Vietnam Buddhist Association established in Japan

Addressing the decision presentation ceremony, Thich Tam Tri pledged her association’s best efforts to reinforce solidarity among the Vietnamese community living in Japan, help teach Vietnamese language for children who were born and grew up in Japan, thus making them remember their roots and get a better understanding about national cultural traditions.

The Association will help Vietnamese students living in difficult circumstance in Japan as well as Buddhist followers’ dharma study and facilitate their participation in social activities as contributions to the VBS’s Buddhist affairs, she said.

At the ceremony, four ashrams in four Japanese cities- Tokyo, Saitama, Shizuoka and Nagoya also received the founding certificates from the Vietnam Buddhist Church’s Central Committee.

In his speech, Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon - Acting Chairman of the VBS Executive reviewed the Vietnam-Japan Buddhism exchanges and the process of Vietnam’s Buddhism development in Japan. He said he hopes the Japan Buddhist Association will act as a bridge linking Buddhists between Vietnam and Japan, contributing to the development of Vietnam’s Buddhism.

The advent of the Vietnam Buddhist Association in Japan has marked a new step of development of the VBS, meeting aspirations of the majority of Vietnamese Buddhists living, studying and working in Japan and deepening cross-cultural exchange between the two nations. 

The establishment of the association was adopted by the Japanese Government in February 2014.