The UN Day of Vesak was celebrated at Tran Quoc Pagoda in Hanoi on May 25, or the seventh day of the fourth lunar month, with the joint effort of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), the Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-India Friendship Association, and the Indian Embassy.

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).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese community in Sri Lanka has attended the National Vesak Festival, with the event recently being held in the capital city of Colombo.

Nearly 300 archives and photos featuring the most outstanding features of Vietnamese Buddhist architecture are being exhibited at the Vietnam National Museum of History (VNMH), No. 25 Tong Dan street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

A sapling marcotted from a 2,300-year-old Bodhi tree (also known as sacred fig with the scientific name of Ficus religiosa), the oldest of its species in the world, has been planted at Bai Dinh pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

VOV.VN - A lotus art exhibition is scheduled to get underway from March 25 to March 31 at Quan Su Pagoda, the headquarters of the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam located in Hanoi, presenting viewers with a range of unforgettable feelings.

VOV.VN - The Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) festival, one of the largest religious events in Vietnam, officially opened at Quan The Am Pagoda in Ngu Hanh district, Da Nang city, on March 10.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 16 paid a lunar New Year (Tet) visit to Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, supreme patriarch of the Patronage Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on the occasion of the coming Tet festival.

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City's authorities led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen visited and offered Tet (Lunar New Year) greetings to some local religious establishments and dignitaries on January 9.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)'s Executive Council held the second session of the ninth tenure (2022-2027) to review the outcomes of the 9th National Buddhist Congress and implement its Resolution.