The first phase of the rehabilitation and expansion of Vinh Quang Pagoda in Hung Son commune of Thanh Mien district, the northern province of Hai Duong, has completed, making it one of the biggest Buddhist temples in the locality.
Chairman of the An Giang southern provincial chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Tiec Hung visited and extended greetings to the Central Executive Board of Hoa Hao Buddhist Sangha in the locality on December 28, on the occasion of the 99th birth anniversary of the Hoa Hao Buddhism sect founder, Prophet Huynh Phu So
An inauguration ceremony for the main hall of the Truc Lam-Phuong Hoang Zen Monastery in Nham Son commune, Yen Dung district, the northern province of Bac Giang, was held on August 29, with thousands of Buddhist followers in attendance.
Vu Lan festival is in full swing in Vietnam. In all pagodas and worship places around the country, Buddhist followers gather to hear talks about parental love and to pray for their parents.
The Buddhist Vu Lan Festival is now in full swing.These days, crowds of Buddhists and non-religious people flock to pagodas and worship places nationwide to pray for their parents.
French photographer Nicolas Cornet has visited more than 30 old Buddhist temples across Vietnam over the last three years to keep their beauties in photos recently published in a photo book.
President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Tran Thanh Man has sent a letter of congratulations to recognise of Hoa Hao Buddhism’s 79th founding anniversary.
Vietnamese Buddhist monks, nuns and followers gathered at Phat Tich Pagoda in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on May 29 to mark the 2,562nd birth anniversary of Lord Buddha.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on early May 29 organised a procession of Lord Buddha's relics on Hanoi streets on the occasion of Lord Buddha’s 2562nd birthday.
The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha held a music gala named “Lua thieng bat diet” (Eternal sacred fire) on May 27 as part of the activities to celebrate Lord Buddha’s 2,562nd birthday.
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.
The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Poland held a requiem in Warsaw on March 13 to pray for 64 soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defend Vietnam’s Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef 30 years ago.
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.
The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a requiem at Phung An pagoda in Seoul on March 11 to pray for national peace and prosperity.
The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Japan held a requiem at Nisshikutsu pagoda in Tokyo on March 4 to pray for the soldiers who died to defend Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago three decades ago.
More than five tonnes of different fish species, the biggest volume ever, were released into the Hong (Red) River in the capital city of Hanoi on February 25, or 10th day of the Lunar New Year.
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