A delegation of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) paid visits from December 04-08 to chapters of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) ahead of Christmas 2019.

Bo Trach district in Quang Binh province currently has a large number of Catholic followers, accounting for 15% the district population and residing in 8 out of 30 communes of the district with a deanery, 9 parishes, 19 congregations, and 21 worshipping places.

The Youth union in Ha Tinh province’s Cam Xuyen district held on December 6 an art exchange program with religious youth in the locality.

The Vietnam Pure-land Buddhist Association in collaboration with Department of Traditional Medicine Management under Ministry of Health organized an examination on December 06-07 for granting certificates of traditional medicines to practicing doctors of the Buddhist association.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) in Binh Dinh province held on December 3 a meeting on the role of religious ethics in the social life with typical religious dignitaries, deacons in the province.

The public security in Can Tho city’s O Moi district reviewed on December 3 the eight-year collaboration with two Khmer pagodas and seven Hoa Hao Buddhist’s executive boards in security protection.

Tan Phuoc chapel located in Tan Phuoc district’s Thanh My commune, Tien Giang province organized on November 25 a charitable program for disadvantaged people in Thanh Tan and neighboring communes.

A delegation led by Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee in Ho Chi Minh city Võ Thị Dung paid on November 22 visits to typical dignitaries on the occasion of the 73^rd Founding Anniversary of Vietnam Red Cross Society.

The Public Security in Ninh Binh province’s Nho Quan in collaboration with Dong Bai Catholic parish held on November 24 a ceremony to launch a model for ensuring public security and order in local Catholic parishes and communities.

The Youth Union in Nghe An province held on November 21 a ceremony in Kim Lien national special relic site in Nam Dan district for praising religious youth in the province.

The ministry of culture, sports and tourism has issued a plan for the organization of the Hùng Kings Temple Festival 2020.

The steering committee on religious affairs in Cao Bang Province held on November 19 a meeting for reviewing religious affairs in the last 11 months in the locality.

Politburo Member and Head of the Vietnam Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilization Trương Thị Mai on November 19 hosted a reception for religious deputies of the 14th National Assembly (NA) attending its eight session in Hanoi.

The authorities in Quang Binh province issued on November 18 a decision for commending typical groups and individuals for their contribution to the development of Buddhist culture in the province.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received on November 18 in Hanoi a delegation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) led by Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh, President of the CBCV cum Head of Hue Archdiocese.