Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has highlighted the important and practical role played by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) in building a strong and pure state administration that ensures publicity, transparency, smoothness, efficiency and effectiveness and meets new development requirements

The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) in Can Tho city held a meeting on December 29 for reviewing the implementation of patriotic emulation movements in 2020.

Three more cases of COVID-19 were detected in the past 24 hours, which all involved people returning from abroad who had been quarantined

The new preaching hall of Thien Tuong pagoda in Ha Tinh province’s Hong Linh provincial city has been inaugurated at a ceremony held on December 24.

Catholic people in the southern province of Ca Mau spent over 21 billion VND on social and charitable programs and projects for supporting the disadvantaged and boosting community development in localities in 2020.

 Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed an upcoming year dedicated to the family as he doubled down on one of his papal priorities and urged renewed attention to his controversial 2016 document on family life.

Hoa Hao Buddhists in Dong Thap province made a contributing value of over 75 billion VND for social charities in 2020, according to the representative committee of Hoa Hao Buddhism in the province.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Committee in Binh Phuoc province in collaboration with local authorities held on December 24 a requiem and rituals for burial of martyrs’ remains at the provincial cemetery.

Vice Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Nguyễn Ánh Chức chaired a meeting to review the coordination work between the GCRA and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in state management on belief affairs in 2020.

Vietnamese Catholics have just jubilantly celebrated Christmas Day and together with other people welcoming a new year with hope for peace and happiness. Over the past days, delegations of the Vietnamese Party, State, the Fatherland Front, the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, and local administrations have visited Catholic dignitaries and followers. A peaceful and merry Christmas is vivid evidence of the freedom of religion in Vietnam.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng paid on December 24 a visit to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) on occasion of Christmas 2020.

The Catholic solidarity board in Ky Anh district of the central Ha Tinh province on December 20 reviewed contributions to national construction and defense made by the Catholic community in the district in 2020, and mapped out key tasks for 2021.

A delegation of the Party and State led by Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam Nguyễn Hòa Bình paid a visit to Bac Ninh diocese on December 23 ahead of Christmas 2020.

Minister of Home Affair Lê Vĩnh Tân paid on December 23 a visit to the office of Bac Ninh diocese, ahead of Christmas 2020.

The social charity board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Chapter in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with local authorities inaugurated on December 20 two rural, concrete bridges in Hoa Tan commune of Dong Thap province’s Chau Thanh district.