Bible
Society work in Vietnam
(Work conducted by the UBS Asia-Pacific Area Service Center.)
Country Data:
| Area: | 331,114 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 77,311,210 (1999) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$390 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 94% (1999) | |
| Religions in % of Population (2000): | Buddhist |
49.5%
|
| Non-religious |
20.5%
|
|
| Traditional beliefs |
9.5%
|
|
| Christian |
8.3%
|
|
| Cao Dai |
2.8%
|
|
| Hoa Hao |
2.5%
|
|
| Muslim |
0.7%
|
|
| Other |
6.2%
|
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| Official Language: | Vietnamese | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1890 |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1966 |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
|
Bibles
|
New
Testaments |
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|
53,170
|
120,170
|
30,472
|
101,380
|
99,000
|
0
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Latest News (Aug./Sep. 2004)
First Chinese Bibles printed in Vietnam (November 2003)
World Watch (July/August 2002)
Vietnam celebrates production of one million New Testaments (Oct 2001)
Vietnam Protestants to get thousands more Bibles (September 2001)
‘New Vietnamese Bible Will Be a Sell Out’ (March 1999)
100,000 Bibles Produced in Vietnam (February 1999)
100,000 New Testaments Reach North Vietnam (February 1998)
Vietnam Celebrates 100,000 Scriptures (March 1997)
