(New York) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the Hoa Hao Buddhist activist Nguyen Van Lia and drop all charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today. His trial is scheduled for ...

Five religious leaders in Vietnam have asked government authorities to release four Hoa Hao followers who have been detained since May after they were beaten and had their home damaged. The Interfaith ...

Leaders of many faiths in Vietnam have reprimanded the government for brutally attacking followers of an independent group who protested against the planned destruction of their old temple. Six ...

As if to celebrate the first anniversary of his coming to power, Premier Ngo Dinh Diem struck three heavy blows last week against the Hoa Hao (pronounced Wha-How), the second of his country’s ...

(New York) – Vietnam should suspend charges against six Hoa Hao Buddhist followers and investigate whether police actions against them were taken for discriminatory reasons or religious persecution, ...

Protesters belong to a sect that does not follow the official religious body. An Giang provincial authorities ordered the pagoda’s demolition. An elderly abbot is among those attacked. Hanoi (AsiaNews ...

Commemoration of the birthday of Huynh Prophet of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church in Vietnam has been blocked by local authorities with checkpoints that make it hard for the faithfuls to attend.

Tran Thi Thuy, born in 1971, is a member of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Congregation, accused of "overthrowing government" under Article 79 of the Vietnam Penal Code and sentenced to eight years in prison ...