President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Huynh Dam has sent best wishes to Buddhist dignitaries, monks and nuns and followers in and outside the country on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2554th birthday, the 15th of the fourth lunar month.

In his congratulatory message to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), the VFF Central Committee leader highlighted the VBS’s efforts in building and consolidating the sangha, mobilising its followers to implement the Party’s policies and the State’s laws and taking part in patriotic movements, including the “Entire people unite to build a cultural life in residential areas” and “Day for the Poor”, launched by the Committee.

He also commended the VBS for contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, enhancing the great national unity, implementing social economic tasks and ensuring social security and order.

He said he believed that the VBS will make further contributions to building the great national unity and gain greater achievements to mark the sixth World Buddhist Summit in Vietnam, the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and other big festivals of the country in 2010./.