The event is also expected to bring together 1,500 domestic delegates, including Party and State leaders, representatives of ministries, agencies and localities, and monks, nuns and Buddhist followers.

Tam Chuc pagoda in Ha Nam province.

The Vesak 2019 programme will include opening and closing ceremonies and five international workshops as well as a domestic one.

The international workshops will bring up issues like responsible leadership for sustainable peace, Buddhist approaches to family issues, healthcare, education, morality, responsible consumption and the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Buddhism.

Themed “Buddhist approach to global leadership and shared responsibilities for sustainable cities,” the festival will feature Buddhist rituals, a floral lantern release, an exhibition and art programmes.

This will be the third time the UN’s commemoration of Vesak is held in Vietnam. Previously, it took place in Hanoi in 2008 and the northern province of Ninh Binh in 2014

"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the year’s most sacred day to the millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a half millennia ago that the Buddha was born. It was also on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha attained enlightenment, and it was on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha passed away.

The UN General Assembly internationally recognised the Day of Vesak in 1999 to acknowledge the contributions of Buddhism, one of the oldest religions in the world, has made to humanity.

The UN Day of Vesak was first held in 2001.

Front leader pays pre-Christmas visit to religious dignitaries

Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man and other Party and State officials visited the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) on December 12 on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas.

 

Christmas greetings to religious communities

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has recently visited and extended his Christmas greetings to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. 

 

Catholics in Bac Giang lead a good religious life

(BGO) – To lead a good religious life, Catholics living in Bac Giang province have actively responded to patriotic emulation movements, contributing to the local socio-economic development.

 

Vietnam, Cambodia border localities share experience in religious affairs

A conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 17 to exchange experiences on religious affairs between Vietnamese and Cambodian localities located on the shared border line.

 

Prime Minister meets Cambodian legislative and religious leaders

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wishes that the Senate and National Assembly of Cambodia would continue paying attention to increasing the economic, trade and investment ties with Vietnam while meeting the leaders of the two bodies in Phnom Penh on April 25.

 

Source: VNA