Joachim Pham has been a National Catholic Reporter correspondent since December 2013 and regularly contributes to Global Sisters Report. He is based in Vietnam.
Vietnamese nuns host Mid-Autumn Festival for disadvantaged children
Sisters from multiple congregations in Vietnam celebrated Tet Trung Thu — or the Mid-Autumn Festival — for hundreds of orphans, disabled children, people affected by HIV/AIDS and others.
Vietnamese sisters serve at national Marian pilgrimage center
Hundreds of sisters from various congregations in Vietnam volunteered to provide material and emotional support for tens of thousands of pilgrims at a Marian shrine.
Sisters inspire potential novices with stories of choosing vocation over romance
Congregations in Hue, Vietnam, organized recent gatherings to promote religious vocations among young women. Sisters told how they followed religious vocations versus other ways of life. They shared more details with GSR.
Vietnamese sisters look ahead after COVID-19 runs rampant through motherhouse
Most sisters, novices and postulants from the convents and communities of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Bui Chu have been infected with COVID-19, since the pandemic hit their motherhouse in January.