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.

Tien Giang province currently home to 50,000 followers of Caodaism (accounting for nearly 3% the provincial population) with 109 worshipping places.

The forum themed “Teaching experiences and skills on state administration on religion” was held on August 23 by the Faculty of State Management on Social Affairs under the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) in Hanoi.

Ben Tre provincial department of home affairs in collaboration with the Political School started on August 19 a training course on religious affairs for local officials in the province.

Nearly 400 youths from nine religious organizations in the central city of Đà Nẵng joined a festival on Sunday.

A delegation of the concerning provincial authorities of Quang Binh paid on August 15 a visit to the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) chapter in the province based in Dai Giac pagoda.

Chairman of Lam Dong provincial Committee for Religious Affairs Ngô Văn Đức led a delegation checking the state governance on religion in Da Teh District from August 13-14.

Quang Loc commune authorities in Ha Tinh province’s Can Loc district held on August 14 a meeting to honor outstanding local Catholics for the 2014-2019 period.

A delegation of Binh Thuan provincial authorities on August 12 visited and met with the executive committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) chapter in the province ahead of the Buddhist Parents Day 2019 - B.E. 2563.

As many as 150 local cadres tasked with the mass mobilization work of authorities at provincial and district levels have attended a training held on August 7 in Quang Binh province.

The Religious Affairs Committee in An Giang province visited on August 6 the Representative Committee of the Four Debts of Gratitude Faith at the Faith’s office based in An Giang province’s Tri Ton district.

The culture and sport department in Khanh Hoa province has sent an official note to the provincial monument conservation center asking for encourage people to avoid votive papers burning at Ponagar Tower.