Talk:Religion in Vietnam

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"The French encouraged the spread of the religion (Catholicism) as they thought it balanced Buddhism and supported Western culture"...what on earth does that imply? "balanced Buddhism"... Le Anh-Huy 03:36, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

It basically means that they were trying to balance Buddhism with Western culture, as Buddhism had a very heavy influence among the Vietnamese--☆TBC☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 03:50, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I merged the article Islam in Vietnam (with a redirect) into this article as it is a tiny stub and is not likely to be expanded. Jcam 01:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I just changed the "Religious freedom" part. It seemed to violate the neutrality of the article. I also translated from Vietnamese Wikipedia. 12.199.54.126 16:26, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

The "religious freedom" part largely present the view of one side - Vietnamese government. It largely contains general propaganda POV without any reference. It needs to be substantially reworked. Ans-mo 07:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buddhism percentage

I've reverted a recent edit bu Angelo De La Paz which changed this figure from 92% to 85% with an edit summary reading: (→Buddhism - Edit from 92% to only 85% from many another articles: Buddhism by country,Religion by country,Demographics of Vietnam,etc...), and I've placed a {{cn}} on the 92% figure.

I don't know what the proper figure might be, but I observe the following:

  1. WP:V says: "Articles and posts on Wikipedia or other open wikis should never be used as third-party sources."
  2. Buddhism by country lists a range of 16% to >50% for Buddhism, citing this in support of the 16% figure (I could not verify that from the cited source) and this in support of the >50% figure (verified as saying: "Some estimates suggested that more than half of the population was at least nominally Buddhist.").
  3. Buddhism by country also lists "85% (approx)", citing this as a supporting source. (I am unable to veiify that figure from the cited supporting source).
  4. Religion by country redirects to Religion in present-day nations and states, which lists no percentage figure for Buddhists in Vietnam, and which wikilinks to this article for details about Vietnam.
  5. Demographics of Vietnam lists figures of Mahayana Buddhism 83.3% and Theravada Buddhism 1.7%, but cites no supporting source for these figures. -- Boracay Bill 01:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)