A delegation from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) led by Deputy Director of Protestant Affairs Department Nguyễn Ngọc Bảo paid on December 18 Christmas visits to Protestant organizations in Kon Tum province.

The provincial authorities in Thanh Hoa province held on December 17 a meeting with Catholic dignitaries of Thanh Hoa diocese.

A delegation led by Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee in Kon Tum province Nguyễn Văn Hòa extended on December 18 visits to local Christian organizations ahead of Christmas 2018.

Large numbers of dignitaries and deacons of religious organizations from eight provinces and cities in the Red River Delta have attended a training workshop on climate change held in Hanoi from December 17-18.

The committee of religious affairs of Da Nang City held on December 14 an exchange meeting between the concerning municipal authorities and Christian dignitaries in the city ahead of Christmas 2018 and New Year 2019.

A delegation from the home affairs department in Quang Binh led by Deputy Director Phan Ngọc Duy extended visits to local Catholic parishes on December 16 ahead of Christmas 2018.

The People’s Committee of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak held a gathering to extend Christmas greetings to local religious dignitaries on December 13.

Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Trần Thanh Mẫn and other Party and State officials visited the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) on December 12 on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas.

An international conference was held in northern Quang Ninh province on December 6 to look into the cultural and philosophical uniqueness of King-Monk Trần Nhân Tông and the Truc Lam Buddhist sect which he himself founded.

An Giang provincial committee for religious affairs held on December 3-4 a religious affairs training for local cadres in the locality.

Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s central Committee Ngô Sách Thực led a delegation at a meeting with the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) on religious affairs on December 3 in Hanoi.

Dong Thap province People’s Committee held on December 3 a ceremony to mark the 89^th death anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s father Nguyễn Sinh Sắc.

Ba Don provincial city in Quang Binh currently has 37,000 followers of Catholicism residing in 14 out of 16 wards and communes in the city.

The Institute of Relics Conservation under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has released second volumes of the two books on typical temples and pagodas in Vietnam, following the success of the first volumes.

As many as 13 national special heritages were introduced to the public for the first time in an exhibition held on November 22 in the Hanoi Museum on the occasion of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23).