The Vietnam summit has ended. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un insisted all US sanctions be lifted on his country, offering to dismantle his Yongbyon nuclear complex in return. President Trump said Washington wanted a deal that includes other parts of the North’s nuclear program. “I just felt it wasn’t good enough,” Mr. Trump said. “We had to have more.”
33 Vietnamese Christians were terrorized by government officials after they refused to worship Buddha.
The Rev. Franklin Graham recently held a massive rally in Vietnam where he shared the gospel with over 10,000 people.
A pastor who is imprisoned in Vietnam recently reported to U.S. officials the torture he has been forced to undergo.
Vietnam’s National Assembly finally ratified (on 18 Nov.) its Law on Belief and Religion amid extensive criticism from parliamentarians, human rights and religious groups, who deem it to be below international standards for human rights.
Four thousands Vietnamese Christians were beaten by police when they attempted to protest the government’s contamination of the sea which is vital to the livelihood of many.
The Vietnamese government conducted a raid on a local church and beat and arrested church members, including a 14-year-old boy.
What post-Christian “progressive” Western elites need to understand is that in Vietnam, the church is integral to civil society and is at the center of virtually all humanitarian, pro-democracy, and human rights work.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc, the Vietnamese girl in the iconic napalm attack photo, is finally receiving treatment for the burns she sustained in the attack.
