Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Vu Trong Kim on May 25 visited Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Patronage Council, at Giang pagoda in Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi, on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2554th birthday.

Kim gave best health wishes to the Patriarch, Buddhist dignitaries, monks and nuns and followers on the occasion, calling for their further efforts to contribute to the strong national great unity for the goal of a rich people, a strong country and a just, democratic and civilised society.

Also on the same day, Ha Van Nui, Vice President of the VFF Central Committee visited the Hanoi Buddhist Sangha at Ba Da pagoda, Hoan Kiem district./.