Thousands of Buddhist monks, nuns and followers and visitors flocked to the Keo Pagoda festival that opened in Vu Thu district in the Red River Delta province of Thai Binh on February 19.
People in temporary custody or detention are now allowed to read scriptures and express their religious beliefs, according to a decree recently issued by the Government.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man hailed the constructive response of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha to patriotic movements and campaigns launched by the VFF.
The eighth congress of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) concluded in Hanoi on November 22, with Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue re-honoured as Supreme Patriarch of the VBS.
As part of its traditional attachment to the nation, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has considered external affairs a key task in line with the country’s international integration.
Hundreds of orphan and homeless children call Venerable Thich Phuoc Ngoc ‘father’ and Suoi Nguon Tinh Thuong (spring of compassion) Buddhist Orphanage Centre ‘home’, where they are loved, cared for.
Since Buddhism entered Vietnam from India and China thousands of years ago, it has mixed with the nation’s traditions and beliefs, while contributing to shaping the nation’s cultural heritage.
As many as 450 photos featuring standout achievements of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) during 2012-2017 are on display at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee recently made public the Vietnam Buddhist Association and launch the plan to establish a Vietnamese Buddhist Centre in Mozambique.
Vegetarianism is widely applied by a large number of religious people, especially Buddhist followers. Not only as a religious belief, vegetarianism has become a choice as a healthy way of eating.
Officials of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region congratulated Khmer ethnic people on their traditional Sene Dolta festival while visiting Theravada Buddhist pagodas in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on September 14.
A requiem for martyrs who laid down their lives to safeguard Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty took place at Dai Phuoc pagoda, the first Vietnamese pagoda in Myanmar, on September 10.
Overseas Vietnamese in Laos held a Vu Lan festival in the central province of Savannakhet on September 2 to express their deep gratitude towards parents.
A memorial service was held at Lang Cat Pagoda in Rach Gia city, Kien Giang province, on September 1 in commemoration of Most Venerable Danh Nhuong – Deputy Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS).
Vietnamese Buddhist followers in Thailand held the Vu Lan (Ullambana) festival to pray for prosperity and to commemorate fallen heroes at Canh Phuoc (Wat Samananamborihan) pagoda in Bangkok on August 27.
A workshop discussing the role of Vietnamese Buddhists in social and charitable activities is taking place in Rach Gia city, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, on June 14-15.
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