Asia-Pacific

Vietnam

Vietnam's Catholic Church is one of Asia's most resilient — forged through centuries of martyrdom under imperial persecution and communist suppression, yet emerging today as a growing, young, and extraordinarily devout community of nearly 7 million faithful.

Vietnam
St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions — 117 Vietnamese martyrs canonized 1988, including 96 Vietnamese, 11 Spanish Dominicans, and 10 French missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions
Vietnam
Feast of the Vietnamese Martyrs (Nov 24); Our Lady of La Vang (Aug 15 and third Sunday of August) — national Marian pilgrimage site; Feast of All Saints (Nov 1)
Catholic Population:
6.8 million
Percent Catholic:
7%
Church Status
Growing
Primary Diocese:
Archdiocese of Hanoi

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