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The event was attended by Nguyen Van Linh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; representatives of the provincial Fatherland Front, the Communication and Information Board of Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam’s Central Committee, the Executive Board of the provincial Buddhist Sangha, district Party’s Committee, People’s Council and People’s Committee in Yen Dung district.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Linh and representatives conduct the groundbreaking rituals to start the pagoda construction.

Thien Lai pagoda was built in the foot of Nham Bien mountain range in the 13th century under Yen Tu Truc Lam Zen. After many historical periods, most of the items in the pagoda’s campus were severely damaged, however, there still remain two ancient towers.

Particularly, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee recognized Thien Lai pagoda as the cultural-historical relics at the provincial level in 2009. The groundbreaking ceremony to build the pagoda helped complete the landscape of the relic site so as to create a complex of culture, spiritual religion and beauty spot for the future generations.

The construction project of Thien Lai pagoda is totally invested 85 billion VND (3.6 million USD) from the socialization source that was donated by the organizations, individuals, enterprises, locals and Buddhist followers near and far.

As scheduled, the project will be inaugurated and put in operation in the middle of 2020.

Thu Bich