This year, due to the outbreak of Covid-19 epidemic, Hoa Hao Buddhist Church has issued a dispatch requesting the suspension of activities with large gatherings and asking its members to strictly observe guidelines of the Prime Minister and local authorities.

Nineteen volunteers who are Buddhist and Catholic dignitaries and followers in Ho Chi Minh City have joined the frontline forces in COVID-19 treatment in Trung Vuong Hospital and Gia Dinh People’s Hospital in the city.

Vice Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) cum Head of the Home Affairs Ministry’s working group Nguyễn Tiến Trọng on September 23 visited and met with the Vietnam Adventist Church in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Nhuan district.

Vice Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) cum Head of the Home Affairs Ministry’s working group Nguyễn Tiến Trọng paid on September 20 an exchange visit to the executive committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vice Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) cum Head of the Home Affairs Ministry’s working group Nguyễn Tiến Trọng on September 21 visited and met with the Vietnam Baptist Church in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam Buddhist Institute in Hanoi city held on September 23 a ceremony to open the school year 2020-2021.

Vice Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) cum Head of a working group of Ministry of Home Affairs Nguyễn Tiến Trọng paid visits on September 20 to the Tay Ninh Caodai Church in Ward 1 of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 and the Caodai Correction-Path Church in Ward 12 of the city’s District 6.

The Southern province of Ca Mau currently has six operative religions of Buddhism, Caodaism, Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Pure-land Buddhism and Hoa Hao Buddhism with over 370,000 followers belonging to the total of 157 organizations and sub-organizations.

The Cathedral of My Tho diocese in Tien Giang province’s My Tho City currently has 1,030 Catholic families with 3,360 parishioners and is headed by Priest Jacob Hà Văn Xung.

Commissioned Pastor Lê Cao Sơn  was formally appointed as Superintendent of Hai An evangelical chapter under the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) (South) in Nguyen Huan commune, Ca Mau province’s Dam Doi district at an online ceremony held on September 19.

Vice Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) cum Head of the Home Affairs Ministry’s working group Nguyễn Tiến Trọng paid on September 18 a visit to the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Chapter in Binh Duong province.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh City held on September 18 ceremonies in Giac Ngo pagoda located in Ward 3 of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10 and Culture and Sports Center of Tan Binh district to see off 23 religious volunteers of the 6^th batch to start supporting the frontline of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Committee Chapter in Ninh Binh province held on September 19 a meeting with voluntary Buddhist monastics before joining frontline forces against Covid-19 in Ho Chi Minh city.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on September 18 held a fare-well ceremony, the sixth of its kind, for religious dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers who are voluntarily joining front-liners in the fight against COVID-19 in the city.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s chapter in Ha Tinh province’s Nghi Xuan district convened on September 15 its 3^rd congress for the 2021-2026 tenure.