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Deputy PM pays homage to Most Venerable Thich Thanh Sam

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and a Government delegation on March 14 paid tribute to Deputy Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha's Discernment Council Most Venerable Thich Thanh Sam who passed away on March 13 in Bac Ninh province at the age of 90.
Deputy PM pays homage to Most Venerable Thich Thanh Sam ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and a Government delegation pay tribute to Deputy Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha's Discernment Council Most Venerable Thich Thanh Sam. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister TruongHoa Binh and a Government delegation on March 14 paid tribute to DeputyPatriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha's Discernment Council Most VenerableThich Thanh Sam who passed away on March 13 in Bac Ninh province at the age of90.

Writing on the funeral book, Deputy PM Binh showed hisdeep sorrow, stating that Most Venerable Thich Thanh Sam was a good example ofa dignitary who devotedly cared for the development of Buddhism and the nation.

“He was a vivid evidence of the close ties betweenBuddhism and the nation,” Binh wrote, stressing the Most Venerable’s passing isa great loss to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, monks and Buddhist followers bothat home and abroad.

Most Venerable Thich Thanh Sam became a monk when hewas 13.

He joined the revolution against the French colonists and was arrested anddetained by the enemy in 1952. When peace was resumed in 1954, he engaged inteaching farmers in Cao Duc commune, Gia Binh district of Bac Ninh to read andwrite.

He became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnamin 1962.

Most Venerable Thich Thanh Sam was an active member ofthe Vietnam Buddhist Sangha since the organization was formed in 1981. He was electedas Vice President of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha atthe fifth national congress of the organization in 2002, and then DeputyPatriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Discernment Council in the next congress.

In 2004, he was elected as a member of the VietnamFatherland Front Central Committee.

Hemade numerous contributions to Buddhism and the nation and had been conferredwith the first and third class Independence Order, the second class War ResistanceOrder, among others.

The dignitary’s funeral will be held on March 16 inKinh Bac ward, Bac Ninh city in Bac Ninh province.

Earlier, Politburo member, Secretary of the PartySecretariat and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass MobilisationTruong Thi Mai, and representatives of many ministries, sectors and localitiesas well as Buddhist followers also paid homage to the deceased.-VNA
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