Historical and cultural relic sites and natural landscapes can be opened to tourists but operators must comply with coronavirus infection prevention and control measures, according to a public dispatch released by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on February 6.

Binh Chau commune People’s Committee in Ba Ria Vung Tau province’s Xuyen Moc district held on February 5 a ceremony for launching the fishing season 2020.

The Council of Europe has adopted a resolution upholding the duty of member states' to protect people of faith against discrimination in the workplace because of their beliefs.

Migrating to Vietnam from many different regions during last seven centuries, members of Dao ethnic groups became indigenous residents in the mountains of the Northeast, Northwest and Truong Son range.

The Ante-Creation Caodai Church’s representative committee in Tien Giang province reviewed its first-quarter performance at a meeting held on February 3 in Minh Duc oratory located in the province’s My Tho city.

The Cham Brahman community in Ninh Thuan province’s Ninh Phuoc district held on February 3 a ceremony for ordaining a new deputy head of the community’s dignitary council.

According to the Vietnam Buddhist Institute in Hanoi, 600 Buddhist monks and nuns will be absent from the institute in the face of the acute respiratory disease caused by the  coronavirus.

In the context of the complicated spread of a severe acute respiratory infection caused by the new strain of Corona virus (nCoV), religious organizations in Quang Binh province have actively coordinated with local authorities to raise the awareness of local people and followers of all religions on preventing measures against the spread of the nCoV.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has signed Decision No. 270 approving a plan for inspecting the management of festivals in localities in preventing the spread of the new coronavirus (nCoV) which causes acute respiratory disease.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on February 3 paid a working visit to the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA), just after the Vietnam’s traditional New Year 2020.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) has issued a dispatch sent to religious organizations asking for a strengthening of preventions in the face of the threat of coronavirus (nCoV).

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently signed a decision announcing 11 new national intangible cultural heritages

The Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee held a ceremony on January 29 to receive a certificate honouring the Xuong Giang victory historic relic site as a special national site.

The national treasures - carved woodblocks bearing the Sutras of Zen Buddhism at Bo Da Pagoda in Viet Yen district, the northern province of Bac Giang are being showcased at an exhibition that opened in the pagoda on January 29.

The World Council of Churches and The Lutheran World Federation, both with churches in the Holy Land, have criticized a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for regional peace for the lack of consultation in their pitch.