53 Buddhist monks from the five countries in the Mekong River basin - Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam - will go on an 18-day pilgrimage to call for peace and mutual respect.

A delegation of the Tay Ninh Caodai Church attended from October 3-5 the Yeoju Eco Forum themed “Interfaith Dialogue for Ecological Civilization” held in Korea’s Yeoju city.

An international seminar on preservation and promotion of the art of Xoe dance of Thai ethnic people in contemporary society took place on October 4 -5 at Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi.

Once again, Vietnam demands China to immediately stop its violations, withdraw its survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8 from Vietnam’s territorial waters and not to repeat similar actions, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng said.

Vietnamese and international scientists and experts discussed the management, conservation and promotion of world heritage values at a seminar held in Ninh Binh Province recently.

The Association for Poor Patients in Ho Chi Minh City and the Latter Day Saint Charities of the US have presented 77 wheelchairs to the disabled in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

A delegation from the social charity board under the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s chapter in Ho Chi Minh City has paid a charity visit to people seriously affected by floods in the Laos southern province of Champasak.

A Vietnamese Buddhist temple in the town of Aikawa in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, has become a popular spiritual destination for Vietnamese people living in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Each Sunday, the temple offers rituals, retreats, and ceremonies, which are attended by hundreds of Vietnamese workers, short-term technical interns, and refugees. 

In this July 4, 2017, file photo, fleeing Iraqi civilians walk past the heavily damaged al-Nuri mosque as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in Iraq's Old City of Mosul. The United Nations' cultural agency says reconstruction of Al-Nouri Mosque in Iraq's city of Mosul is scheduled to start at the beginning of 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has praised the central province of Quang Nam for its efforts to preserve the world heritage sites of Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Sanctuary over the 20 years since their recognition by the UNESCO.

Members of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) must adhere to this convention and object to violations of the document, an Australian expert has said while talking about China’s ongoing infringement upon Vietnam’s waters.

China is engaged in a long-term and consistent campaign of coercing Southeast Asian countries to abandon their legitimate rights in the East Sea, according to an American scholar.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on August 28 paid a visit Khanh An pagoda, one of 21 Vietnamese pagoda in Thailand during her official trip to Thailand.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tô Anh Dũng led an inter-sectoral delegation on a working trip to the Vatican from August 20 - 23.

The construction of the Vinh Nghiem – Karlovy Vary pagoda is underway in the Czech Republic following a recent ceremony that gathered nearly 1,000 Vietnamese Buddhist followers in Europe.