The stench of cordite and the sour-sweet smell of tear gas—the incense of South Viet Nam’s political crisis—was missing in Saigon last week for the first time in more than a month. The frail, ...

The relic was placed on the lead float of a mile-long procession, which began a parade through the city while flocks of pigeons and sparrows were released from cages.* Also swirling overhead: ...

Buddhist monks here are trying to stir up support in their battle with the government over religious and political rights. They have demonstrated, and one man even immolated himself. But their actions ...

Monks following a world-famous Buddhist teacher are being evicted from a Vietnamese monastery for failing to clear their activities with the government, an official said today, but he denied the ...

HANOI (Reuters) - The patriarch of a Vietnamese Buddhist group that has peacefully campaigned against successive governments and Communist Party controls on religion, died in his monastery at the age ...