Nam Dinh: More than a land of churches
Nam Dinh sits about 90 kilometers from Hanoi and is accessible by motorbike, train, and commercial coach
4-year-old boy drowns in pond at coffee shop in northern Vietnam
The coffee shop was operating against COVID-19 prevention and control regulations
Vietnam’s 135-yo cathedral demolished to make way for replacement
The church will be replaced by a new, larger cathedral
Woman jumps off building on news of 2-y-o son’s death in northern Vietnam
‘We believe the woman had committed suicide while grieving over the passing of her young son’
Japanese man documents 1,200 churches in Vietnam for conservation
He’s traveled across northern Vietnamese on rented motorbikes to photograph and map thousands of local churches
In Vietnam, disassembly of 134-year-old church postponed indefinitely after outcry
The Bui Chu Cathedral in Nam Dinh Province was set to be disassembled on May 13, 2019
One last look at 134-year-old Vietnamese cathedral on verge of disassembly
Bui Chu Cathedral is considered a one-of-a-kind architectural gem that holds a significant place in the history of Catholicism in Vietnam
‘I love you all’, Vietnam’s Doan Thi Huong says in letter after release
Huong arrived in Hanoi on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur, hours after her release
Experts decry plan to tear down 134-year-old cathedral in Vietnam
Priests and local Catholics have agreed to disassemble the cathedral and build a new one on its ground
Century-old cathedral consumed by midnight fire in northern Vietnam
The catholic cathedral was constructed between 1888 and 1898