Vietnam

Religious freedom in Vietnam remains poor as the government regulates and controls religious affairs through state-sponsored organizations. Authorities routinely detain, arrest, imprison, and torture religious freedom advocates and members of unrecognized religious groups that seek to operate independent of state control. Various independent religious groups such as Cao Dai, Hoa Hao Buddhists, Khmer Krom Buddhists, and Hmong and Montagnard Christians continue to suffer under this persecution.