A delegation from the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) in Soc Trang province and Soc Trang parish paid a pre-Tet visit to the provincial People’s Committee on January 14.

The Tay Ninh Caodai Church’s Representative Committee in Tien Giang province held on January 14 a meeting for reviewing its performance 2019 and outlining plans of activities 2020.

Hoang Phuc pagoda in Quang Binh province’s Le Thuy district has organized a charitable program for sending supports to poor Van Kieu people in the district’s Kim Thuy commune, ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year 2020.

For the past years, the education promotion movement amongst Catholic parishes in Nam Dinh province has developed with the active participation of parishioners.

Ho Chi Minh municipal authorities held on December 17 a meeting to review the three-year implementation of the coordination program on environmental protection and climate change adaptation signed with religious organizations in the city.

The Charity Association in Hanoi in collaboration with the Red Cross in Xuan Truong district held a charity program at the Bui Chu St. An’s Orphanage on December 14.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Committee in Gia Lai province held the year-end meeting on December 11.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Tuyen Quang province held on December 11 a ceremony for marking its 10^th founding anniversary.

Rach Gia Parish in Rach Gia city’s Kien Giang province held from December 7-8 a solemnly ceremony for celebrating the 100^th anniversary of its worshipping church (1919-2019)

Con Cuong community of Quan Lang Parish under Bot Da Deanery in Con Cuong district’s Yen Khe commune, Nghe An province held on December 3 a mass celebrating Saint Francis Xavier’s Day.

Quang Binh province currently has two large of religions of Buddhism with 31,000 Catholic and over 3,000 Buddhists.

Archbishop Marek Zalewski, the Holy See's Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore and the Vatican's non-resident Special Envoy to Vietnam announced on December 03 that Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ho Chi Minh city archdiocese Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng as Bishop of Phan Thiet diocese.

The Vietnam Youth Union in collaboration with the Youth Union in Bac Lieu province held on November a training conference on ethnic and religious youth affairs in the Hau river delta region.

Historical Development

Da Lat Diocese held on November 23 a solemn ceremony for the priesthood ordainment of four deacons at its diocese cathedral.