The 91 st birth anniversary of the founder of Hoa Hao Buddhism, Prophet Huynh Phu So, took place at the Holy Land of the religion in An Hoa temple in Phu Tan district, the southern province of An Giang on Dec. 30.

The event was attended by thousands of Hoa Hao Buddhists in and outside An Giang province, who in 2010 contributed 50 billion VND to building and repairing houses for the poor and bridges to expand traffic to remote rural areas.

Addressing the ceremony, Tran Thanh Toc, Vice President of the An Giang provincial Fatherland Front, expressed his wishes that more than 2 million Hoa Hao Buddhists in 15 cities and provinces will join hands with the nation in making the country more prosperous while defending the purity of their religion./.