A rare Buddhist tower in the central province of Nghe An is on the verge of collapse if no renovation work is carried out.

On August 26, in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Department of Culture and Sports in collaboration with Hai Duong and Bac Giang Provinces’ Departments of Culture, Sports, and Tourism organized a seminar on defining global typical values of the Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape in order to develop nomination documents to submit to UNESCO for world heritage recognition.

The committee for religious affairs in Ha Tinh province held on August 26 flag-raising ceremonies at the Buddhist culture centre and Cam Son pagoda – headquarters of the city Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s (VBS) Executive Committee.

As many as 171 religious worshipping places in the Southern Province of Kien Giang have regularly undertaken the national flag-raising recently.

Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases in the morning of August 26, keeping the national tally at 1,029, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

A delegation led by Superior Nun Thích Nữ Chúng Liên, Head of the charity board under the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Executive Committee in Quang Nam province paid on August 18 visits to quarantine  areas in the province.

The Vietnam Golden Heart Fund in collaboration with the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics in Hanoi presented medial equipments to My Duc district General Hospital at a ceremony held on August 19.

As of 6 am of August 21, Viet Nam confirmed no new cases of coronavirus infection, the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported.

Tan Chau provincial city town in An Giang province is home to 5,000 Cham Muslim with most of them living in Chau Phong commune.

Hong Linh mountain range is located in Ha Tinh province in the north central region of Vietnam. The mountain range famously has 99 peaks with many valuable relics having existed throughout the development history of the province. Several relic sites have been renovated, including Hang pagoda located in the province’s Hong Linh district.

Vietnam recorded seven new COVID-19 cases, including one imported, on August 18 morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Long Son minor seminary is located in Quang Van village, Phuoc Thuan commune, Binh Dinh province’s Tuy Phuoc district with a Gothic architecture.

The Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has requested VBS provincial and municipal executive boards, training establishments, and places of worship to organise Vu Lan Festival 2020 in the virtual form amid the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19.

Bac Ninh authorities has just approved a project to restore and repair relics of Luy Lau ancient citadel and four pagodas and temples in Thuan Thanh district.

The country has registered an additional 6 coronavirus cases and one COVID-19 fatality over the past 12 hours, elevating the national infection tally to 911 and the death count to 21, the Ministry of Health reported on August 14 morning.