Forty dignitaries and clergy of religious organizations in the Central province of Binh Thuan have attended a meeting on national defense and security held on September 19-20.

The committee for religious affairs in Kien Giang province started on September 16 a training on religious affair for officers at provincial and district levels in the province.

On occasion of the Dieu Tri festival 2019, the committee for religious affairs in Gia Lai province paid from September 10-12 visits to Caodai parishes in the province.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Lam Dong province held on September 10 an exchange meeting with local Buddhist dignitaries in the province.

On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival 2019, on September 11, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee visited and presented gifts to children at some religious kindergartens in the area of Hue city and Huong Thuy town.

Chairman of Quang Binh provincial Committee for Religious Affairs Tô Ngọc Hồng on September 10 led a delegation checking the state governance on religion in Quang Trach district.

 A three-day conference to provide defense-security knowledge for religious dignitaries, deacons in provinces and cities in the 1^st Military Region opened on September 10 in Thai Nguyen city.

The provincial authorities in Dong Nai held on September 4 the annual meeting 2019 with Buddhist dignitaries in the province.

The 2019 National Chau Van (Spiritual Singing) Festival officially opened at Lanh Giang temple in Moc Nam commune, Duy Tien district, in the northern province of Ha Nam, on September 5.

A national conference on promotion of religious roles in environmental protection and climate change response will be held in October in Hue City, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE).

As many as 160 dignitaries, deacons of Caodaism, Hoa Hao Buddhism and Catholicism in Kien Giang province have attended a conference for disseminating state laws 2019 held on September 4 by the provincial committee for religious affairs.

The youth union in Phu Yen province’s Son Hoa district has held a training conference on religious affairs as well as ethnic policies for its key members in the district.

As many as 900 religious dignitaries and deacons in Soc Trang province have attended a conference for disseminating the Law on Religion and Belief 2016 held from August 27-29.

An art program performed by religious and belief organization in Da Nang took place on August 27-28 at Trung Vuong theatre.

The Ma Coong ethnic minority group’s drum beating festival and traditional boat racing on Kien Giang river in the central province of Quang Binh have been officially recognized as national intangible cultural heritages by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.