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<div>The '''Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam''' (''Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam Thống nhất'' or ''GHPGVNTN'') is a Buddhist organization in [[Vietnam]]. The Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam was founded in 1964 in order to unify 11 of the 14 different sects of [[Buddhism in Vietnam|Vietnamese Buddhism]] which were present in the country at the time. The unification also came in response to a government that was increasingly being seen as hostile to Buddhists during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="Abuza2001">{{cite book|author=Abuza, Zachary |title=Renovating Politics in Contemporary Vietnam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXu4dQg3dXUC&pg=RA1-PA191&dq=may+1966+buddhist&hl=en&ei=3vDmTPObNcSt8AaohoDEDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=may%201966%20buddhist&f=false|year=2001|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=978-1-55587-961-7|pages=191–}}</ref><br />
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The UBSV's patriarchs [[Thích Huyền Quang]], and [[Thích Quảng Độ]] were under house arrest due to their opposition to strict government control of religion, which was established after the communists won the war in 1975.<ref>Johnson, Kay (March 2, 2007 ). [http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1595721,00.html The Fighting Monks of Vietnam], Time Magazine</ref><br />
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In 1981, six years after the communist victory, the new government consolidated all Buddhist organizations under the umbrella group [[Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam]] and placed it under government control. The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and all other non-sanctioned organizations were banned within Vietnam. It continues to operate in exile outside Vietnam.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Thích Quảng Độ]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book|author1=Queen, Christopher S. |author2=King, Sallie B. |title=Thich Nath Hanh and the Unified Church of Vietnam. In: Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZsTgY1lNNsC&pg=PA321|year=1996|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-2844-3|pages=321–}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/Vietnam.htm The Suppression of the Unified Buddhist Church], Human Rights Watch 1995<br />
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[[Category:Buddhism in Vietnam]]<br />
[[Category:Buddhist organizations in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1964]]<br />
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