The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has let people make their offerings via Momo e-wallet at several pagodas as a safe and appropriate method given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Dong Nai provincial Committee for Religious Affairs has issued a dispatch requesting a close collaboration of religious organizations in the province in the implementation of anti - Covid-19 epidemic measures.

Tet, the lunar New Year festival, is the most important festival in Vietnam. On this occasion, people practice traditional customs to wish for a new lunar year full of peace, luck, wealth, and prosperity. No matter where they reside, family members do their best to reunite for the holiday and visit their relatives and friends. 

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Board in Thanh Hoa province’s Ha Trung district organized on February 02 a ceremony for bringing supports to disadvantaged people and Agent Orange victims in the locality, ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) 2021.

The Vietnamese traditional New Year (Tet) festival actually begins on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February 4 this year, with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ritual.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Center re-enacted on February 2 the first New Year ceremony under the Nguyen Dynasty at the Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue City. 

Priest Joseph Nguyễn Văn Tịch in Xuan Loc Diocese in the southern province of Dong Nai has been well-known for caring born and unborn babies.

After four years of construction, a 73-m-high sitting Buddha statue - the tallest of its kind in Southeast Asia - has been inaugurated at the Phat Quoc Van Thanh Pagoda in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

The solidarity association of patriotic monks in the southern province of Tra Vinh held on January 24 the graduation ceremony of elementary and intermediate Khmer Pali courses 2020 for graduating monks in the province.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Chapter in the southern province of Tien Giang held on January 24 a conference for reviewing Buddhist affairs 2020 and mapping out plans of activities for 2021.

Khanh Hoa provincial Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Committee handed over the appointment decisions to five Buddhist monks sent to serve in five pagodas in Truong Sa (Spratly) islands at a ceremony held on January 19. 

Located in Vinh Loc village, Vinh Phu Dong commune of Bac Lieu province’s Phuoc Long district, Dia Muong pagoda (Sê-Rây Vong-Sa Chey-Ya-Ram) is well known for its unique cultural features of Khmer people.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Board in Tien Giang province’s My Tho city has held a meeting for reviewing its Buddhist affairs 2020.

Thousands of catfish are kept in Nui Sap lake of the Truc Lam Zen monastery in An Giang province.