Vietnamese and Russian Buddhist followers across Russia have gathered in Moscow for the Vu Lan festival.

A large number of Vietnamese people in Hong Kong (China) have come to a local pagoda on the occasion of the Vu Lan Festival to express gratitude to ancestors and pray for the best for their families, which is also an act to uphold traditional customs of the homeland.

The Vu Lan Festival was held at Phat Tich pagoda in Vientiane on the morning of August 18, with the attendance of representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy, associations of Vietnamese in Laos, and a large number of Vietnamese and Lao Buddhist monks, nuns, and followers.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of monks, nuns, and Buddhists gathered together in Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda in District 10 of Ho Chi Minh City on August 14 to celebrate the Vu Lan Festival, a Buddhist ritual held annually to show people's great appreciation and gratitude to their parents and ancestors.

VOV.VN - Situated in the northern province of Bac Ninh, Song Ho commune is bustling these days as local residents hurry to produce votive objects in order to meet the high demand of customers amid the annual Vu Lan Festival.

An art programme will be held at the Hanoi Opera House in August together with social welfare activities in the northern province of Dien Bien in celebration of the Vu Lan festival – a Buddhist tradition and a cultural activity aimed at honouring and showing gratitude to parents and ancestors.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of monks, nuns, and Buddhists recently flocked to the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Hanoi to mark Vu Lan Festival that is observed to show people's great appreciation and gratitude to their parents and ancestors.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on August 19 visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Ho Chi Minh City to congratulate the dignitaries, monks and nuns on the occasion of the Vu Lan Festival 2023.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring heavy rains, hordes of Hanoians flocked to local pagodas on August 12 to mark the full-moon day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, known as the Buddhist Vu Lan Festival.

VOV.VN - Oan cake is widely acknowledged as the symbol of the Buddhist festival of Vu Lan, or Ghost Festival, with the event being a time for Vietnamese people to show their deep gratitude towards their parents and the deceased.