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The 9th National Buddhist Congress opened in Hanoi on November 28, with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attending.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hanoi held a ceremony on August 9 to receive donations worth 600 million VND (25,650 USD) from local Buddhist monks and nuns to build 12 houses for poor families.

Venerable Thich Minh Quang, head monk of the Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane, has handed over to the Lao Front for National Construction 25 million LAK worth of essential goods (about over 50 million VND) to help people who are being severely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those who are staying in quarantine.

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.

The UN Day of Vesak 2019 Celebration, themed “Buddhist approach to global leadership and shared responsibilities for sustainable cities,” opened on May 12 at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Ha Nam province.

Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Truong Thi Ngoc Anh visited the Mekong Delta Bac Lieu province’s Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association on April 11, on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay, the traditional New Year Festival of Khmer people in the south.

The southern province of Tien Giang is currently home to over 52,000 Catholic followers, who have actively contributed to local development and the great national unity bloc.

The first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Buddhist Leaders’ Conference was held in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on November 12, aiming to promote the development of Buddhism in the countries as well as regional exchange in the religion.

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 Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on April 13-14 visited and delivered greetings to local Khmer monks, nuns and people on the occasion of their New Year Festival - Chol Chnam Thmay.

As many as 1,250 dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers attended the eighth congress of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) that opened in Hanoi on November 21.

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.

The Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City was inaugurated in Le Minh Xuan commune, Binh Chanh district on May 8.

A temple named Truc Lam Dai Giac in Nghi Xuan district, the central province of Ha Tinh, a place for worshipping Tran Dynasty’s kings and generals, was inaugurated at a ceremony on January 3.