Political, Social, Environmental, and Popular News on Vietnam
Saturday, May 22, 2010
May 22, 2010Friday, May 7, 2010
By Nick Gier, Unfiltered 5-06-10 Vietnamese are Confucians in peacetime, but Buddhists in times of trouble. –Frances Fitzgerald, Fire in the Lake Buddhists all over the world will be celebrating their founder’s 2,573rd birthday on May 21, and we should remember with sadness the deaths of nine Vietnamese Buddhists who were shot by U.S.-armed troops [...]
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
2010-04-19 Đại sứ quán Việt Nam tại Pháp vừa có cuộc gặp đại diện của các tăng thân Làng Mai để nói chuyện vấn đề Bát Nhã ở Lâm Đồng trước đây. Vậy nội dung chính của cuộc làm việc đó ra sao? Thất vọng Một trong những đại diện của phái đoàn Làng Mai [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
I came across this and would like to share with you all. A picture showing a beautiful family of four praying for the well being for the 400 young monks and nuns being persecuted in Vietnam by local authorities. You can learn more at helpbatnha.org/2009/10/global-sitting-for-bat-nha/ Source: Link
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 [...]
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 [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
By BEN STOCKING, Associated Press Writer Ben Stocking, Associated Press Writer – Mon Sep 28 HANOI, Vietnam – Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher say police and an angry mob have forced them out of a monastery in central Vietnam, ending a religious experiment in the communist country that turned into a monthslong standoff with authorities. Followers [...]
