Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

“Le sol appartient au roi, la pagode au village et le paysage au Bouddha”. Ce dicton invite à visiter un Vietnam attaché à l’Eveil.

HANOI — Several hundred Buddhists Wednesday welcomed the arrival in Vietnam of relics of the Buddha from India.

HANO — One of the world's most famous Zen masters made a plea Monday for religious freedom in his homeland, saying Vietnam's communist leaders have lost touch with their revolutionary ideals and Buddhist traditions.

HANOI - A vietnamese catholic monk was beaten and seriously injured after trying to reach a parish which remained sealed by police two weeks after unrest over a crucifix, the local priest said on Thursday.

La Commission gouvernementale des affaires religieuses (CGAR), le ministère des Affaires étrangères (MAE), le Comité populaire de la province de Lâm Dông (hauts plateaux du Centre) et le Comité d'État pour les Vietnamiens d'outre-mer (CEBOM) ont organisé le 11 janvier à Hanoi une conférence de presse pour donner des éclaircissements sur l'"affaire" qui éclabousse le monastère de Bat Nha dans la province de Lâm Dông.

HANOI – A l’aube du 6 janvier, d’importantes forces de police ont investi la paroisse de Dông Chiêm et ont abattu une croix située sur une petite montagne s’élevant sur le territoire de la paroisse.

Followers of one of the world's most influential Buddhist monks say they have gone underground in Vietnam after being forced from a pagoda that gave them refuge.

HANOI — Followers of an "illegal" Buddhist group in communist Vietnam have dispersed ahead of a Thursday deadline to leave a temple where they had sought shelter, the head of the pagoda said Wednesday.

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PARIS — Des moines bouddhistes ont remis vendredi une lettre à l'Elysée demandant "l'asile temporaire" en France pour 400 moines et moniales bouddhistes vietnamiens qu'ils estiment persécutés dans leur pays, a annoncé à l'AFP un porte-parole de la délégation, le frère Phap Linh.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met Friday with Pope Benedict XVI in what the Vatican called a "significant stage" towards normalising bilateral ties.

Le président vietnamien Nguyen Minh Triet souhaite un renforcement des relations avec le Vatican, a rapporté samedi la presse d'Etat, au lendemain d'une première rencontre au Vatican avec le pape Benoît XVI.

HANOI — The head of a Buddhist pagoda in Central Vietnam said Friday that followers of an influential French-based monk can no longer seek shelter with him following three days of mob pressure.

HANOI — Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet will make a rare visit to the Vatican next week to reinforce ties between the communist state and the Holy See, the government said Thursday.

In a message for the anniversary of Catholicism in the country, Benedict XVI recalled the testimony of the 117 martyrs and urges the faithful to take advantage of this time to promote reconciliation and to bring the Gospel values of charity, truth, justice and honesty to the nation.