{"id":26530,"date":"2021-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-vietnam-4970\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:57:42","slug":"prayer-diary-vietnam-4970","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/prayer-diary-vietnam-4970\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/f7a2f52cf14d29e5767232a8cceb2e86.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor A Dao was released last September after more than four years in prison! He was not expected to be released until August 2021. He was arrested in 2016 on his way to visit some members of his church, following his return from a conference on religious freedom. He was sentenced for \u2018illegally taking people to Thailand\u2019, a charge he denies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every major religious community, including Buddhists, Catholics, Cao Daists, Hoa Hao Buddhists and Protestants, experiences violations ranging from harassment, intimidation and intrusive monitoring, to arrest and torture. Find out more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/our_work_country_vietnam.htm\/\" target=\"_blank\">csw.org.uk\/vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sunday 7 February<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise God for the wonderful news of Pastor A Dao\u2019s early release. Pray for him as he settles back into his life after more than four years in prison on false charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 8 February<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor A Dao\u2019s church has also experienced ongoing harassment from the authorities. Ask God to protect them from further harassment, so that they can worship in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 9 February<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Thank you for your dedicated efforts in your work for the release of my husband. The friendly care is a great motivation and a great encouragement for us.\u2019 This message is from Bui Thi Kim Phuong, whose husband Nguyen Bac Truyen, a Hoa Hao Buddhist, has been in prison since 2017 because of his work as a human rights activist. Pray that she will continue to feel encouraged and supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 10 February<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Truyen was awarded the Stefanus Prize for 2020. The Prize is awarded every two years to individuals who have \u2018made an outstanding contribution to promote freedom of religion and belief in particular, and human rights in general.\u2019 Thank God for Truyen\u2019s courage and that he has been recognised with this award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 11 February<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;&#8221;He gave justice and help to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn\u2019t that what it means to know me?&#8221; says the Lord.&#8217; (Jeremiah 22:16 NLT) Pray this verse over all of Vietnam\u2019s human rights defenders, who work fearlessly to secure justice and assistance for the poor and needy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 12 February<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Individuals in remote areas who are both ethnic and religious minorities, such as the Montagnard ethnic minority Catholics and Protestants in the Central Highlands, suffer the most severe abuses of freedom of religion. These include pressure to recant, forced eviction, torture, sexual abuse, imprisonment, and disruption of religious services. Ask God to protect and comfort these \u2018double minorities\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 13 February<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Loving Father, we commit into your hands those who dedicate their lives &#8211; often at great personal risk &#8211; to speaking up for everyone\u2019s right to freely practise their religion or belief. We thank you for the inspiration that their courage is to us, and we pray that their efforts will result in true freedom for the people of Vietnam. In the precious name of your Son Jesus, Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><u><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2021-02-06-prayer.pdf\">Descargue una copia imprimible del Diario de Oraci\u00f3n de esta semana.<\/a><\/u><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in praying for Vietnam this week.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":8256,"template":"","regions":[],"class_list":["post-26530","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41200,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26530\/revisions\/41200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}