| Vietnamese in Laos celebrate the Buddha’s 2563rd birthday | A ceremony was held at Bang Long Pagoda in Vientiane, Laos, on May 21 to mark the Buddha’s 2563rd birthday, with the participation of hundreds of Buddhist monks, nuns, and followers from the Vietnamese community in the country. | |  | |
| Vietnamese people in Czech Republic celebrate Vesak | In recent days, Vietnamese Buddhist worshipers in several cities and provinces in the Czech Republic organized activities to celebrate the Buddha’s Birthday at Buddhist places of the Vietnamese community. | |  | |
| Deputy PM receives Cambodian religion minister | Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình expressed his wish that Senior Minister and Minister of Cults and Religion of Cambodia Him Chhem would help strengthen solidarity and mutual understanding between the two countries’ peoples during a reception in Hanoi on May 8. | |  | |
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| UNESCO adopts profile on Vietnamese celebrity Chu Văn An’s death anniversary | The profile on marking the 650th death anniversary of Vietnamese celebrity Chu Văn An in 2020 was adopted on April 16th by the 206th session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), together with 48 others among 71 profiles nominated by 41 countries. | |  | |
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| Temple worshipping Laotian Princess in Ninh Binh | The temple worshipping Nhồi Hoa Princess located at Phuong Mountain in Son Lai commune of Ninh Binh province’s Nho Quan district has been a rare relic site commemorating a Laotian Princess who died in Vietnam and has been deified and worshiped in the country. | |  | |
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| Vietnam’s tug-of-war games, ritual receive UNESCO’s certificate | A ceremony was held in Thach Ban ward, Hanoi’s Long Bien district on April 7 to receive a certificate of UNESCO recognition of the sitting tug-of-war games and rituals at local Tran Vu temple as part of the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. | |  | |
| Hùng Kings’ death anniversary observed in Thailand | Over 200 overseas Vietnamese living in UdonThani province and adjacent areas in Thailand were brought together at a ceremony on April 7 to commemorate the death anniversary of the Hùng Kings, the legendary founders of the Vietnamese nation. | |  | |
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