The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) held on October 16-17 a training on the implementation of laws on folk beliefs in Bac Giang province.

The annual conference of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) closed on October 16, 2020, after five working days held in Ho Chi Minh City.

A charity delegation from the Vietnam Mennonite Church visited and presented gifts to poor families in flooding areas of Son Ha commune in Quang Ngai province on October 17.

The Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) in collaboration with the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, the National Co-ordination Centre for Human Organ Transplantation organized a program for blood donation and organ donation registration on October 17.

The Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s chapter in Ho Chi Minh city’s Go Vap district in collaboration with the district Fatherland Front Committee held on October 18 a seminar on laws related to religious land to monks and nuns in the district.

Vietnam logged zero new COVID-19 cases within the past 12 hours as of 6 a.m. on October 20, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Religious organizations have issued messages calling for relief supplies sent to flood-hit people in the Central of Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam on October 15 demanded serious compliance with rules on the management of people entering Vietnam so as to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council issued a notification on October 14 for gathering relief supplies to flood-hit people in Central provinces.

Christian leaders from around the world and across the denominations have made a joint call to the IMF and World Bank to cancel the debts of developing countries as they struggle with Covid-19.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s (VBS) Executive Committee in Ninh Thuan province and the provincial Post Office signed a cooperation agreement on postal service at a ceremony held on October 9.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Ministry Vũ Chiến Thắng paid a visit on October 12 to Ho Chi Minh city Archdiocese which hosted the annual meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV).

Dong Nai province has a large number of religious followers, accounting for 70% the provincial population.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee held on October 12 a conference on environmental protection and climate change response to key religious in Vung Tau city.

A delegation led by Venerable Thích Thiền Bình, Head of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Board in Quang Ninh district of the central province of Quang Binh paid on October 10 a visit to An Ninh commune severely flooded in the district.