamese Christian will be forced to give up her children to the Communist-run state, rights activists said.

Catholics Protest Vietnam Sewage Plant On “Church Land”

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By Voice of America (VOA) Correspondent Marianne Brown reporting from Hanoi, Vietnam, special to BosNewsLife. HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm has returned to the streets of Vietnam's capital Hanoi after hundreds of people marched through the center in an ongoing dispute between the state and the Catholic Church over the use of land.

Vietnam Sentences Pastor To 11 Years Imprisonment

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Despite international condemnation a Mennonite pastor remained behind bars Saturday, April 14, after a Vietnamese court sentenced him to 11 years imprisonment for allegedly creating division between the Communist government and its people.