Weekly highlights: UN Day of Vesak 2025 highlights Buddhist insights for world peace, sustainable development
The United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 took place from May 6-8 at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City.
The United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 took place from May 6-8 at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City.
Underlining Buddhism’s response to pressing global challenges, the declaration features contents about solidarity and tolerance for human dignity, cultivation of inner peace for global peace, healing through mindfulness and reconciliation, and promotion of solidarity and cooperation efforts for global harmony, among others.
Cultural exchange events and sideline activities of Vesak 2025 will be organised early from May 2, including festivals in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day.