VOV.VN - The first Congress of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha - Ho Chi Minh City (VBS HCMC) for the 2026–2031 term opened at Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda on April 5, with the participation of 600 delegates.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha - Ho Chi Minh City (VBS HCMC) is preparing to convene its first congress for the 2026–2031 term, an event selected as a model congress for the entire country, according to a press congress on March 30.

The Central Executive Board of Hoa Hao Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony in the southern province of An Giang on January 13, marking the 106th birth anniversary of Huynh Phu So, the founder of Hoa Hao Buddhism.

The Indian Embassy in Vietnam hosted an interactive tourism workshop in Hanoi on December 30, bringing together Vietnamese travel businesses to seek ways for strengthening connections, diversifying offerings, and tackling challenges to attract more Vietnamese tourists to India.

The Central Executive Board of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony on June 13 at An Hoa Tu Pagoda in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to commemorate the 86th anniversary of the sect’s anniversary (1939–2025).

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat attended International Day of Vesak 2025 solemnly commemorated at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 14.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on April 4 to discuss contributions of Vietnamese women to the exchange and development of Buddhism in Asia, attracting a large number of scholars, researchers, and Buddhist monks, nuns, and followers.

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.