Vietnam: Communist control and treatment of candidates for Roman Catholic priesthood
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | VNM9745 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Vietnam: Communist control and treatment of candidates for Roman Catholic priesthood, 1 November 1991, VNM9745, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abe784.html [accessed 28 May 2023] |
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There is an abundance of literature on the control of the Roman Catholic (as well as Buddhist and others) church and the ill-treatment of its members in Vietnam. We have attached some of the more pertinent excerpts. The IRBDC can find only one very vague reference to candidates for priesthood in currently available sources: "The authorities continued to severely restrict applications for admission to the clergy of all religions" (Human Rights Watch 1991, 336).
Bibliography
Amnesty International. February 1990. (AI Index: ASA 41/01/90). "Viet Nam: 'Renovation' (Doi Moi), The Law and Human Rights in the 1980s".
Human Rights Watch. 1991. World Report 1990. New York: Human Rights Watch.
Religion in Politics: A World Guide. 1989. Harlow, Essex: Longman Group UK Ltd.
United States Government. 1989. Vietnam: A Country Study. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Attachments
Amnesty International. February 1990. (AI Index: ASA 41/01/90). "Viet Nam: 'Renovation' (Doi Moi), The Law and Human Rights in the 1980s". pp. 15-17.
Human Rights Watch. 1991. World Report 1990. New York: Human Rights Watch. pp. 336-37.
Religion in Politics: A World Guide. 1989. Harlow, Essex: Longman Group UK Ltd. pp. 322-23.
United States Government. 1989. Vietnam: A Country Study. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 123-25.
