On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has launched a vibrant appeal to Vietnamese from all different political and religious currents to rally together in a common effort for democracy in Vietnam. …
Read More »Thich Thien Minh, secular name Huynh Van Ba, 51, was released in a government amnesty on 2, February 2005. A member of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), former Superior monk of Vinh Binh Pagoda in Bac Lieu, southern Vietnam, Thich Thien Minh was detained for 26 years for …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed by monks from the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) of their distress regarding the brash methods employed by Thich Nhat Hanh and his followers to obtain a meeting with the UBCV Deputy leader, Very Venerable Thich Quang Do and senior …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received a copy of a letter written by Venerable Thich Vien Dinh to Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh who is currently visiting Vietnam. Thich Vien Dinh is Superior monk of both the Thap Thap Monastery in Binh Dinh province and the Giac …
Read More »On January 11, 2005, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh left France for a 3-month speaking tour of Vietnam. This highly-publicized visit, which could be interpreted as a sign of increased religious tolerance in Vietnam, in fact it takes place during one of the worst periods of repression against the …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) is informed that the United States Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael W. Marine paid a visit to the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy Head of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) today at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery. He was accompanied by …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau is gravely concerned about the situation of the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) and 9 UBCV senior monks intercepted by Security Police on Monday 22nd November on their way to visit UBCV Patriarch Thich …
Read More »Venerable Thich Quang Do, prominent dissident and Deputy leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) has informed the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) that he received a summons this morning from the Phu Nhuan Ward People’s Committee in Ho Chi Minh City (the local Communist Party authorities) …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received urgent information that Police have intercepted a mini-van with Venerable Thich Vien Dinh and nine other UBCV members at 5.30 am (Vietnam time) as they drove towards the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City. The monks were going to …
Read More »The International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB) has received further reports on the new crackdown on the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV). Venerable Thich Quang Do, 76, prominent dissident and Deputy leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) was forcibly prevented today from traveling to Binh …
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