The provincial government of Nghe An held on February 11 a meeting for reviewing the state management on belief & religion 2019 and outlining plans of work 2020.

Joining hand in preventing the threat of the new coronavirus (nCoV), Venerable Abbot of Da pagoda (Au Lac pagoda) Thích Đồng Tuệ held on February 6 a program for handing over free face masks to teachers and students of Hưng Lộc secondary school in Vinh city.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a guiding document supporting the restoration of festivals of ethnic minority groups under the Cultural Development Target Program in 2020.

Da Nang city currently has a diverse and spiritual life. Besides traditional practices such as the ancestral and the Mother Goddess worshipping, many other types of beliefs have also emerged in the city. In general, these worshipping have been well conducted in compliance with the provisions of law.

A delegation led by Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee in Quang Binh province Lê Minh Ngân paid on February 4 a visit to Catholic fishermen in Con Se village, Quang Binh’s Ba Don district, before the fishing season 2020.

A delegation of Dong Thap provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee led by Chairman Lê Thành Công paid visits on February 03 to local religious organizations in the locality.

A delegation from Ninh Thuan provincial Committee for Religious Affairs led by Vice Chairman Nguyễn Tấn Thuyên paid visits to Caodai parishes in the locality on January 31 on occasion of the Supreme Being festival 2020.

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recommended postponing or cancelling traditional festivals which are yet to start, and for those which already began, their scale, duration and activities should be reduced, in the face of the threat of coronavirus.

A delegation of the Committee for Religious Affairs’s in Gia Lai province paid on January 18 a visit to Most Venerable Vice President of the Central Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council Thích Quảng Xả, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020.

Kien Giang provincial Party’s Committee held on January 17 an exchange meeting with religious dignitaries and deacons in the locality on occasion of the traditional New Year (Tet) 2020.

A delegation from Soc Trang authorities led by Secretary of the provincial Party’s Committee Phan Văn Sáu on January 16 paid visit to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s (VBS) Executive Committee in the province ahead of the traditional New Year (Tet) 2020.

Dignitaries of religious organizations, together with outstanding people of ethnic communities in Tay Ninh province, have participated in an exchange meeting held by the provincial authorities on January 14 ahead of the traditional New Year 2020.

As many as 200 dignitaries of religious organizations in Da Nang City have participated in an exchange meeting held by the municipal government on January 15 ahead of the traditional New Year (Tet) 2020.

The committee for religious affairs of Gia Lai province extended from January 10-13 visits to local religious organizations in the province and the neighbouring Gia Lai province ahead of the Vietnam traditional New Year 2020.

During a working visit to Tra Vinh province, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc paid a visit to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Committee in the province on January 14, ahead of the traditional New Year (Tet) 2020.