IGE Updates

Jointly developed by IGE and VNU Law, the book was published earlier this year and will be part of the curriculum for a master’s program in human rights, the first of its kind in Vietnam. The textbook will serve as a helpful reference for government officials and legislators working on the drafting and implementation of laws and policies affecting religious practice.

Check out the October 2020 e-newsletter!

IGE and the Institute for Religion and Belief at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics will collaborate on publishing a Vietnamese translation of Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations. The book will serve as an important resource for leaders in government, academia, and civil society in Vietnam.

We reflect on God’s amazing provision over the past 20 years and prayerfully look ahead to the next 20 and beyond. Brand new infographic unveiled, too!

Check out the August 2020 e-newsletter!

At the invitation of the Vietnam Embassy in Washington, DC, IGE was honored to take part in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam. Within this bilateral relationship, IGE has played a key role in building people-to-people relations and engagement on good governance, human rights, and religious freedom.

On July 1st, at the invitation of the Kazakhstan government, IGE Vice President of Global Operations James Chen delivered a presentation to government officials on IGE’s relational diplomacy model, theory of change, and its success in catalyzing freedom of faith in Vietnam.

IGE’s Vietnam government partners have published a groundbreaking four-volume compendium of scholarship from IGE’s journal, The Review of Faith & International Affairs. IGE’s partners will distribute this compendium to both central and local government officials throughout all of Vietnam’s 63 provinces

On June 2, 2020, President Trump signed the “Executive Order on Advancing International Religious Freedom,” which prioritizes advancing international religious freedom as a key factor in U.S. foreign policy. IGE has long advocated for this and looks forward to the implementation of this order.