The establishment of Thai Binh Thanh Tam Major Seminary was officially approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs on July 27.

The GCRA on April 7 issued a dispatch to the provincial-level committee for religious affairs of the country’s provinces and cities, regardingthe implementation of the Prime Minister’sdirective on the nation-wide social distancing.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng signed on April 6 a dispatch to Archbishop President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam Giuse Nguyễn Chí Linh and bishops of Catholic dioceses asking for strengthened measures against Covid-19.

A delegation from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) on December 13 paid visits to the Vietnam Baptist Church and Vietnam Presbyterian Church in Ho Chi Minh city ahead of Christmas 2019.

A delegation of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) paid visits from December 04-08 to chapters of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) ahead of Christmas 2019.

The Public Security in Ninh Binh province’s Nho Quan in collaboration with Dong Bai Catholic parish held on November 24 a ceremony to launch a model for ensuring public security and order in local Catholic parishes and communities.

The Committee for Religious Affairs in Dong Nai province held on November 4 a conference for updating information on belief and religion to local officials in the province.

Da Nang municipal culture and sport department in collaboration with the municipal committee for religious affairs held on October 25 a forum on the implementation of civilized lifestyles in funerals and worshiping practices in the locality.

The provincial government of An Giang has approved a project on the preservation and promotion of values of Sam Mountain Ba Chua Xu (Regional Goddess) Festival by 2030.

Nghi Loc district authorities in Nghe An province held on October 23 a meeting to honor local Catholics for their outstanding contribution in the 2015-2020 period.

Distinguished guests at the event included Chairman of the district People’s Committee Nguyễn Tiến Dũng and Priest Chairman of the provincial Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics Nguyễn Đăng Điền.

A meeting with Buddhist clerics attending the summer retreat at Uu Dam pagoda located in Ho Chi Minh city’s Thu Duc district for disseminating the Law on Belief and Religion 2016 was held on July 9.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s (VBS) executive committee in Gia Lai province in collaboration with the provincial religious committee held on July 4 an exchange meeting with Buddhist clerics attending the summer retreat in the province.

As many as 80 Islamic followers in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 were helped with free administrative procedures for national identification cards right at Anwar Mosque located in the district’s Ward 1 on July 7.

The Law on Belief and Religion 2016 has been disseminated to participating monks and nuns of the Buddhist summer retreat 2019 in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City, at a meeting held on June 24.

The provincial religious committee in Dak Nong province held on June 24 an exchange meeting with 27 members of the Vietnam Assemblies of God Church in the province nominated attend the church’s second congress.