The Committee for Religious Affairs in Dong Nai province has presented teaching materials of the Law and History subjects to training institutions of religions in the province at a meeting held on February 24.

The central Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council issued on February 22 a dispatch responding the initiative of the Prime Minister on planting one billion trees in the next five years.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended and delivered remarks at an open debate of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on addressing climate-related risks to international peace and security, which was held in the form of video conferencing on February 23.

The Danang Municipal People Committee on February 23 announced a certificate recognizing the Cham relic site in Phong Le village, Hoa Tho Dong ward, Cam Le district as a municipal-level historical relic site.

Only ritual ceremonies will be held at the Hung Kings Temple Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho this year due to COVID-19, heard a meeting of local authorities on February 23.

Ha Tinh province has 160,000 Catholic followers, accounting for 12% the provincial population.

Bac Ninh provincial authority has asked localities not to organize Lim festival and close pagodas to visitors, due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

The Ministry of Health has listed 11 groups of individuals that will be the first to receive Covid-19 vaccination in the country as per the distribution plan of vaccine for the 2021-2022 period.

Vien Giac Pagoda in Saigon has been closed and disinfected after an estimated 1,000 worshippers gathered for a ceremony amid the nation’s critical Covid-19 fight.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Committee in Quang Ninh province held on February 21 the opening ceremony of Yen Tu festival 2021 with tight measures for the Covid-19 epidemic prevention.

Religious practices in An Giang province have strictly observed preventive measures issued by relevant authorities during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) 2021.

The Politburo and Secretariat of the 13th-tenure Party Central Committee held their first session in Hanoi on February 18 to discuss key tasks for the first quarter and the policy for purchasing and using COVID-19 vaccines.

Relic sites and religious venues in the capital city of Hanoi have been closed in response to the local authorities’ closure request to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Hanoi authorities met online with grassroots leaders on Wednesday to ramp up their efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic, including scaling up testing.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the health sector to conduct all necessary measures to make COVID-19 vaccines available in Vietnam this month either through purchasing or from UN organisations.