Events included the ceremonial opening of a relic viewing of the Buddha’s sarira, an exhibition of Buddhist fine arts, and a culinary festival.

Located in Dong Trieu district, the northern province of Quang Ninh, Ngoa Van pagoda relic complex is a sacred pilgrimage site attracting tourists all year round. It is where Buddha-Emperor Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308) founded the Truc Lam Zen Monastery, a line of Buddhist meditation imbued with Vietnamese culture, and attained Nirvana.

Chol Chnam Thmay is a New Year festival of the Khmer ethnic people according to their traditional calendar. The festival fell on April 14-16 this year. In Soc Trang province, over 400,000 Khmer people celebrated the traditional New Year festival with joy and fun thanks to improved livelihoods.

A kaleidoscope of cultural activities have been held as part of the Hoang Phuc Pagoda Festival in Le Thuy district, in the central province of Quang Binh.

Aside from the antique and solemn landscape, Nom Pagoda is also preserving valuable objects which are old statues dating back centuries.

A ceremony was held on May 8 to attach Vietnamese nameplates to the Tam Bao (whose Thai name is Wat Aphay Phati Kram) and Ngoc Thanh (Wat Anna Duoikai Tralom Prachom Phatsakan) pagodas of the Vietnamese community in Thailand.

Nineteen volunteers who are Buddhist and Catholic dignitaries and followers in Ho Chi Minh City have joined the frontline forces in COVID-19 treatment in Trung Vuong Hospital and Gia Dinh People’s Hospital in the city.

The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony in the morning of September 13 to present 10 ambulances, worth more than 10 billion VND, to hospitals in the city and the Mekong province of Ben Tre, to help with the transportation and treatment of patients.

Tien Huong pagoda was built in 2010, on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long citadel, in the traditional Vietnamese style of architecture with the massive system of Buddha statues.

The 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019 wrapped up at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Kim Bang district, northern Ha Nam province, on May 14, with the adoption of the Ha Nam Declaration.

The development of Buddhism over time has left many valuable heritages for Bo Da pagoda, of which the most special heritage is the Buddhist woodblocks, which are recognized as the oldest in the world.

The 15th day of the first lunar month or Tet Nguyen tieu (First Full Moon Festival) is among major festivals of Vietnam.

A host of traditional spring festivals have kicked off in different cities and provinces across the country.

Up to 10,000 pilgrims have joined a “smiling for happiness and peace” programme as part of a spring festival at Khai Nguyen Pagoda in Hanoi’s suburban town of Son Tay which opened on February 5.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai have extended her New Year greetings to Buddhist and Catholic dignitaries and followers.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) marked the 35th anniversary of its establishment (November 7, 1981 – November 7, 2016) at a grand ceremony in Hanoi on November 7.

Khanh Tho and Long Son pagodas of Vietnamese people in the western province of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, have been attached with the plates bearing Vietnamese names.

Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) Le Ba Trinh visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Board of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 13.

Construction of a Truc Lam Zen monastery began in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on November 27.

All religions and beliefs in Vietnam have received the freedom they need to develop, according to Pham Dung, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.