Viet Nam is a multi-ethnic (53 ethnic groups) and multi-denominational country: Buddhists (80 per cent), Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Cao Dai and Hoa Hao.

The Cao Dai religion is a mixture of Confucianism, Buddhism and Christianity: its 3 million followers are concentrated in the south of Viet Nam.

There were now in Viet Nam approximately 14,000 pagodas, 6,000 Catholic churches, 500 Protestant churches, 1,000 Cao Dai oratories and 90 mosques.

My little granddaughter Cao Ying, One day you shall be a leader

My little granddaughter Cao Ying, One day you shall be a leader

In Viet Nam, discrimination involving ethnic and religious minorities (more than 53 ethnic groups) or internal communities within these minorities have been noted by the Special Rapporteur (against the Buddhist Church, the Cao Dai Church, the Roman Catholic Church) (ibid., para.

It recommended that the Government (c) in accordance with article 70 of the Constitution, speed the process for the local registration of churches and religious organizations as mandated under the framework on religion and allow for an equitable resolution of property disputes as required under the Constitution and the Prime Minister's decree on religious property, and (d) recognize the United Buddhist Church of Viet Nam and allow it to function independently of the Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha as well as allow multiple branches of the Hao Hao and Cao Dai faiths.