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.

Venerable Nun Abbess of Nam An pagoda located in Vinh Kim commune of Tien Giang province’s Chau Thanh district Thích Nữ Như Nguyên held on April 5a charitable program for presenting supports to local disadvantaged people during the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to statistics, Can Tho city currently has 29belief or religious worshipping places of Khmer and Chinese communities, including 12 Khmer pagodas, and 13 temples and 4 cemeteries of Chinese ethnic group.

Implementing the directive of Prime Minister on a nation-wide social distancing, religious organizations have issued dispatches to members on strengthened measures for the covid-19 prevention and control.

Following instructions by local authorities for Covid-19 prevention and control, local organizations of religions in Hau Giang province have proactively joint efforts for preventing the spread of the epidemic.

Chac Bang Moi pagoda located in Kien Giang province’s Vinh Thuan district held on January 31 a ceremony for inaugurating its new preaching hall.

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.