Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng has visited several Buddhist dignitaries of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Hanoi and Bac Ninh province, on the occasion of the 2564^th Buddha’s Birthday.

Dr. Vũ Chiến Thắng, Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs has attended a solemn ceremony held the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on May 7 for celebrating the Buddha’s Birthday, also known as Vesak, 2020 (B.E. 2564).

Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Ngô Thị Thanh Hằng and Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng paid on May 6 a visit to Most Venerable Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Thích Phổ Tuệ, on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2564^th birthday.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng led on May 5 a delegation to visit the Vietnam Pure-land Buddhist Association based in Hung Minh Tu temple in Ho Chi Minh city on occasion of the Buddha Birthday 2020 (B.E 2564).

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng led on May 5 a delegation to visit to the Southern office of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council and high-ranking Buddhist dignitaries in Ho Chi Minh City on occasion of Buddha’s Birthday 2020 (B.E. 2564).

Head of the Belief and Other Religions Department under the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Nguyễn Ánh Chức was formally promoted as Vice Chairman of the committee at a ceremony held on April 29.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) sent on April 24 a dispatch to religious organizations asking for their continued implementation of measures preventing the coronavirus recurrence in the country.

A delegation led by Acting Director of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA)’s Southern Religious Affairs Department Trà Quang Thanh paid on April 8 a visit to Candaransi pagoda located in Ho Chi Minh city on occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival of Khmer people.

The GCRA on April 7 issued a dispatch to the provincial-level committee for religious affairs of the country’s provinces and cities, regardingthe implementation of the Prime Minister’sdirective on the nation-wide social distancing.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng signed on April 6 a dispatch to Archbishop President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam Giuse Nguyễn Chí Linh and bishops of Catholic dioceses asking for strengthened measures against Covid-19.

Taking advantage of Covid-19 epidemic and suspension of all large religious activities, several religious sects have talked about the end day of the world or false information creating superstitious beliefs and feelings of fear.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) on Match 20 issued a program for savings and waste reduction 2020.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) sent on Match 27 another dispatch asking religious organizations to strengthened measures for the nCovi prevention and control,

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) has strengthened preventive measures against the novel corona virus since the spread of the pandemic got complicated in the country.

Vice Chairwoman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) cum Head of the editeral council of the GCRA’s Website chaired the annual meeting of the council held on March 25.