China is engaged in a long-term and consistent campaign of coercing Southeast Asian countries to abandon their legitimate rights in the East Sea, according to an American scholar.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on August 28 paid a visit Khanh An pagoda, one of 21 Vietnamese pagoda in Thailand during her official trip to Thailand.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tô Anh Dũng led an inter-sectoral delegation on a working trip to the Vatican from August 20 - 23.

The construction of the Vinh Nghiem – Karlovy Vary pagoda is underway in the Czech Republic following a recent ceremony that gathered nearly 1,000 Vietnamese Buddhist followers in Europe.

The delegation of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) visited from August 21-22 to provinces of Ha Nam and Quang Ninh, during a working trip in Viet Nam from August 19-23.

A delegation of Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) paid a working visit to Vietnam from August 19-23, at an invitation from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA).

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs and the visiting Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) delegation held talks on August 20 to share experience in the state management of religious affairs.

The first Buddhist cultural centre of the Vietnamese community in Most city of Ustecky region, the Czech Republic, has been upgraded to the provincial level. 

Ven. Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council Thích Thanh Nhiễu hosted on August 5 a reception at Quan Su pagoda located in Hanoi for the new Ambassador of India to Viet Nam, Pranay Verma.

The first Halal certification centre in the Mekong Delta province has been established in Can Tho city.

The 290^th General Chapter of the Preachers Order concluded on August 4 at a solemn mass held in Bien Hoa City of Vietnam Southern Province of Dong Nai. 

Tokyo (VNA) - As many as 63 organisations and 206 individuals, including four Vietnamese, were honoured on July 23 in a ceremony in Tokyo for their prominent contributions to developing diplomatic ties between Japan with countries and regions. 

On July 21, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Organisation Nguyễn Thanh Bình led a delegation to offer incense to fallen soldiers at the Truong Bon National Historical Site in My Son commune, Do Luong district, in the central province of Nghe An.

An image of Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam with symbols of Chua Cau (Bridge Pagoda) and colourful lanterns was featured on Google’s homepage on July 16.

Parama Dhamma Chetiya Pirivena Institute (Institute of Buddhist Education) in Sri Lanka presented Award of Abhidhamma and Philosophy to Senior Venerable Thích Nhật Từ in a ceremony held on July 14.