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Hoang Phuc Pagoda is more than 700 years old, making it one of the oldest pagodas in central Vietnam.

The number of people registered for tissue and organ donation has remained very small and fails to meet the nation’s demand for organ transplants, said Nguyen Hoang Phuc, Deputy Director of the National Coordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation.

The central province of Quang Binh has stepped up activities to stimulate tourism demand, aiming to welcome 3.5 million tourists this year.

The world’s largest Buddha statue, made of jade, has been brought to Vietnam.

The Myanmar Buddhist Sangha presented Lord Buddha’s sarira to Hoang Phuc Pagoda in Le Thuy district, central Quang Binh province, at a ceremony on January 15.

Rescue forces righted the capsized ship on the Soai Rap River near Ho Chi Minh City and Tien Giang province on November 3 but did not found the two missing sailors.