The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Commitee in Ho Chi Minh city held on October 12-15 the 3rd administrative training on pagoda management at Vietnam Quoc Tu pagoda located in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 10.

A Buddhist group from Da Nang city organized on October 8 a charity program for ethnic children and poor households in Phuoc Loc commune, Quang Nam province’s Phuoc Son district.

A delegation of the Baha’i Community in Ninh Thuan province’s Ninh Phuoc district on October 5 paid a visit to the provincial Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) on occasion of the 200th Birthday Anniversary of Baha'u'llah (1817-2017).

Tinh Do ashram of Truong Sinh pagoda celebrated on September24 a program for promoting the grateful way of life in Tien Giang province’s Go Cong town.

A delegation from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Chapter in Quang Binh province and Buddhist volunteers and sponsors visited and presented gifts to victims affected by typhoon Doksuri in Quang Trach district’s communes of Quang Phuong and Quang Luu on September 22.

Commissioned Pastor Hồ Năng Quyền was formally appointed as Superintendent of Tan Thuan Protestant Church under the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) (South) in Ho Chi Minh city at a ceremony held on September 21. 

A general meeting to elect members of the Representative Committee under the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South) (ECVN) in Lam Dong province for the 2018-2019 tenure was held on September 14.

Over 600 followers of religious organizations in Da Nang took part in a religious art festival held on August 30, on occasion of the 72nd National Day (September 2).

Auxiliary Bishop of Vinh diocese Peter Nguyễn Văn Viên presided on August 27 the Confirmation Mass for 250 children from Huong Phuong parish in Quang Binh province’s Quang Trach district.

The Episcopal Commission for Clergy and Seminarians under Catholic Bishops Conference of Vietnam opened a regular training course for clergymen and clergywomen at Thai Binh cathedral on August 20.

Buddhism in Tien Giang province currently has 1,540 monks and nuns, one Buddhist school and 412 Buddhist worshipping places.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Yen Bai chapter vowed to continue building the national great unity during its second congress, the 2017-2022 tenure, on August 16.

Commissioned Pastor Superintendent of Trung Lap Protestant Chapter under the Evangelical Church of Vietnam Đào Vương Uy Phương was formally ordained as a fulltime pastor at a ceremony held on August 12 in Da Nang city.

The construction of a charitable house for the family of Mrs. Phan Thi Thuy An in Da Nang city’s Hoa Vang district was started at the ground-breaking ceremony held on August 10, on occasion of the 56th Agent Orange Day in Vietnam (August 10).

The Verity-Way Caodai Church held on August 2-5 a religious training in Ca Mau province for key personnel of the Church’s parishes.