{"id":26709,"date":"2024-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-vietnam-6269\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:58:24","slug":"prayer-diary-vietnam-6269","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/prayer-diary-vietnam-6269\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9d8fcb013c58f83db8f909b95e3984f4.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent months, an alarming number of human rights defenders and religious leaders have been unjustly charged and imprisoned in Vietnam. At the same time, there\u2019s been a marked increase in transnational repression, which means that the government is extending its oppression beyond the borders of Vietnam. For example, they are working to defame and intimidate human rights defenders who have fled Vietnam and are now living in Thailand and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en <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 14 July<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray for an end to the harassment of the Montagnard minority ethnic group, most of whom are Christians. On 22 January over 100 Montagnards were convicted on various terrorism-related charges, based on confessions which family members said were made under duress. Ten were sentenced to life imprisonment, while others received sentences of up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 15 July<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray that the Lord would comfort the loved ones of Y Bum Bya, an evangelist from the Central Highlands Evangelical Church (ECCCH). Mr Bya was found dead on 8 March after he\u2019d been summoned to a meeting with local police. Pray for an impartial investigation into his suspicious, brutal death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 16 July<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Bya\u2019s death was no accident. It was clearly a targeted attack against a prominent member of the ECCCH, which the government has systematically sought to silence and oppress. Pray protection over other members of the church, and that the Vietnamese authorities would be held to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 17 July<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, five Khmer-Krom Buddhist monks were unjustly arrested, defrocked (removed from office) by government officials and charged with undermining national unity or promoting separatist sentiment under Article 331. . This violates the Theravada Buddhist tradition that a monk may only be defrocked by his immediate religious superior. Pray that the charges are dropped, and that the government would release the pressure on the Khmer-Krom community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 18 July<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, pupils at two ethnic boarding schools in Nam Nhun District, Dien Bien Province, were forced to sign a pledge that they would not attend Christian prayer services outside the school. No prayer services are permitted in school either. Pray that the pupils would be allowed to practise a faith of their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 19 July<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, pray for the safety of those who have fled Vietnam to neighbouring countries. In recent months, Vietnamese security police have increasingly targeted Hmong and Montagnard Christians who have fled to Thailand to seek asylum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 20 July<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Lord, today we lift up to you the nation of Vietnam. Bring peace and justice to all the peoples of this land, especially the religious and ethnic minorities facing increased repression. Lord, soften the hearts of the authorities, that they would grant all citizens the freedom to follow their conscience and faith of choice, without fear. Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2024-07-13-prayer-diary.pdf\">Descargue una copia imprimible del Diario de Oraci\u00f3n de esta semana.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily prayer points for Vietnam<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8602,"template":"","regions":[128,136],"class_list":["post-26709","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-east-asia","regions-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26709","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41379,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26709\/revisions\/41379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}