Gen. Wirachai Songmetta, Deputy Chief of the Royal Thai Police visited Ba Vang Pagoda located in Vietnam’s Northern province of Quang Ninh on July 13, during his working visit to Vietnam.

A delegation led by Pator Lee paid a charity visit to poor people in Dong Thap province’s Thanh Binh district on July 7.

An international seminar on world natural heritages and sustainable development in the new context opened in the northern province of Quang Ninh on July 9.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and his spouse paid on July 6 a visit to Bai Dinh pagoda in Ninh Binh province.

The Vietnamese delegation has actively contributed to the discussions at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which wrapped up on July 7th in Geneva, Switzerland after three weeks of sitting.

A delegation of the committee for religious affairs in Binh Duong province led by Chairman Trần Đức Thịnh paid a working visit to Cambodia in late June, upon a formal invitation from the Ministry of Cults and Religions of Cambodia.

Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Bùi Khắc Sơn presented the “Certificated of Commendation” to the Institute for Global Engagement (IGE) and the “Medal for Peace and Friendship among Nations” to three most active members of IGE during a ceremony in Hanoi on June 27th.

Vice Chairman the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Bùi Thanh Hà hosted on June 28 a reception for a visiting delegation from the Institute for Global Engagement (IGE) led by Executive Director James Chen during a working visit to Vietnam from June 24 - 30.

An international conference on religion study cooperation in Vietnam between organizations in Vietnam and the U.S was held on June 28 at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

A new program by the US Cable News Network (CNN) would provide worldwide audiences an interesting tour around Hanoi.

Cambodia’s Interior Ministry has issued a decision allowing the Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Cambodia (KVA) to register for the ministry’s list of associations.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in the UK and the Vietnamese Association in the country held a requiem in London on June 10 for fallen Vietnamese soldiers.

The US Department of State’s 2017 International Religious Freedom Report continued to give biased assessment and cited untrue information on Vietnam, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng.

French photographer, journalist and publisher Nicolas Cornet yesterday released a photo book on pagodas in Việt Nam in HCM City.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Laos held a seminar in Vientiane on May 30 to discuss ways to link religious and cultural activities with mass mobilisation to build a strong and united Vietnamese community in Laos.