Cai Rang Caodai parish under the Tay Ninh Caodai Church in Can Tho City’s Cai Rang district held on October 24 the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the oratory located in the district’s Ba Lang ward.

Nearly 100 participants of a Caodai training course from 23 Caodai parishes under the Ante-Creation Caodai Church in Tien Giang province’s Cai Lay provincial city, attended on October 22 a session on the Law on Belief and Religion 2016.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Committee in Ha Tinh province paid on October 24-25 charity visits to people seriously affected by recent floods in the Central region.

The traditional Ok Om Bok festival of the Khmer ethnic group was opened in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on October 25.

Kathina festival, also known as robes or flowers offering ceremony, is often held after the three-month Buddhist summer retreat in order to offer new robes for the monks, thus create merits for oneself and relatives, contributing to bringing peace and good luck for local people.

A charity delegation of the Pure-land Buddhist Association in Ben Tre province from October 19-22 visited people seriously affected by floods in the central provinces of Thua Thien Hue and Quang Tri.

Loc Thuan Parish under Vietnam Caodai Church (Binh Duc) in Binh Dai district of the southern province of Ben Tre successfully held its third general meeting on October 17.

Religious organisations and followers have donated more than 3 billion VND (nearly 130,000 USD) to the fund For the Poor in response to the month For the Poor (October 17-November 18) launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF).

The second Southern Cuisine Festival and Cultural and Tourism Week associated with Ok-Om-Bok Festival will open from October 25-31, according to the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism in Tra Vinh.

A memorial service for the 13 officials and soldiers who were killed by a landslide during their rescue operation at the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in the central province of Thua Thien Hue took place at Military Hospital 268 in Hue city on October 18 morning.

The Executive Committee of the Buu Son Ky Huong Faith in Nghia Thanh commune, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province’s Chau Duc district held on October 17 the ground-breaking ceremony for the reconstruction of Tay An temple.

Standard Chartered's experts forecast that Vietnam will stay in the list of rare economies that record positive growth in the year of 2020.

The Bu Ca Mau Evangelical Chapter under the Vietnam Evangelical Church (South) in Bu Gia Map district of Binh Phuoc province formally started its worshiping church at the ground-breaking ceremony held on October 16.

Kate Festival 2020 of Cham ethnic people in the central province of Ninh Thuan was held on October 16-18 (from the 1^st to the 3^rd of the 7^th month in Cham calendar). 

The annual conference of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) closed on October 16, 2020, after five working days held in Ho Chi Minh City.