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Vietnam RELIGION
Chinese Buddhist temple, Cholon
Buddhist shrine with portrait of Ho Chi Minh
A painting at the Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh Province, depicting three of
the Cao Dai movement's spiritual "father": founder of the Chinese
Republic Sun Yat-sen, French poet and novelist Victor Hugo, and Vietnamese
prophet Trang Thinh The Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, adopted in 1980, proclaims that "citizens enjoy freedom of worship, and may practice or not practice a religion" but that "no one may misuse religions to violate state laws or policies." Despite the Constitution's ostensible protection of the practice of the religion, the status of such was precarious in Vietnam in late 1987. |