A delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in the central province of Ha Tinh extended on February 2 a visit to the provincial government ahead of the lunar New Year (Tet).

Many chapters and worshipping places of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Dong Nai province have brought supports to disadvantaged people in the locality, ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) 2021.

Vinh Phuc provincial Culture, Sport and Tourism Department opened on January 28 an exhibition on Dong Son culture in Vinh Phuc at the provincial museum.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Official Dispatch No. 365 late last week asking localities hit by the latest Covid-19 outbreak to suspend all festivals to curb the spread of the pandemic.

The 13^th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam closed on Monday morning.

Religious establishments in Hai Duong province’s Chi Linh city and Quang Ninh province’s Dong Trieu township, where many COVID-19 cases were detected in the past few days , must cancel all religious activities with crowded gatherings, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in an official dispatch issued on January 29.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has requested COVID-19-hit areas to cancel the organisation of festivals and cultural activities of mass gatherings in an effort to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

The charity board of Da Lat Cathedral parish has distributed 250 gift sets to disadvantaged people in Da Lat city at the parish’s year-end party held on January 27 ahead of the lunar New Year (Tet) 2021.

A delegation of the Vietnam Presbyterian Church led by Pastor President Trần Quốc Bảo on January 28 visited and extended Tet (Lunar New Year) greetings to Lam Dong provincial Religious Committee.

On occasion of the new rice ceremony 2020 in Binh Thuan, the authorities paid on January 26 congratulating visits to Raglai and K’ho people living in four mountainous communes of Phan Lam, Phan Son, Phan Dien and Phan Tien in Bac Binh district.

Two charitable delegations of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Committee in Tien Giang province presented on January 27 1,000 gift sets to poor locals in districts of Go Cong Tay, Go Cong Dong, Tan Phu Dong, and Go Cong provincial city, ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) 2021.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has delivered an important message to the Climate Adaptation Summit which took place virtually on January 25 and 26.

There have been nine more community infections of COVID-19 in Vietnam – including one in Hanoi.

On January 28, 2021, the Prime Minister issued the Directive No. 05/CT-TTg on urgent measures to prevent and control COVID-19 pandemic.