COVID-19 is spreading widely in Vietnam with mutation, so everybody needs to be highly vigilant, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said. 

The total tally of coronavirus patients in Vietnam rapidly jumped to 509 after the Ministry of Health on July 31 morning confirmed an additional 45 new locally-transmitted infections in the central city of Da Nang during the past 12 hours.

Entertainment venues in Quang Nam have closed starting July 29 amidst the rising number of Covid-19 community transmission cases in the area.

A delegation from Thai Binh diocese paid on July 29 a visit to the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) on occasion of its 65^th founding anniversary (August 2).

Muslim pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, began arriving at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday for the start of a historically unique and scaled-down hajj experience reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Archdiocese of Hue has announced on July 27 the indefinite postponement of the 32nd national Congress of Our Lady of La Vang due to the outbreak of Covid-19 in Da Nang city as well as the Central region.

Missionary R’Mah Y Ham was formally appointed as the new superintendent of Dak Glei Church under the Vietnam Evangelical Church (South) at a ceremony in Kon Tum on July 25.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) chapter in Ha Tinh province in collaboration with local authorities has held requiems at martyrs’ cemeteries in the locality on occasion of the 73^th War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27^th).

A delegation of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs visited Nhon Martyrs Cemetery located in Hanoi’s Bac Tu Liem District, on occasion of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27)

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) presented 1000 national flags to evangelical churches and congregations under the ECVN (North) at a ceremony held on July 22 in Lai Chau province.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on July 25 ordered tightened management of border gates from the north to the south to prevent illegal entry, following the confirmation of the first locally infected case of COVID-19 in Vietnam after 99 days without community transmission of the coronavirus.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs held on July 24 a seminar themed “Supporting measures for belief & religious practices contributing to preservation and promotion of national culture for overseas Vietnamese communities”

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Le Binh commune in Can Tho city’s Cai Rang district held on July 22 a ceremony in Long An pagoda for launching the pilot program for gathering religious followers and locals for environmental protection.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) held on July 21-22 a legal workshop in Lai Chau province for guiding religious practices in accordance with the Law on Belief and Religion 2016 for key members of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) (North).

Delegations of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) in Hanoi paid on July 21 visits to religious clerics who are relatives of fallen soldiers in the city on occasion of the 73th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day.