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Thousands mourn Thich Nhat Hanh, bringer of mindfulness to the West
AFP, Published on 23/01/2022
» HUE: Thousands of mourners packed a pagoda in Vietnam's Buddhist heartland on Sunday to pay tribute to the late Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, credited with bringing mindfulness to the West.
Thousands mourn Vietnamese Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2022
» HUE: Mourners queued outside a pagoda in Vietnam's central Hue province on Friday to pay their final respects to Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world's most prominent Buddhist teachers who died on Jan 22 aged 95.
Buddhist monk who brought mindfulness to West dies in Vietnam
AFP, Published on 22/01/2022
» HANOI - Vietnamese monk-turned-peace-activist Thich Nhat Hanh, a hugely influential Buddhist credited with bringing mindfulness to the West, has died aged 95.
Police to probe Vietnamese asylum-seeker disappearance
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2019
» Police will investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist after a rights group said he may have been abducted from Bangkok where he applied for UN refugee status, a senior immigration official said on Thursday.
Investigation ordered into disappeared Vietnamese blogger in Bangkok
Online reporters and Reuters, Published on 08/02/2019
» BANGKOK: The Immigration Bureau promised on Thursday to investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist believed to have been abducted at the northern Bangkok Future Park mall two weeks ago.
It is written
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/02/2019
» Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh might be best known for his spiritual leadership, poetry and activism, but it's his calligraphic meditation practice that has most impacted the lives of people in search of inner peace through mindfulness.
Buddhist monk who brought mindfulness to West dies in Vietnam
AFP, Published on 22/01/2022
» HANOI: One of the world's most influential Buddhist monks, Thich Nhat Hanh, died in Vietnam Saturday at age 95, his Zen teaching organisation said in a statement posted to the peace activist's Twitter account.
Vietnamese bid farewell to father of mindfulness
AFP, Published on 29/01/2022
» HUE (VIETNAM) - Tens of thousands of Vietnamese on Saturday bade farewell to the late monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh -- one of the world's most influential religious leaders -- ahead of his cremation ceremony in the country's Buddhist heartland.
Rights groups condemn 10-year jail term for Vietnam blogger
AFP, Published on 10/03/2020
» HANOI: The jailing of a Vietnamese blogger for 10 years was condemned by rights groups Tuesday as "unacceptable" and an attack on free speech.
Horror of the disappeared
News, Editorial, Published on 11/02/2019
» Cases of the sudden disappearance of political dissidents continue to mount. The latest such case occurred in daytime, inside a well-known Bangkok mall. Truong Duy Nhat, a well-known journalist and blogger in Vietnam, was seized and dragged out of Future Park shopping centre. He had just registered his personal details and applied for asylum through the UN refugee office. His disappearance on Jan 26 has received the usual silence from governments involved.