Tag: buddhist
Pagodas urged to move Vu Lan Festival online
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha has requested that provincial Buddhist Sanghas, Buddhist dignitaries, followers, and pagodas nationwide celebrate the Vu Lan Festival and hold requiems for the deceased virtually via online apps.
HCM City’s Buddhist Sangha proposes using pagodas as COVID-19 treatment hospitals
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.
Vietnam Buddhist Sangha presents COVID-19 test kits to Nepal
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on June 14 presented 2,000 COVID-19 test kits worth VND600 million (US$26,000) to Nepal to aid the country’s COVID-19 fight.
HCM City Buddhist Sangha donates 33 ventilators to India
The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha, on May 28, presented its donation of 33 ventilators to Indian people amid COVID-19 at a ceremony held at the Indian Embassy in Hanoi.
VBS marks Buddha’s birthday in scaled-down ceremony
The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) celebrated Buddha’s 2565th birthday in a scaled-down ceremony in Hanoi on May 26 amid the resurgence in COVID-19 cases in the northern region.
NA Vice Chairman extends greetings to Buddhist community on Buddha’s birthday
Politburo member and Standing Vice Chairman of the NA Tran Thanh Man on May 19 visited Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, Vice Standing Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), and other Buddhist dignitaries on the occasion of Buddha’s 2565th birthday and the 40th founding anniversary of the VBS.
Vietnam Buddhist Sangha offers medical aid for India’s COVID-19 fight
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has handed over medical supplies worth VND1.8 billion (US$78,320) to help the India government and people battle COVID-19.
VFF leader extends congratulations to Buddhist followers on Buddha’s birthday
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on May 17 sent a letter of congratulations to Buddhist community in and outside the country on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2565th birthday.
HCM City: Monks, Buddhist followers offer prayers to COVID-19-hit India
Special prayers were offered to India, which has experienced a great deal of loss from COVID-19, by Vietnamese monks and Buddhist followers in Ho Chi Minh City at a ceremony held on May 15.
State President hails Buddhist Shangha’s pioneering role in religious solidarity
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) have been pioneers in patriotic movements and forging religious solidarity, said President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a reception held on May 13 in Hanoi for a delegation from the VBS led by Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon.
