The Development of the Hmong Protestant Community in Suối Village of Vietnam’s Northern Highlands

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  Trần Thị Phương Anh

  Vũ Thị Thu Hà

  Hoàng Văn Chung

Abstract

On February 5, 2023, Suối village in Lai Châu, a northern border village of Vietnam, has been recognized as the most attractive community-based tourism area in ASEAN. Indeed, this village is situated amidst majestic natural scenery, inhabited by friendly, open-hearted Hmong people adhering to the Christian faith, who are adept at communication. Few are aware that the present-day beauty and vitality of Suối village have been revitalized from a community nearly depleted by long isolation, economic deprivation, and opium addiction. Studies explaining the changes among the newly-formed Protestant Hmong communities in northern highlands of Vietnam tend to emphasize the roles of Protestantism in the improvement of their living conditions. Our research, based on field data analysis spanning from 2018 to 2023 and through the lens of religious and developmental theories, underscores that the development of the Hmong Protestants in Suối village represent a successful combination of two main factors recognized as religion and state.

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Thị Phương Anh, T., Thị Thu Hà, V., & Văn Chung , H. (2024). The Development of the Hmong Protestant Community in Suối Village of Vietnam’s Northern Highlands. The World of the Orient, (2 (123), 89-102. https://doi.org/10.15407/orientw2024.02.089
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