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Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.

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Vietnam: Situation and treatment of Buddhist monks by authorities, including arrests and torture by the police (2012-November 2013) 12 November 2013 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Viet Nam : information sur la situation des moines bouddhistes et le traitement que leur réservent les autorités, y compris les cas d'arrestation et de torture par la police (2012-novembre 2013) 12 November 2013 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Vietnam: 1. Please provide background information on the Hoa Hao branch of Buddhism, including its history, establishment, core tenets, and philosophy. 2. How does Hoa Hao Buddhism differ from other branches of Buddhism? 3. Please provide information on the demographics of Hoa Hao Buddhism in Vietnam, including total numbers, percentages, location, and predominance. 4. Please provide information on the Ancestral Temple. 5. In what sense are there official as compared to unofficial religious groups in Vietnam? Was Hoa Hao Buddhism officially recognised in Vietnam in 1999? 6. Please provide information on the Hoa Hao Central Buddhist Church (HHCBC). 7. Please provide information on the Hoa Hao Administrative Council, including when and why it was formed, its purpose, and its major achievements. 8. Is there any information about the Hoa Hao Buddhists splitting into 2 groups following suppression of the religion, and were leaders detained? 9. Is the Hoa Hao Buddhist branch seen as a political opposition force to the ruling regime in Vietnam? 10. Do Hoa Hao Buddhists experience any societal discrimination as a result of their religion? 11. Please provide current information on whether Hoa Hao Buddhists have been arrested, detained, or otherwise mistreated by the ruling regime in Vietnam. 12. Is there information on what the local police attitude is towards followers of Hoa Hao? Is there information that government authorities from Ho Chi Minh City will harm/mistreat followers, please provide information on the distinction between the local and the national authorities which might take an interest in the religion. 13. Is there information on authorities seizing or confiscating Hoa Hao properties since the end of the Vietnam War? 14. Is there information to confirm or deny that a government document dated 18 February 1979 laid out a 15-year campaign to exterminate the Hoa Hao Buddhist religion? 15. Is there information to show that the Vietnamese authorities banned the celebration of the Founder's Day Festival (the founder being Huynh Phu So) in 1999 or so? 16. Please provide information on the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Hoa Hao at the Ancestral Temple in 1999, whether it was sought to be banned but attracted 1 million attendees. 17. Is there information on two Hoa Hao Buddhists self-immolating in 2005? 18. Is there any information of a court in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap sentencing four Hoa Hao followers to between 4 and 6 years imprisonment for creating public disorder? Is so, please provide information on this. 19. Is there information of a hunger strike in 2006 which relates to the Hoa Hao religion? 3 February 2011 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Vietnam: 1. Please locate any information about the Buddhist sect Tinh Do. 2. Is there any evidence of the Vietnamese authorities harassing members of the Tinh Do sect? 31 May 2006 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Vietnam: Treatment of members of the Theravada Sangha Buddhist sect belonging to the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam 31 March 2003 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Vietnam: Flood relief efforts of the Quoc Lam Tu Buddhist Temple in Ho Chi Minh City; implications for Buddhists participating in flood rescue operations, if any (1999 - January 2002) 4 February 2002 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Vietnam: Information on the teachings of the Hoa Hao (Hoa Hoa) sect of Buddhism and treatment of its followers by the authorities 28 September 2001 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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