Vietnam has announced six additional national intangible cultural heritages under the Decision No.3609/DD-BVHTTDL signed on September 27 by Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện.

The Lam Kinh Festival 2018 was held at the Lam Kinh special national relic site in Xuan Lam commune, Tho Xuan district, the central province of Thanh Hoa on October 1 or the 22nd of the eight lunar month.

The 2^nd annual meeting for 2018 of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) took place in My Tho Diocese’s pastoral center located in Tien Giang’s province My Tho city on September 24-28.

Representatives of religious organizations paid tribute to President Trần Đại Quang during the State funeral for the late President solemnly held at the National Funeral Hall, No. 5 Tran Thanh Tong, Hanoi on September 26.

The Tay Ninh Caodai Church in the southern province of Tay Ninh held annual “Yen Dieu Tri Cung” festival, one of the two most important festivals of Cao Dai church, on September 24 (the 15^th day of the eighth lunar month). 

Archbishop Marek Zalewski, Non-residential Special Envoy of the Holy See to Vietnam, and Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Archbishop of Hanoi led a delegation of the Vatican and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam, respectively, to pay homage to President Trần Đại Quang.

The Caodai White Cloth Church – Union Verity Church held on September 24 a ceremony dedicating to Dieu Tri Kim Mau (Mother Goddess of the Church) in Kien Giang province’s Chau Thanh district.

The 6th general conference of the committee for solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) in the Southern province of Hau Giang was successfully held on September 20.

Over 4,000 Catholics from the Congregation of Reparation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ho Chi Minh archdiocese attended mass together on September 21 held in My Tho diocese's pilgrimage center  located in the province’s Chau Thanh district.

Minister of Home Affairs Ministry Lê Vĩnh Tân hosted on September 24 a warm reception for visiting Minister of Buddha Sasana of Sri Lanka Gamini Jayawickrema Perena.

A large Buddhist ceremony to pray Vietnamese President Trần Đại Quang took place on September 23 in Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda located in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Trung Hai parish under Vinh diocese held on September 22 Eucharistic adoration Mass and a solemn ceremony for inaugurating its new catechetical school.

As many as 120 key followers of religious organizations in Tien Giang province have attended a conference on the Law on Belief and Religion 2016 held on September 19.

An exchange camping for religious youth in Long An province took place in September 20-12 at the provincial center for adolescents and children’s activities located in the province’s Thanh Hoa district.

Hương (Perfume) Pagoda in Hà Nội’s outlying district of Mỹ Đức has been named a special national relic site.