A holy ceremony was solemnly held on February 8 at the Our Lady of La Vang Pilgrimage Centre located in Quang Tri province for welcoming the Lunar New Year of the Pig.

The Con Son-Kiep Bac spring festival 2019 is scheduled to take place at the Con Son-Kiep Bac special national relic site in the northern province of Hai Duong from February 14-27, or the 10th-23rd day of the first lunar month. 

A delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s (VBS) Executive Committee in Hanoi city led by Most Venerable Vice President of the VBS’s Executive Council Thích Bảo Nghiêm paid a visit on January 30 to Hanoi municipal authorities, ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019. 

The annual capital dragon boat race will be held on February 16th and 17th in West Lake, at Lý Tự Trọng Statue Garden, Thanh Niên Road, and Nguyễn Đình Thi Street in Tây Hồ District, said a representative of Hà Nội People’s Committee Department of Culture and Sports.

On occasion of a pre-Tet visit to Tay Ninh province, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân visited the Tay Ninh Caodai Church on January 29.

 A ceremony to plant Neu (a tall bamboo pole with red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during the lunar New Year) was reenacted at the Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue City on January 28.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung on January 28 hosted a reception for Evans F.David, President of the Asia Area of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints (LDS Church or Mormon Church). 

Vietnam strongly condemns the terror bomb attacks on a Catholic cathedral in Jolo island city in the southern Philippine province of Sulu on January 27, spokesperson of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng has stated. 

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình visited and presented New Year gifts to Cham ethnic group in Ho Chi Minh City on January 26. 

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.