Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc warned that the spread of the novel coronavirus will outpace us if prompt and drastic measures are not taken, while addressing a meeting on the COVID-19 prevention and control.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City has decided to suspend all daily masses and religious rites in a move to prevent the infection of coronavirus, which is spreading in Vietnam as a whole and in HCMC in particular.

Responding to the Decree regarding the celebration of the Easter released by the Vatican on March 19 and following the instruction of Prime Minister on Covid-19 prevention and control, Catholic Dioceses in Vietnam have issued notifications guiding pastoral affairs and religious practices in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) has strengthened preventive measures against the novel corona virus since the spread of the pandemic got complicated in the country.

In responding a call of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Central Committee, Buddhist pagodas in provinces of Quang Ninh, Thai Binh, Nghe An and Dong Thap have presented free facemasks to patients and local people prevention of Covid-19 epidemic.

We talked to pastors from Spain and Italy about their experience, which might be the North American experience in just a few weeks.

Vice Chairwoman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) cum Head of the editeral council of the GCRA’s Website chaired the annual meeting of the council held on March 25.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said that the next 10-15 days will be “decisive” for Viet Nam’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

On March 17, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Committee in Dong Thap province supported 20 million VND and the VBS’s Executive Board in Sa Dec city contributed 10 million VND to the Covid-19 prevention fund, both sent to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in the province.

In the context of the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic, religious organizations have strictly implemented advisories by the Government and the national steering committee for prevention and control of the disease.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has raised over 282 billion VND (over 12 million USD) since its fundraising campaign was launched on March 17.

In respond to a campaign to calling for public support for the country’s fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, the Vietnam Later-Day Saints of Jesus Christ Church and the Vietnam Word of Life Church have made contributions to the prevention fund.

The 100-year-old Buu Son Pagoda in southern Dong Nai province, built in the 18th century, rests on only one pillar.

The founder of HOPE Together, Roy Crowne, is asking churches to "step up" and serve their communities with acts of love during the coronavirus outbreak. 

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng has extended his Easter greetings to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV), bishops of dioceses, and dignitaries and followers of Protestant churches in the country.