Bhutan, a small Buddhist country lying in the Himalayas with an area of 47,500 km2 and a population of about 800,000 people in 2017, has been regarded as “happy country” or “the Switzerland of Asia”

A delegation led by Phra Sophonvachiraphorn, Vice-Rector for Foreign Affairs of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Southern Office in Ho Chi Minh City on September 10.

Religious groups have come forward to urge the South Korean government to apologize and offer reparations for South Korean troops‘ massacres of Vietnamese citizens during the Vietnam War.　

Deputy Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn has iterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and guaranteeing the right to freedom of religion and belief for all citizens and ensuring equality among religions.

On occasion of a working trip in Vietnam, Lieutenant-General Yong Mao from the Royal Cambodian Army visited Diec Pagoda in Nghe An Province’s Vinh City and Bat Nha Pagoda in Hoang Mai district in the Province.

The Central Committee’s Commission on Mass Mobilisation in collaboration with the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC)’s Central Committee held on September 4 a conference in Hanoi to exchange experiences on mass mobilization work.

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.