Hoà Hảo

Hòa Hảo is a Vietnamese new religious movement.^[1] It is described either as a syncretistic folk religion or as a sect of Buddhism. It was founded in Cochinchina in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú Sổ (1920–47), who is regarded as a saint by its devotees.^[2] It is one of the major religions of Vietnam with between one million and eight million adherents, mostly in the Mekong Delta.