The Ho Chi Minh Museum was inaugurated in Ban Dong in Phichit province of Thailand, 350km north of Bangkok capital, on September 1.

The Embassy of India and the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam held a ceremony on August 27 to inaugurate a statue of Mahatma Gandhi as India's most famous independence campaigner to celebrate his 150th birthday, Nhan Dan newspaper reports.

The Vu Lan Festival was solemnly celebrated on August 25 in Nhan Hoa pagoda located in suburban Warsaw, Poland with the attendance of hundreds of Vietnamese Buddhist followers and devotees.

Vu Lan Festival, known as Buddhist Parents Day was celebrated by Khanh Van (Wat U Phai Rat Bamrung) pagoda in Bangkok, Thailand on August 26.

60 wheelchairs have been handed over to people with disabilities from parishes of So Kien, Cat Lai, Phu Da and Cong Xa under Hanoi Archdiocese at a ceremony held on August 20.

Head of Cambodia National Bank Chea Chanto led a delegation to visit on August 23 Ba Vang pagoda in Quang Ninh province during his visit to Vietnam.

PSNews – During his working trip to Vietnam to co-host the 42nd Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS-42), the US Army Pacific Command (USARPAC) Commanding General Robert B. Brown and US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink visited the Hai Ba Trung Temple.

Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Ngô Sách Thực hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 17 for Permanent Vice President of the Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organisation, Most Venerable Veth Masenay. 

A delegation from the  Lao United Buddhists Association and  the Central Committee of Lao Front for National Construction visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) office based in Quan Su pagoda in Hanoi on August 16.

The first Vietnamese pagoda shaping in Kanagawa, Japan was inaugurated at a ceremony on August 5.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Kim Bang district, the northern province of Ha Nam, on July 22 to plant a Bodhi tree presented by Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament Karu Jayasuriya. 

The Vietnamese Buddhist Association, the Vietnamese Embassy in Mozambique and the local authorities organised a ceremony to mark Vesak Day - Buddhist Calendar 2562, in Maputo, Mozambique, on July 21.

Chairman of Ninh Thuan provincial People’s Committee Lưu Xuân Vĩnh and Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish had on July 16 an exchange meeting on cooperation activities.

A delegation from Hong Kong Taoist Institute headed by Prof. Du Tử An visited Tay Ninh Caodai Church on July 12 during a trip to Vietnam from July 7 - 13.

Gen. Wirachai Songmetta, Deputy Chief of the Royal Thai Police visited Ba Vang Pagoda located in Vietnam’s Northern province of Quang Ninh on July 13, during his working visit to Vietnam.