An outright ban on smoking will be imposed in 30 popular tourist destinations in Hanoi under the capital city’s pilot plan to be implemented this month.
Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Hau A Lenh visited Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem in Ba Da Pagoda, Hanoi on May 24 to extend congratulations on Lord Buddha’s birthday.
A requiem was held at Ba Da Pagoda in Hanoi on December 18 to pray for victims and Vietnamese and foreign soldiers who died while protecting the country during a US airstrike in December 1972.
Architectural and cultural experts together with local leaders share the
same view on the need to preserve the present vista around Hoan Kiem
Lake in Hanoi.
The theft and destruction of Hanoi's cultural and historical relics
continues to rise due to weak management and low awareness by managing
agencies, said the city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Hanoi Buddhist Sangha held an incense offering to King-Monk Tran
Nhan Tong, the founder of Vietnam Zen Buddhism, in commemoration of his
702nd death anniversary at Ba Da pagoda on Dec. 5.
Vice President and General Secretary of
the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Vu Trong Kim on May
25 visited Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, Patriarch of the Vietnam
Buddhist Sangha’s Patronage Council, at Giang pagoda in Phu Xuyen
district, Hanoi, on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2554th birthday.
Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Vu Hong Khanh on May 19
visited
the Hanoi Buddhist Sangha at Ba Da pagoda, Hoan Kiem district on the
occasion of
the Buddha’s 2554th birthday.