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About Vietnam >> Religions & Beliefts :>> Religions & Beliefts - Catholicism Catholicism was introduced to Vietnam in the latter part of the 16th century by missionaries from Portuguese and Spain. During the 18th century, Alexander De Rhodes developed “Quoc Ngu”, a written Romanized version of spoken Vietnamese. This enabled the Catholics to spread knowledge about their religion and, in addition, was a great help to Vietnamese in many other fields. In 1658, a Vicar Apostolic was appointed by the Pope in Rome, and he also made the Catholic church in Vietnam, an extension of the Church of France. During the French Domination period, many other churches were built in Vietnam. Nowadays, over 5 millions people are considered to be catholic. The most densely populated catholic areas are Bui Chu – Phat Diem in Ninh Binh province, and Ho Nai – Bien Hoa in Dong Nai province.
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