The home affairs department in Kon Tum province held on March 12-13 a conference for disseminating the Law on Belief and Religion to local religious dignitaries.

The People’s Committee in Ben Cat provincial city, Binh Duong province held on March 13 an exchange meeting with dignitaries and deacons from five religions in the locality.

The Women Union Association of Quang Binh province’s Ba Don provincial city held a ceremony for launching the program “Good life - good religion”.

The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) in Da Nang city organized on March 13 a disseminating conference on the State laws for Catholic dignitaries in the city. 

A delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) led by Senior Lieutenant General Bùi Văn Nam, Deputy Minister of Public Security and Head of the Steering Board for Ensuring Public Security and Order for celebrations of the UN Day of Vesak 2019 in Vietnam, on March 11 made a field trip to Tam Chuc Buddhist Culture Center in Kim Bang District, Ha Nam Province, and checked security work for the event in the locality.

Chairman of Nam Dinh provincial People’s Committee Trần Văn Chung paid a visit on March 8 to the Committee for solidarity of Catholics in the province on the occasion of the 64^th anniversary of the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (1955-2019).

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) held from March 5-7 an extensive training conference on state management on religion in Nghe An province.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (VFF) in Quang Binh province has had a meeting with the provincial Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Committee to review the coordinated programs 2018 and outlined collaboration activities 2019.

The Xa Tac festival is taking place from March 5-6 in Ka Long precinct, Mong Cai city.

According to the statistics of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Vietnam currently has over 60,000 medical examination and treatment facilities run by religious organizations and individuals, including modern and traditional treatment facilities.

A ceremony was held for receiving the certificate recognizing Qua Son temple festival in Boi Son commune, Do Luong district, Nghe An province on the national list of intangible cultural heritages was held on February 24.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Ho Chi Minh City held a Lunar New Year meeting on February 21 with representatives from local ethnic minority groups.

The General Department for Cultural Affairs under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued an official note on February 18 to the Culture, Sports and Tourism Departments of provinces and cities nationwide for indentifying and handling negative behaviors in cultural spring festivals 2019.

The Catholic community in Ba Ria – Vung Tau currently has 87 Catholic parishes and congregations with 261 parishioners.

A festival was held in the northern province of Bac Ninh on February 20 to commemorate the 4,810th death anniversary of Kinh Duong Vuong – known as the first king of the Vietnamese people.