VOV.VN - The Patronage Council and Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha solemnly held a ritual at Quan Su Pagoda in Hanoi on May 15 to observe the 2,565th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha will hold a grand ceremony on November 7 to commemorate its 40th founding anniversary (1981-2021).

VOV.VN - A solemn memorial service was held on October 23 at Rang pagoda in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen district for Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, Supreme Patriarch of the Patronage Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

Venerable Thich Minh Quang, head monk of the Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane, has handed over to the Lao Front for National Construction LAK25 million worth of essential goods (about over VND50 million) to help people who are being severely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of Ho Chi Minh City said on July 22 that it had sent an official dispatch to authorized agencies, proposing the use of its religious establishments as temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals and quarantine facilities for Buddhist monks and nuns.

VOV.VN - Quang Nam province, a coronavirus hotspot in central Vietnam, discharged the last four COVID-19 patients September 29 after making a full recovery from the disease.

VOV.VN - Two patients from the central province of Quang Nam who had previously been discharged from hospital after making a recovery from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have once again tested positive for the virus.