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For security reasons, Christianity Today is withholding the identity of this article's author, who has supported religious freedom inside Vietnam for many years.

The U.S. State Department's 2001 Report on International Religious Freedom says that the Vietnam government "continues to restrict those organized activities of religious groups that it declares to be at variance with state laws and policies."

Human Rights Watch's report, Repression of the Montagnards is available on its site.

For more articles on Vietnam, see Christianity Today'sWorld Report and Yahoo's full coverage.

Previous Christianity Today articles about religious freedom in Vietnam include:

Proposed Repatriation of Vietnamese Tribal Christians May Be FlawedThe government continues to persecute believers while giving a guarantee for the safety of returning refugees. (Jan. 29, 2002)

Empty Legal RightsWhat you can do to help persecuted Christians in Vietnam. (Jan. 15, 2002)

Activist Christian Pastor Arrested In VietnamPublic Security Police have busted up Mennonite services four times this year. (August 24, 2001)

Viet Nam Protestants Call Conference 'Miraculous'But tribal minority Christians fear future persecution. (Feb. 14, 2001)

'We Are Always In Persecution'Vietnam's Christians are arrested, tortured, and fined, even though the government claims to promote religious freedom. (Jan. 10, 2001)

Vietnam Protestants Call Conference 'Miraculous'But tribal minority Christians fear future persecution. (Feb. 14, 2001)

Vietnam Jams Hmong Christian Radio BroadcastsGovernment tries to curb spread of Protestant Christianity along Chinese border. (Sept. 1, 2000)

Authorities Destroy 'Church' in VietnamCrude structure in Ho Chi Minh City slum had been erected only hours earlier. (July 27, 2000)

Christians Targeted in Vietnam's HighlandsCrackdown follows massive anti-government protests. (June 26, 2001)

Napalm Victim Now Agent for PeaceCanadian Christian remembers tearing burning clothes from her flesh. (Feb. 8, 1999)

Jesus Can Still Mean JailThe plight of Vietnam's 700,000 evangelical Christians. (Nov. 11, 1998)

House Pastors Jailed in New CrackdownSeven Vietnamese pastors imprisoned. (Jan. 6, 1997)

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September 9 2002, Vol. 46, No. 10