VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi and Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Batu Khasikov exchanged measures to increase cooperation between Vietnam and the Russian republic during their meeting in Moscow on February 4.

Vietnam and Cambodia, boasting similarities in the practice of Buddhism, should share experience with each other in building the great national solidarity to create favourable conditions for their people to exercise the right to freedom of belief and religion, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said on July 31.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ritual marking Lord Buddha’s birth anniversary at Quan Su pagoda, the headquarters of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, in Hanoi on May 22 morning.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat has highlighted Buddhism’s importance in the country’s national development at the commemoration of International Day of Vesak 2024 at the UN headquarters in New York on May 20, expressing Vietnam’s wish to play host to another UN Day of Vesak in future.

More than 100 press photos and materials involved Buddhist events published between 1963 and now are on display at an exhibition opened in Ho Chi Minh City on May 30.

State President Vo Van Thuong offered greetings to Buddhist dignitaries and followers on the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, while visiting Hue Nghiem and Minh Dao pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 26.

The Ho Chi Minh City Photographic Association and the Vietnam Institute of Buddhist Studies on May 22 opened a photo exhibition on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the US-backed South Vietnamese government of Ngo Dinh Diem (June 11, 1963 - June 11, 2023).

Vietnam pursues a consistent policy of respecting and ensuring people's freedom to belief and religion as well as the equality among religions, while promoting cultural and moral values and resources of religions for the country’s development, stated Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai.

Since its introduction into Vietnam, Buddhism has integrated into the Vietnamese social life and become an important element in the national culture, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said in a reception for a delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) after the success of the 9th National Buddhist Congress on November 29. ​

An exhibition on Buddhism in Vietnam opened in Hanoi on November 27, as part of the ninth National Buddhist Congress.