Representatives from eight branches and 10 organisations of Caodaism and more than 5,000 Caodaism followers attended the third Caodaism exchange conference in the Mekong delta province of Ben Tre on March 24.

The conference heard reports that last year the Caodaism Missionary branch helped flood victims in central Vietnam and built gift houses worth more than 3 billion VND while the Caodaism Minh Chon Dao branch provided free medicine, financial assistance and seedlings worth almost 2 billion VND. The Caodaism Bach Y Lien Doan Chon Ly branch provided free medicine and rice worth over 646 million VND to flood victims.

All branches and organisations agreed to continue their humanitarian activities this year and register to donate around 10 billion VND on these activities.

Representative of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Tran Thi Bich Nguyet welcomed the organisation of the annual conference, which she said, proves the unanimity among Caodaism followers.

She also highlighted Caodaism’s social activities and called on Caodaism branches and organisations to uphold their patriotism, actively respond to the government’s social campaigns and strictly follow the State’s laws and policies in order to build a prosperous and happy country./.