VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has been experimenting with an online prayer scheme during the spring festival season in an effort to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the community.

VOV.VN - The typically bustling atmosphere seen at pagodas, temples, and relic sites nationwide during the start of a new lunar year has been largely subdued this year due to the impact of the latest coronavirus outbreak, resulting in sharp declines in revenue for the local tourism industry.

VOV.VN - As the nation’s largest pagoda, Bai Dinh pagoda in Gia Vien district of the northern province of Ninh Binh appears silent at the beginning of the lunar new year, a huge contrast compared to previous years due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested that localities nationwide cancel all spring festivals in order to prevent mass gatherings, therefore minimising the potential spread of the COVID-19 pandemic following the Lunar New Year (Tet).

VOV.VN - Pagodas, temples, and religious sites throughout the capital have been forced to close as of February 16 in an effort to curb the potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Hanoi’s outlying My Duc district was ordered to suspend the annual Huong Pagoda Festival and stop receiving visitors in an attempt to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has said.

VOV.VN - With the central region enjoying a spell of beautiful weather, thousands of domestic travelers flocked to Da Nang to visit the city’s pagodas and flower street on the second day of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

The Ambassadors of the US and France to Vietnam have shared their experience of celebrating the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese people – the Lunar New Year or Tet.

VOV.VN - Due to the complicated developments of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), short breaks can be considered a suitable choice of activity for the upcoming holiday, so here are some suggestions for local people who wish to travel during Tet:

After four years of construction, a 73-m-high sitting Buddha statue - the tallest of its kind in Southeast Asia - has been inaugurated at the Phat Quoc Van Thanh Pagoda in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.