Huong Tich pagoda located in Thien Loc commune, Can Loc district, Ha Tinh province will officially open its annual festival on February 10.

The committee for solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics in Quang Binh province reviewed its performance 2018 and set out working plans 2019 at a meeting held on January 22.

Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Trương Quang Nghĩa hosted on January 22 a reception for a visiting delegation of the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics, ahead of Lunar New Year 2019.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng on January 23 hosted a reception for visiting Bishop Cosme Hoàng Văn Đạt of Bac Ninh diocese, on occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year 2019.

On occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019, a delegation of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs led by Director of Belief and Other Various Religions Department Nguyễn Ánh Chức extended Tet visits to religious organizations in An Giang province on January 22-23.

Vice Chairman Bùi Thanh Hà led a delegation of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) to visit the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Committee in Hanoi on January 23, ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party’s Committee Hoàng Trung Hải on January 22 hosted a reception for a delegation from the management board of Al – Noor Islamic mosque led by Head of the board Vũ Trí Tuệ on occasion of Traditional Lunar New Year 2019.

Deputy Director of the Catholic Affairs Department under the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Đào Thị Đượm hosted from January 22-23 separate receptions for three visiting delegations from Catholic orders, ahead of Lunar New Year 2019.

A delegation led by Deputy Director of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA)’s Protestant Affairs Department Nguyễn Ngọc Bảo paid a visit on January 22 to the Vietnam Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ahead of Lunar New Year 2019.

The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics, as a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), will continue to serve as a bridge between religion and secular society, said the committee’s head Trần Xuân Mạnh.

Deputy Secretary of Ninh Binh province’s Party Committee Trần Hồng Quảng has hosted on January 22 receptions for visiting delegations of Buddhist and Catholic organizations in the province, ahead of traditional Lunar New Year 2019.

The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Phu Tho province held on January 21 a meeting for reviewing its religious affairs in 2018 and mapping out plans for 2019.

As part of Tran temple festival 2019, the seal-opening ceremony will take place on the night of February 18 (the 14^th day of the first lunar month).

Dak Nong currently has 135,000 Catholic followers practicing in 2 deaneries, 24 parishes, and 51 communities.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng hosted a reception on January 17 for a visiting delegation from Lang Son diocese ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019.