The Tay Ninh Caodai Church’s representative committee in Kien Giang province held on November 20 a solemn ceremony for introducing newly ordained dignitaries of the Caodai church.

The Buddhist High School in Ho Chi Minh city held on November 20 a ceremony to honor teachers on occasion of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20).

The management board of the historical-cultural site of Tan Lan communal house and the communal house’s sacrificial board in Bien Hoa city’s Hoa Binh ward co-organized on November 19-20 the Ky yen festival 2019.

The society for solidarity of patriotic Buddhist monks in Kien Giang province’s Hon Dat district successfully held on November 19 its 5^th general meeting for the 2019-2024 tenure.

Le Chi Evangelical Church (Southern) under Nam Yang commune of Gia Lai province’s Dak Doa district formally made its debut at a ceremony on November 19.

Two floors beneath the headquarters of Iraqi Military Intelligence, at the end of a red-carpeted corridor, two doors swing open to reveal a museum of cold, calculated and deliberate horror.

National unity has been a valuable tradition, a source of strength, and a decisive factor for all victories in the cause of national construction and defence of Vietnamese people, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

Bui Chu diocese successfully hosted on November 19-20 the 17^th Northern Youth Day in Phu Nhai Basilica in Xuan Truong district, Nam Dinh province.

Pastor Phan Thế Lữ was formally appointed as the new superintendent of Ben Tre Evangelical Church under the Vietnam Evangelical Church (South) at a ceremony taking place in the church located in Ben Tre city on November 19.

As part of the “Great national solidarity – Vietnam’s cultural heritage” week taking place in the Culture-Tourism Village for Vietnamese Ethnic Groups from November 18 to 23, a group of the Tay ethnic community from Lang Son province has performed Then Singing, the unique traditional ceremony of the ethnic group in Vietnam.

Five villagers have been killed in western Chad, as Boko Haram militant fighters increase their deadly attacks, a regional official told AFP Monday.

Two of the victims were strangled and three were shot dead, said Sadick Khatir, secretary general of the Lac area.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Chapter in An Giang province in collaboration with the provincial Traffic Safety Committee and Thoai Son district authorities held on November 17 a requiem in Truc Lam Zen monastery to pray for traffic accident victims. 

The inter-district Society for Solidarity of Patriotic Buddhists of Kien Luong – Ha Tien – Giang Thanh in Kien Giang province convened on November 15 its 5th general conference for the 2019-2024 tenure.

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,200-year-old temple in Egypt. It is believed to belong to Ptolemy IV Philopator of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.

Close relatives of dead ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi have been arrested in the central Anatolian province of Kırşehir on November 16, ONA reports citing Hurriyet.