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- The triple religion (Vietnamese: tam giáo), referring to the syncretic combination of Mahayana Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, and Vietnamese folk religion (often assimilated), remain a strong influence on the beliefs and practices of the Vietnamese, even if the levels of formal membership in these religious communities may not reflect that influence.
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Fast Facts: Religion in Vietnam. Vietnam is officially a secular state, as a result of its Communist past, but Confucianism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and folk religion are all present. Vietnamese folk religion is a mixture of world religions and indigenous faiths, but it focuses mostly on the reverence for symbols of divinity.
Ông Đạo Dừa (1909–1990) created the Coconut Religion (Vietnamese: Đạo Dừa or Hòa đồng Tôn giáo), a syncretic Buddhist, Christian and local Vietnamese religion which at its peak had 4,000 followers, before it was banned.
Vietnamese religion was a syncretic amalgamation of the three great religions of East Asia—Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism—onto which had been added a rich variety of preexisting animist beliefs. All Vietnamese believed in this single religious conflation in one form or another, but these forms varied greatly.
Vietnamese folk religion (Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng dân gian Việt Nam, sometimes just called đạo lương, Chữ Hán: 道良) is a group of spiritual beliefs and practices adhered by the Vietnamese people. About 86% of the population in Vietnam are reported irreligious, but are associated with this tradition.
Feb 20, 2024 · The Vietnamese government recognizes six official religions, which are Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Caodaism, and Hoa Hao Buddhism.
Hoahaoism. Caodaism. 1. Folk religion – The main religion in Vietnam. Folk religion is with almost 90 precent of the population, the biggest religion in Vietnam. Folk believes are a significant and deeply rooted aspect of Vietnamese culture.
