The International Council for the Day of Vesak (ICDV) and Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held on January 25 the second meeting in the northern province of Ninh Binh for speeding up preparations. 

A delegation from the representative committee of the Caodai Tay Ninh church in Tien Giang province led by Chairman of the committee priest Thái Điều Thanh paid visits on January 24 to provincial authorities in the province ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Committee held on January 22 a meeting to review its performances 2018 and set out working plans for 2019.

Huong Tich pagoda located in Thien Loc commune, Can Loc district, Ha Tinh province will officially open its annual festival on February 10.

The committee for solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics in Quang Binh province reviewed its performance 2018 and set out working plans 2019 at a meeting held on January 22.

Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Trương Quang Nghĩa hosted on January 22 a reception for a visiting delegation of the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics, ahead of Lunar New Year 2019.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party’s Committee Hoàng Trung Hải on January 22 hosted a reception for a delegation from the management board of Al – Noor Islamic mosque led by Head of the board Vũ Trí Tuệ on occasion of Traditional Lunar New Year 2019.

The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics, as a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), will continue to serve as a bridge between religion and secular society, said the committee’s head Trần Xuân Mạnh.

Deputy Secretary of Ninh Binh province’s Party Committee Trần Hồng Quảng has hosted on January 22 receptions for visiting delegations of Buddhist and Catholic organizations in the province, ahead of traditional Lunar New Year 2019.

The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Phu Tho province held on January 21 a meeting for reviewing its religious affairs in 2018 and mapping out plans for 2019.

As part of Tran temple festival 2019, the seal-opening ceremony will take place on the night of February 18 (the 14^th day of the first lunar month).

Dak Nong currently has 135,000 Catholic followers practicing in 2 deaneries, 24 parishes, and 51 communities.

The Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) landscape in the central coastal city of Da Nang received the national special relic certificate at a ceremony held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and competent authorities in the city on January 20.

Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Trần Thanh Mẫn said that Fatherland Front and health sector, related agencies, religious organizations should expand healthcare services.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung on January 18 hosted separate receptions for delegations from the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) (ECVN North) and the Vietnam Christian Fellowship Church ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.