Society
Vietnam Buddhist Academy marks 35th founding anniversary
The Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City marked its 35th founding anniversary with a ceremony on December 8.
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Over 650 Buddhist monks, followers register for blood, organ donation
More than 500 Buddhist monks, nuns and followers registered for blood donation while 150 people put their names on the list of organ donors at a festival in Hanoi on August 4.
Society
Vietnam Buddhist Academy to host blood donation festival
The Vietnam Red Cross Society and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will work together to organise a blood donation and organ donation registration festival at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Soc Son district of Hanoi on August 4.
Politics
Indian PM meets with Vietnamese Buddhists
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with monks and nuns studying at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Hanoi on September 3 as part of his visit to Vietnam, which began on September 2.
Society
HCM City’s Buddhist Academy opens
The Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City was inaugurated in Le Minh Xuan commune, Binh Chanh district on May 8.
Society
Construction of Vietnam Buddhist Academy begins in Hue
The construction of a Vietnam Buddhist Academy commenced with a ceremony in Ngu Tay hamlet, An Tay ward, Hue city of central Thua Thien-Hue province.
Society
Hanoi’s Liberation celebration: 60 Thanh Giong Statues presented
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Hanoi’s Liberation Day
(October 10), 60 statues of Thanh Giong (Saint Giong), a Vietnamese folk
hero, were given to provinces, cities, organisations and individuals
throughout Vietnam during an official ceremony on October 5.
Politics
Sri Lanka’s Parliament leader visits Vietnam
The Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament, Chamal Rajapaksa, arrived in
Hanoi on July 14, beginning a six-day official visit to Vietnam at the
invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.
Religious activities bustle in 2009: review meeting
Religious organisations in Vietnam had
a busy year in 2009 with numerous activities, concluded a meeting of
the government committee for religious affairs in Da Nang on Jan. 13.
