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.
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue on May 4 visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee and the VBS Executive Board of Hanoi on the occasion of Lord Buddha’s 2564th birthday.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s chapter in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony to mark Lord Buddha’s 2563rd birthday at the Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda on May 19.
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli expressed their satisfaction at the growing relations between Vietnam and Nepal since the establishment of the bilateral diplomatic ties in 1975, during their meeting in Hanoi on May 11.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Kim Bang district, the northern province of Ha Nam, on July 22 to plant a Bodhi tree presented by Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament Karu Jayasuriya.
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 (VBS) Central Committee held a grand ceremony in Hanoi on May 29 (the 15th day of the fourth lunar month) to mark the 2562nd birth anniversary of Lord Buddha.
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.
Head of Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai visited Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha at Vien Minh pagoda on May 21.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man has sent the best wishes to Vietnamese Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers both at home and abroad ahead of the 2562nd birth anniversary of Lord Buddha and the annual Buddhist Rains Retreat.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan extended his best wishes to Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers at home and abroad.
A celebration was held in New York on May 20 to observe the International Day of Vesak, which falls on the full moon of the fourth lunar month or May 21 this year, dedicated to Lord Buddha.
The 3-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the largest in Vietnam, officially opened in Hanoi’s My Duc district on February 13 or the sixth day of the lunar New Year, with the attendance of 50,000 pilgrims.
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.
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