Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc signed a decision on April 1 officially declaring a nationwide COVID-19 epidemic.

Authorities of the northern province of Phu Tho held an incense offering ceremony on April 2 to commemorate the country’s legendary founders at the Hung Kings relic site in the province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a range of stringent social distancing measures, including restricting people from leaving their homes and banning gatherings of more than two people in public.

With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to spread worldwide, leaving devastated economies in its wake, Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Monday appealed to all Vietnamese inside and outside Vietnam to stay united in their will and actions in the fight against the pandemic.

Many religious organizations in Da Nang city have contributed money and medical supplies supporting the Covid-19 epidemic prevention efforts being taken in the city.

Following instructions by the Prime Minister and the Government Committee for Religious Affairs on Covid-19 prevention and control, several religious organizations, including Protestant organizations have announced suspension of all large religious gatherings and changes to live-stream services.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a Directive rolling out measures to strengthen the COVID-19 prevention and control amid rapid increase of new infection cases over the past three weeks.

The Vietnam Ancestral Global Day will be celebrated online due to the complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Authorities of the northern province of Phu Tho held a ceremony on March 29 to commemorate the legendary national ancestors of Vietnam, Father Lac Long Quan and Mother Au Co.

In response to a campaign calling for public support for the country’s fight against the Covid-19 epidemic by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, religious organizations in Vietnam have made practical contributions.

In response to a call for the prevention and control of the Covid-19 pandemic, Protestant organizations in Vietnam have proactively followed with instructions of the Ministry of Health, the Government Committee for Religious Affairs and local authorities.

In response to a call of local authorities in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, religious organizations in Nam Dinh province have issued dispatches calling their followers to join hands in fight against Covid-19.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc warned that the spread of the novel coronavirus will outpace us if prompt and drastic measures are not taken, while addressing a meeting on the COVID-19 prevention and control.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City has decided to suspend all daily masses and religious rites in a move to prevent the infection of coronavirus, which is spreading in Vietnam as a whole and in HCMC in particular.

Responding to the Decree regarding the celebration of the Easter released by the Vatican on March 19 and following the instruction of Prime Minister on Covid-19 prevention and control, Catholic Dioceses in Vietnam have issued notifications guiding pastoral affairs and religious practices in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.