The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a requiem at Phung An pagoda in Seoul on April 7 to pray for national peace and prosperity in Vietnam.

The death anniversary of the Hùng Kings, the legendary founders of Vietnam, will be observed in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on April 5-6.

Head of Vietnam’s Government Committee for Religious Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng said he wishes that the Cambodian Ministry of Cults and Religion would create favorable conditions for overseas Vietnamese following Buddhism and Caodaism in the country to join religious activities.

A ceremony was held in Maputo, capital city of Mozambique, on April 1 to hand over aid of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee, Buddhist followers and Overseas Vietnamese community in Mozambique to victims of cyclone Idai, which hit the country’ central region in March.

The Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam will organize the Festival of Colors - HOLI 2019, one of the biggest Indian festivals, at Kinder Park in Tay Ho District, Hanoi on April 7, expecting to bring the true Indian cultural spirit to the capital city.

Rows of wooden mortuary tablets inscribed with names line an altar at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, silent testimony to Vietnamese people who died after coming to Japan to work or study.

Tran Quoc Pagoda in Hanoi has been listed by UK travel website wanderlust.co.uk among ten incredibly beautiful pagodas from around the world.

A seminar on ancient books and Han Chinese and Vietnamese Nôm scripts was held on March 23 in Da Nang city.

Vietnam will soon officially ask the UNESCO to consider putting the country’s Xoe Thai dance in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and Cham pottery making art among Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

The 2018 annual human rights report of the US Department of State does not reflect the true situation in Vietnam, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng in response to reporters’ queries during a regular press conference in Hanoi on March 14.

Senior Venerable Vice Chairman cum General Secretary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Committee Thích Đức Thiện hosted on March 13 a reception for visiting Counselor Noah Zaring of the US Embassy in Hanoi.

The UN Human Rights Committee held a session on March 11-12 in Geneva, Switzerland to review Vietnam’s third national report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

The 2019 Cherry Blossom – Yen Tu Yellow Apricot Festival kicked off at the Yen Tu Truc Lam Culture Centre in Quang Ninh province’s Uong Bi city on March 9.

Vietnam’s efforts and achievements in protecting and promoting civil and political rights will be shared at the 125th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 11-12.

Thuong Nguyen ceremony, an important Buddhist practice annually held on the first 15^th of the lunar year to pray for peace, took place at Sapa trade center in Prague on February 24.