I used to thought about Vietnam as a Buddhist country, however only about 16% of the total population are practicing Buddhists. About 8% are Christians. Many Vietnamese aren’t religious and also many Vietnamese adhere to indigenous religions (Vietnamese folk religion). Vietnamese folk religion is not an organized religious system, but a set of local worship traditions, apparently with many similarities to the southern Chinese folk religion. What’s interesting, the Vietnamese indigenous religion is sometimes identified as Confucianism because it carries values that were emphasized by Confucius.
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Zanim pojechałam do Wietnamu, wydawało mi się, że jest to kraj buddyjski. Jednak tylko 16% Wietnamczyków praktykuje buddyzm. Około 8% to katolicy, a pozostali albo nie wyznają żadnej religii albo wierzą w rozmaite bóstwa (system lokalnych wierzeń czasami utożsamiany z Konfucjanizmem).
Loved my time in Vietnam back in 2012 but never got the chance to go to Hue. Seems as though I missed out.
maybe next time 🙂
Insightful post on the religion in Vietnam!
Thank you! 🙂
Wietnam jest dla mnie tak egzotyczny, że nawet nie pomyślałąm o nim w kwestii podróży, czekam więc na ciekawe opowiastki i zdjęcia 🙂
🙂
Very interesting. Thank you !
Thank you! 🙂
non conoscevo questa particolarità 🙂
Is this just true of north Vietnam? I thought south Vietnam had a Catholic population at one time.
i think it’s about the entire country