Question

Which one of the following is not true regarding the Hoa Hao Movement in Vietnam?

• A. It criticised useless expenditure and sale of child brides.
• B. It opposed gambling and use of alcohol.
• C. It motivated the Vietnamese to kill Catholic Missionaries
• D. Its founder was Huynh Phu So.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

It motivated the Vietnamese to kill Catholic Missionaries

The Hao Hao Movement began in 1939 and gained great popularity in the fertile Mekong delta area. It drew on religious ideas popular in anti-French uprisings of the nineteenth century. The founder of Hoa Hao was a man called Huynh Phu So. He performed miracles and helped the poor. His criticism against useless expenditure had a wide appeal. He also opposed the sale of child brides, gambling and the use of alcohol and opium.