The set includes four samples featuring iconic churches in Vietnam, including the Phat Diem Stone Cathedral in Ninh Binh province, the Da Nang Cathedral in Da Nang city, the Mac Bac Church in Tra Vinh province, and the St Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi.

Newly-released stamp set features churches in Vietnam.

The stamp set is designed by painter Nguyen Du from the VNPT. It will be available from December 24 this year through June 2024.

Christianity was first introduced to Vietnam in the 16th century. Vietnam is now home to many Christian churches, which were built across the country in Western style or a combination of Vietnamese and European architecture.

The issue of the stamp set aims to introduce the public to religious buildings in Vietnam.

Previously, the VNPT released several stamps featuring religious architecture, including the ‘Architecture of Southeast Asia’ set in 1993, the ‘Vietnamese architecture’ set in 1999, and ‘The 16th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations’ set in 2019.

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The Ministry of Information and Communications has released a stamp set in celebration of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

Bac Giang supports to invest in machine, package, label and stamp for origin traceability

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Year of Tiger stamp collection launched

With the coming Lunar New Year marking the start of the Year of the Tiger, a collection of tiger images, which symbolise power, have been chosen to be featured in a new stamp collection.

Chairman of provincial People's Committee urges Yen The’s determination to stamp out Covid-19 in a week

(BGO) - On the afternoon of November 2, Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People's Committee Le Anh Duong, who is also deputy head of the Standing Board of the provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, and Commander of the provincial Covid-19 Prevention and Control Command Centre, inspected anti-pandemic efforts in Yen The district.

Stamp set released to honour global geoparks in Vietnam

A set of stamps named “Global Geopark” will be released by the Ministry of Information and Communications on October 30, 2021, aiming to promote the image and honour the three Global Geoparks in Vietnam recognised by UNESCO.

Source: NDO