Vinh Quang pagoda located in Thuan Thanh district’s Tram Lo commune, Bac Ninh province held on December 22 a ceremony for inaugurating its main worshipping hall and starting the construction of Quan Am lake.

The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Pure-land Buddhist Association opened a training course for college-level medical trainers on December 21 at Minh Hung Tu temple located in Ho Chi Minh city.

The society for solidarity of patriotic Buddhist monks in Kien Giang province successfully held on December 20 its 7^th general conference.

Catholic people in the Central Highlands of Dak Lak have warmly responded to the movement “all people unite to build new-style rural areas, civilized urban areas and to be good in both life and religion” by working hard in production and business, thus contributing to the development of their home villages.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on December 20 visited the Hanoi Archdiocese where she wished local Catholic dignitaries and followers a merry Christmas and a happy new year in 2020.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on December 21 extended his Christmas greetings to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers in Ho Chi Minh City ahead of the Christmas holiday.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has acknowledged the contributions made by the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics to national development.

Joining with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, leaders of the Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee have agreed on the schedule and events which will take part during the upcoming Hung Kings Temple Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho.

President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Trần Thanh Mẫn paid a visit to Nha Trang Diocese in Central Vietnam on December 18 ahead of Christmas 2019.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’ Executive Committee in Quang Binh province held on December 18 a ceremony to celebrate its 10^th founding anniversary.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh and Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilization Commission Trương Thị Mai visited and met with Christian dignitaries and followers in Thanh Hoa province and Da Nang city on December 17 ahead of Christmas 2019.

An exhibition on Vietnam’s achievements in ensuring and promoting human rights opened in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 18.

A delegation of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, on December 16 visited the Central Executive Board of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church on the occasion of the centennial birth anniversary of the sect’s founder – Huỳnh Phú Sổ.

On occasion of a working visit to Nghe An province, Politburo Member cum Chairwoman of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Trương Thị Mai on December 15 visited and presented gratitude houses to disadvantaged households in the province.

Da Loan Evangelical chapter under the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) (Southern) in Lam Dong province’s Duc Trong district  held on December 23 a solemn ceremony to inaugurate and consecrate its new church.