Peggy Fletcher Stack/The Salt Lake Tribune
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday the formation of three new missions, including one in Vietnam. The other two are on the African continent: the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission and the Nigeria Owerri Mission. The headline grabber, though, is the creation of the Vietnam Hanoi Mission.
In this Feb. 6, 2013, file photo, the angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against a cloud-covered sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. New missions are being opened in Vietnam, and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mormons and some LDS missionaries have been in Vietnam for at least a decade, but the Utah-based faith saw little growth until 2014, when it won official recognition and created a second branch, or congregation, in Saigon.
The Vietnam Hanoi Mission is currently part of the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission, which has included a handful of Vietnamese-speaking missionaries who serve in Vietnam. There are more than 400 Mormon missions worldwide.
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