State President Vo Van Thuong offered greetings to Buddhist dignitaries and followers on the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, while visiting Hue Nghiem and Minh Dao pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 26.
Situated approximately 40 km from the centre of Hanoi, Khai Nguyen Pagoda (also known as Tan Vien Pagoda) is an ancient site located in Son Dong commune in Son Tay district. It dates back to the Ly Dynasty, which was established in the first half of the 11th century. The pagoda is renowned for having the largest Buddha statue in the area, standing at an impressive 72 metres.
Fourteen Buddha statues, 22 swords, and a gong believed to be antiquities were recently discovered by local residents inside a cave in Nadee village in Viengthong district, the central Lao province of Bolikhamxay, Lao media reported on April 28.
With a total height of 72 metres, cast with more than 170 tons of bronze, the Buddha statute has been recognised as “Asia’s highest copper structure located on a mountain’s peak” and “The tallest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam located on a mountain’s peak” by the World Guinness Records.
With the long-standing bonds of the Kinh, Khmer, and Hoa ethnic groups, the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang boasts a special cultural identity that makes it an outstanding spiritual destination for tourists and Buddhist followers from far and wide.
Stone sculptures over 100 years old that were recently excavated from beneath the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha went on display at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, for tourists to admire during the long weekend.
A recent government survey shows most Buddhist people in Thailand intend to participate in religious activities throughout this month’s holidays, with some hoping events can be held online.
Som Rong Pagoda in Soc Trang province is home to a giant outdoor statue of the Buddha lying on its side as it attains Nirvana. It is 63 metres long and 22.5 metres tall and placed at about 28 metres above the ground.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Hue Nghiem and Minh Dao pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 14 on the occasion of Lord Buddha’s 2,566th birthday, extending his greetings to local Buddhist dignitaries and followers.
Chol Chnam Thmay New Year is the biggest festival on the Khmer calendar, which takes place around mid-April of the solar calendar every year. The festival expresses the wish for a new year of favourable rain and wind, and bountiful crops.
Aside from the archaic and solemn landscape, Nom Pagoda in Van Lam district of northern Hung Yen province is also home to valuable objects which are old statues dating back centuries.
Aside from the archaic and solemn landscape, Nom Pagoda in Van Lam district of Hung Yen province is also home to valuable objects which are old statues dating back hundreds of years.
The Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will hand over 200 million VND (8,600 USD) to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee in coming days to join hands with the nation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The An Giang Museum in the Mekong Delta province of the same name opened an exhibition on February 9 of the Khmer, Cham, and Hoa ethnic minority cultures and a section preserving five national treasures.
After four years of construction, a 73-m-high sitting Buddha statue - the tallest of its kind in Southeast Asia - has been inaugurated at the Phat Quoc Van Thanh Pagoda in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.
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