The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s chapter in Gia Lai has formally appointed Venerable Thích Nhật Cầu as Head of Thua An Pagoda located in the province’s Pleiku City at a ceremony held on September 23.

A Hezbollah arms depot in southern Lebanon has been destroyed as the country was rocked by another explosion, a security source said.

A delegation from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) led by Director of the GCRA’s Caodai Affairs Department Đinh Quang Tiến paid on September 19-21 visits to Caodai Churches in provinces of Ca Mau, Hau Giang and Ben Tre.

The traditional festival in An Sinh Temple in the north eastern province of Quang Ninh will be cancelled in a bid to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi City People's Committee Ngo Van Quy chaired a meeting to report on the progress of implementing activities to celebrate 1010 years of Thang Long – Hanoi.

The Relic Management Board has arranged many flags, lanterns, and flag strings at the two relics.

The museum in the central province of Ha Tinh has received many wooden artifacts used in the traditional whale and deity worshiping in the province’s Thach Ha and Cam Xuyen districts.

The association “An Giang Cham Women” established in late 2019 under the Representative Committee of the Cham Islamic community An Giang has been operative for nearly one year, gathering kind-hearted women and supports for practically helping hundreds of Cham people with unfortunate circumstances.

The new school year of the Buddhist High School under the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Gia Lai province was solemnly opened at a ceremony held on September 21 in Buu Thang pagoda located in the province’s Pleiku city.

Vietnam logged no new COVID-19 cases within the past 12 hours as of 6 a.m on September 23, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Chapter in Ben Tre has issued a notification to its subordinate board in districts and pagodas in the province regarding the keeping of ashes and worshipping photos of the dead.

The social health board of the representative committee of the Vietnam Evangelical Church (Southern organized on September 19 a charity program for providing free health examinations and treatment for local people.

Senior Venerable Thích Đức Thiện, Vice President cum General Secretary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council, has attended and delivered a speech at the Patriotic Emulation Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) in collaboration with the provincial government of Kien Giang held on September 18 a conference for reviewing the state management on Caodaism over the past 25 years.