The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) should contribute to strengthening the national unity and making Vietnam a greater nation in the coming time, said Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Trương Thị Mai on January 16.

Pope Francis has tapped an Italian lawyer to be the first woman to hold a management position in the Vatican’s most important office, the Secretariat of State.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng hosted a receipt on January 16 for a visiting delegation from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS,) ahead of Lunar New Year 2020.

The Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua-Thien Hue will be glowing with the atmosphere of traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) from January 17 – 31.

The Tay Ninh Caodai Church in North region and the Correction-Path Caodai Church extended delegations visits to the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) on January 14 ahead of the traditional New Year (Tet) 2020.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs reviewed its performance 2019 and mapped out plans for 2020 at a meeting held in Hanoi on January 13.

Researchers from the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute are working with conservators from the National Museum of Afghanistan to repair some of the earliest physical depictions of the Buddha, which were destroyed in 2001 when the Taliban shattered religious images at the museum. The team, supported by grants from the US Embassy in Kabul, are carefully reassembling statues from more than 7,500 fragments that had been saved in trunks in the museum’s basement after the rampage of the Taliban.

Dignitaries of reliogious organizations, together with outstanding artists and intellectuals in Hanoi, have participated in an exchange meeting held by the municipal government of Hanoi on January 9 ahead of the traditional New Year 2020.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng extended on January 12 visits to Buddhist and Catholic leaders in Thua Thien Hue and Quang Tri provinces, ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình presented gift packages to poor people from the Cham ethnic group in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11 on the occasion of the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng hosted on January 10 a reception for visiting Archbishop Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên of Hanoi Archdiocese ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng hosted on January 13 a reception for Bishop Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri of Lang Son Diocese, ahead of the Vietnam traditional New Year (Tet) 2020.

Vice Chairwoman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Trần Thị Minh Nga received on January 9-10 delegations from the Vietnam Christian Fellowship Church led by Pastor President Huỳnh Huyền Vũ and the Vietnam General Baptist Church led by Pastor Chairman Lê Quốc Huy ahead of the traditional New Year (Tet) 2020.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has launched an electronic operation centre using artificial intelligence.

Dr. Vũ Chiến Thắng, Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA), paid visits to leaders of several religious organizations in Ho Chi Minh City ahead of Vietnam’s traditional New Year (Tet) 2020.