(Minghui.org) For a long time, Vietnamese culture has been influenced by Chinese culture. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is rooted in Chinese traditional culture. In recent years, more and more Vietnamese people have started practicing Falun Gong.

Group practice in Saigon, Vietnam

Group practice in Hanoi, Vietnam

A famous palace in Hue, Vietnam

In 2000, Li was one of the few Vietnamese who started practicing Falun Dafa after browsing the internet. The profound principles in Zhuan Falun deeply impressed him, a devout Buddhist.

In 2002, the Vietnamese Falun Dafa teaching video appeared on the internet. In the following year, Zhuan Falun was published in Vietnamese. Falun Dafa spread to the whole country. More and more Vietnamese from all walks of life began to join the practice.

The first Vietnamese Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Hanoi in May 2009. About 150 practitioners from Vietnam and overseas attended the meeting. Since then, more people have started practicing Falun Gong.

Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference held in Hanoi in May 2009

By 2010, the number of practitioners increased to about 600. They come from many major cities and small towns of northern Vietnam and southern regions. Whether it is morning, afternoon or night, rain or shine, people can see them practicing the exercises in parks and at tourist sites.

Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference held in 2010

Falun Dafa has spread by word of mouth. More and more people ask about Falun Dafa. It is estimated that, in 2011, in Vietnam more than 1,500 people practiced Falun Dafa. Today, there are about 35 practice sites throughout the country.

A practice site

Sending righteous thoughts

Group study

Distributing paper lotus flowers

On weekends, practitioners of a region hold regular group practice. The practitioners also often travel a long way to the other urban and rural areas to introduce Falun Dafa. In one remote town, the mayor and his wife began practicing Falun Gong and told others about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Then many people in the town started to learn the exercises.

Touching stories

Kai Tak is an old woman in a family of nine brothers and sisters. She found Falun Dafa on the internet in 2010 and started practicing it. In just one week, she witnessed changes in herself. This caused her family members to happily take part in the practice of Falun Dafa one by one. Practicing made everyone have a healthy body. The teachings of Master ask everyone to look inward, which brought harmony and happiness to this family.

Du Yuping, a government official, often sought divination. After practicing Falun Dafa, he was no longer afraid to face a life of misfortune or uncertainty, and stopped consulting divination. He thinks others around him more. Colleagues noticed this change and knew the goodness of Falun Dafa. Through him, many of his coworkers and family members have begun practicing Falun Dafa.

Huang Wenlin became more compassionate to his brother after practicing Falun Dafa. Before practicing, he was angry and hated his brother because his brother took his inheritance. He was unable to forgive him. But after practicing Falun Dafa, he understood that virtue is more important than wealth. So he approached his brother, especially when his brother once again went through a difficult time in his life. The brothers shared the peace of mind brought about by Falun Dafa.

Like many other practitioners, after Yuan experienced the goodness of Falun Dafa, she never wanted to look back. Within a very short time after practicing Falun Dafa, she changed to a new person. Yuan was able to walk four kilometers every day to join the group study. After daily exercises, she and other practitioners would carry a pack of Falun Dafa information materials and DVDs to introduce Falun Dafa house to house. They wished that neighbors would share the goodness of Falun Dafa.

Practicing meditation

More and more people learn about Falun Dafa

In Vietnam, many people from have joined the practice. They may have heard about Falun Dafa on the bus, in the local market, at a restaurant, or on the street. People are drawn to the wonderful exercises. They have also learned about the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China.

Hoan Kiem Lake is a very famous attraction site in Hanoi. Ruanhuai Lin and other local Falun Gong practitioners go there often and encounter many tourists, especially tourists from China. Some come with friends, some on their own by bus. These people are often able to see the practitioners from far away. They are always pleased to accept Falun Dafa flyers, bookmarks, paper lotus flowers, or VCDs.

In China, hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are arrested and beaten. Even worse, some have had their organs harvested by the CCP for lucrative profit. Through the practitioners’ tireless efforts in clarifying the facts of Falun Dafa, more and more Vietnamese officials have come to know the facts and have chosen a better future for themselves.

Fan Huangtao constantly tells her family the facts about the persecution of Falun Dafa in China, and distributes booklets in the local community. She was once questioned by a Vietnamese official who later detained her. Her father, a kind-hearted person supporting Falun Dafa, came to the police station. When he faced this challenge, he was not afraid. He told the police what he knew from his daughter, and told the police that his daughter had done nothing wrong. He further said that the police must do something good. Soon, Huangtao was released and went home with her father.

Chen Shi is a new practitioner, since 2010. Within a very short time, she felt that her life changed a lot. She would not worry over family conflicts, illness or psychological conflict. One day, she and fellow practitioners attend a wedding out of town. On the way, they distributed many pamphlets and CDs. A policeman followed them and brought them to the police station. These practitioners just took this opportunity to clarify the truth to the police, telling them about the ongoing persecution in China. Their calm and peaceful demeanor changed the interrogation into a discussion of traditional culture and moral values. That night, the police openly apologized to them. One police officer asked them for the book Zhuan Falun and other Falun Dafa books.