These days, H’Mong ethnic people in some districts of Son La province are celebrating the New Year. Their New Year comes one month earlier than the country’s traditional Tet (from the first day of the 12^th lunar month). New Year is an opportunity for H’Mong people to get together for festive activities such as folk games and traditional cuisines after one year of laboring works.

A delegation from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on January 05 inspected construction facilities prepared for the UN Day of Vesak 2019 in Ha Nam province.

Xuan Loc Diocese in the Vietnam southern province of Dong Nai is home to over one million Catholics, accounting for 1/6 of Vietnamese Catholics and 35% of the population in the province.

This year, the central Ninh Thuan provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will make a profile and submit it to UNESCO for recognition of the Kate festival as intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

“Le hoi cau mua” (bumper-crop praying ceremony) of the San Chay ethnic minority group in the northern province of Thai Nguyen was granted the status of national intangible cultural heritage at a ceremony held in Tuc Tranh commune, Phu Luong district on January 5.

Duc Xuan Community under Tan Loc parish located in Cua Lo town, Nghe An province held a ceremony for celebrating the 50^th founding anniversary (1969-2019).

A wooden burial jar with bronze drum discovered in Phu Chanh commune in the southern province of Binh Duong has been recognised as a national treasure by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The Minh Su faith’s executive board in Tien Giang province held on January 3 a meeting to review its performance 2018 and approve working plans for 2019.

Located in Mong Cai city’s Hai Yen ward of Quang Ninh province, Linh Son is known as one of a few oldest and largest pagodas in the Northeastern border of Vietnam.

The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Nam has recently approved a management plan for the My Son Relics – a World Culture Heritage site, in the 2018-2020 period, with a vision to 2030.

Various cultural and art activities are set to be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism throughout January, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on January 3.

The Executive Committee of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Chapter in Bac Ninh province held on December 27 a meeting for reviewing its performance 2018 and mapping out plans of activities 2019.

The external affairs department in Phu Tho province has formally debuted a 3D bilingual film “Hung King’s temple - the sacred homeland” at a ceremony held on December 28.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Sub-committee for nun affairs held on December 26 a meeting to review its activities in Ho Chi Minh city.

The Prime Minister has signed a decision to designate 22 valuable items “national treasures”.