The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Committee in Kon Tum province held on June 30 a ceremony for consecration of three Buddha statues and inauguration of the main worshipping temple of Khanh Son pagoda located in the province’s Sa Thay district.

New superintendents Da B’Lah and Dong Briang chapters under the South Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) in Lam Dong Province were formally appointed at a solemn ceremony held on July 3.

Mother Goddesses worship is the 11th intangible cultural heritages of Vietnam recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2016. This belief is practiced in 21 cities and provinces.

Then, an essential ritual practice in the spiritual life of the Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups in Viet Nam has a history of thousands of years and is currently part of the community life of the ethnic groups.

According to the Buddhist concept, life release is an action of saving the lives of beings that were captured.

Red Dao ethnic group in Cao Bang province has a rich cultural tradition, including the Put Tong ceremony (fire dancing), one of the most sacred and important rituals of shamans with many unique rituals.

A “fresh water ATM’ for providing drinking water for locals in Ben Tre province amid drought and saline intrusion  was launched at a ceremony held on May 13.

Da Nang city currently has three Buddhist traditions under the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, including Mahayana and Theravada and Mendicant Sects, with over 110 worshipping places and 500 monastics.

Tien Giang province currently has 10 operative religions of Buddhism, Caodaism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Islamic, Hoa Hao Buddhism, Caodaism, Four Debts of Gratitude,  Buu Son Ky Huong (Strange Perfume in Precious Mountain) Faith and Minh Su Faith with about 230,000 followers (accounting for 14 % the provincial population) and 613 religious worshipping places.

Over the past years, Phuoc Hao Parish under Vinh Long Diocese in Chau Thanh district’s Tra Vinh province has encouraged its parishioners to proactively join programs and movements launched for rural development and environmental protection in the province.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Chapter in Ninh Thuan held on May 7 a grand ceremony to celebrate the Buddha’s Birthday 2020 (B.E. 2564) in Phan Rang- Thap Cham city.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has permitted pagodas and other places of worship to resume normal operation, but only accept local Buddhist followers in the first instance.

A ceremony was held at Tam Chuc Temple in the northern province of Ha Nam on April 30 to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday.

Following the instruction of the Prime Minister on Covid-19 prevention and control, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam cum Archbishop of Hue Archdiocese Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh has announced a notificationfor suspending all mass gatherings at the Archdiocese and organizing online masses instead.

For preventing the Covid-19 epidemic, the association for solidarity of patriotic monks in Soc Trang province has sent a notification to Khmer pagodas requesting them to strictly implement measures against the epidemic during Chol Chnam Thmay Festival.