President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and extended Tet (Lunar New Year) wishes to Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, Supreme Patriarch of the Patronage Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16.
The two-day 9th National Buddhist Congress wrapped up in Hanoi on November 29, with its resolution and the adjustment of the 7th Charter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) approved.
Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang was selected as Acting Supreme Patriarch of the Patronage Council of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) at the 6th meeting of the 8th VBS Executive Council on December 31.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of Ho Chi Minh City said on July 22 that it had sent an official dispatch to authorized agencies, proposing the use of its religious establishments as temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals and quarantine facilities for Buddhist monks and nuns.
Politburo member Nguyen Thien Nhan, who is also Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, on February 2 visited various religious establishments and dignitaries in the city on the occasion of the upcoming traditional lunar New Year (Tet).
A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Vo Thi Dung on May 16 visited the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of HCM City on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2,562nd birthday.
More than 800 Buddhist dignitaries and followers gathered at the ninth Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha for the 2017-2022 tenure that opened in the city’s District 10 on November 7.
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