Christianity in Vietnam

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Christianity is a minority religion in Vietnam. [1] Particlularly Hmong and Hre tribals suffer from persecution of Christians. [2]

[edit] Roman Catholics

Roman Catholicism entered Vietnam when Vietnam belonged to France. France encouraged Catholicism [3]. Vietnam has the fourth-largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines, India and China.[4] There are over five million Catholics in the country which is around 6% of the total population. [5]

[edit] Roman Catholic dioceses

There are 26 dioceses including three archdioceses. The Archdioceses are Hanoi, Huê, Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh. The dioceses are:

• Diocese of Ba Ria
• Diocese of Bac Ninh
• Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt
• Diocese of Bùi Chu
• Diocese of Cân Tho
• Diocese of Ðà Lat
• Diocese of Ðà Nang
• Diocese of Hai Phòng
• Diocese of Hung Hoá
• Diocese of Kontum
• Diocese of Lang Són et Cao Bang
• Diocese of Long Xuyên
• Diocese of My Tho
• Diocese of Nha Trang
• Diocese of Phan Thiêt
• Diocese of Phát Diêm
• Diocese of Phú Cuong
• Diocese of Quy Nhon
• Diocese of Thái Bính
• Diocese of Thanh Hoá
• Diocese of Vinh
• Diocese of Vinh Long
• Diocese of Xuân Lôc

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[edit] Protestants

In the Vietnam war, the number of members in the protestant Church in Vietnam decreased to about 1200 in 1975. Protestant church in the North decreased in membership to about 1,200 in 1975. Protestants in the early 1980s, mostly located in the Montagnard communities in southern Vietnam's central highlands. [7] Nowadays 50 % of the protestant population are tribal people. [8]