1. Vietnam
(6.12 – 18)

2. Geography
Area: 331,653 sq km
Long, narrow country occupying the entire eastern and southern coastline of Indochina.
Population: 89,028,741    Annual Growth: 1.15%
Capital: Hanoi
Urbanites: 28.8%

3. Peoples/Religion Peoples: 114 (56% unreached)
Official language: Vietnamese    Languages: 106
Largest Religion: Buddhist
Religion
               
Pop %
Ann Gr
Christians
8,395,410
9.43
2.3
Evangelicals
1,576,889
1.8
2.6
Buddhist
46,722,283
52.48

4. Answer to Prayer
Increased numbers of Bibles in Vietnamese and major tribal languages are printed and released with permission from the government. This is a great need, as the Church has spread rapidly and has a shortage of Bibles in the heart languages of Vietnam’s peoples. Many Christian books and study materials have recently been published, some by the government’s own publishing company.

5. Challenge for Prayer
The deepest spiritual allegiance in Vietnam is not to Communism, nor to the amalgam of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism traditionally practiced by Vietnamese. It is the veneration and worship of ancestors that runs deepest and across most religious practices. Its impact is usually underestimated. Christians face hard questions in dealing with this issue biblically. Pray for the gospel to be wisely contextualized into this reality even while generational bonds that run counter to Christ are broken.
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