Political, Social, Environmental, and Popular News on Vietnam
Saturday, May 22, 2010
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April 21, 2010 A Bates professor has received a $40,000 grant to complete his research into a Vietnamese monk whose self-immolation in 1963 was one of the defining acts of the Vietnam War years. On June 11, 1963, at a busy intersection in the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc set [...]
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sacramento 23-11-2008 Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8:
Thursday, February 18, 2010
February 16, 2010 The O Exclusive Interview He’s been a Buddhist monk for more than 60 years, as well as a teacher, writer, and vocal opponent of war—a stance that left him exiled from his native Vietnam for four decades. Now the man Martin Luther King Jr. called “an apostle of peace and nonviolence” reflects [...]
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sun Jan 24, 2010 HANOI (AFP) – One of the world’s most influential Buddhist monks made a plea for religious freedom in Vietnam Monday after his followers were forced from two temples. Devotees of French-based Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh say they have gone underground in Vietnam since last month when they were driven [...]
Monday, October 19, 2009
Harsh Crackdown on Followers of Buddhist Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh October 18, 2009 (New York) – The violent forced expulsion of more than 300 followers of the world-renowned Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh from Bat Nha monastery in late September highlights the Vietnamese government’s suppression of religious freedom, Human Rights Watch [...]
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Youtube fans: Dailymotion fans: Tu Vien Bat Nha and the Communist Vietnam backed Mob Uploaded by watdaconheo. – News videos hot off the press.
Monday, October 5, 2009
After being forced from their monastery last week, 354 followers of a world-famous monk face new police pressure to leave the temple where they sought refuge. By Simon Montlake | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the October 5, 2009 edition BANGKOK, THAILAND – A Buddhist sect led by a world-renowned Vietnamese monk has [...]
