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Ho Chi Minh's house- Ho Chi Minh mausoleum and museum- Hanoi, Vietnam.
Christians
in Vietnam, Southeast Asia had a very sour Christmas celebration, as
some of them were brutally tortured and detained by the national police.
In a report by the Asia News (www.asianews.it) it said that in Hanoi, Dec. 19, about two thousand Protestants were planning a celebration at the National Convention Centre, in the district of Tu Liem, rented for the occasion. But at the last moment the managers of the state owned structure, pulled their permission.
It noted that deeply disappointed to see the doors closed and hundreds of plain clothes activists barring their access, the Christians started to pray and sing in the square outside the building.
“The police called in reinforcements, who started to beat them, also using electric batons. Six people, including the Rev. Nguyen Huu Bao, who was to lead the meeting, were arrested,” it stated.
According to Asia News report, similar events took place in Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Da Nang adding that the attitude of the authorities towards Christians is borne out in a series of raids against the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ho Chi Minh City, run by the Redemptorists and, including the destruction of the Dalat monastery.
It observed that the attack on another monastery was reported by Sister Philippe Dinh Thi Nhung, provincial superior of the Sisters of Providence of Portieux stressing that in a letter dated December 21, the nun said that since June 25, 1976 the government coercively borrowed part of our monastery of Soc Trang City.
In a report by the Asia News (www.asianews.it) it said that in Hanoi, Dec. 19, about two thousand Protestants were planning a celebration at the National Convention Centre, in the district of Tu Liem, rented for the occasion. But at the last moment the managers of the state owned structure, pulled their permission.
It noted that deeply disappointed to see the doors closed and hundreds of plain clothes activists barring their access, the Christians started to pray and sing in the square outside the building.
“The police called in reinforcements, who started to beat them, also using electric batons. Six people, including the Rev. Nguyen Huu Bao, who was to lead the meeting, were arrested,” it stated.
According to Asia News report, similar events took place in Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Da Nang adding that the attitude of the authorities towards Christians is borne out in a series of raids against the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ho Chi Minh City, run by the Redemptorists and, including the destruction of the Dalat monastery.
It observed that the attack on another monastery was reported by Sister Philippe Dinh Thi Nhung, provincial superior of the Sisters of Providence of Portieux stressing that in a letter dated December 21, the nun said that since June 25, 1976 the government coercively borrowed part of our monastery of Soc Trang City.
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