Archbishop of Hanoi Archdiocese Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên and Priest Vice President of the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics Anthony Mary Dương Phú Oanh on May 7 visited and extended warm greetings to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), on the occasion of the 2564^th Buddha’s birthday.

On occasion of the Buddha’s Birthday 2020 (B.E 2564), the social charity board under the provincial Vietnam Buddhsit Sangha (VBS) chapter in Thua Thien Hue province has launched several charity programs for supporting the poor in localities.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on May 6 visited and extended congratulations to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2564^th birth anniversary.

Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Ngô Thị Thanh Hằng and Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng paid on May 6 a visit to Most Venerable Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Thích Phổ Tuệ, on the occasion of the Buddha’s 2564^th birthday.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng led on May 5 a delegation to visit the Vietnam Pure-land Buddhist Association based in Hung Minh Tu temple in Ho Chi Minh city on occasion of the Buddha Birthday 2020 (B.E 2564).

Archbishop of Hue Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh on May 4 visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Committee in Thua Thien Hue province on occasion of the Buddha’s Birthday 2020 (B.E 2564).

As Buddhists around the world prepare to mark Vesak and commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha. Millions of Buddhists, many living under lockdown or subject to strict social-distancing rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be marking the sacred day at home or connecting with their communites digtally, by joining online observances of Buddhism’s most auspicious holiday.

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng led on May 5 a delegation to visit to the Southern office of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council and high-ranking Buddhist dignitaries in Ho Chi Minh City on occasion of Buddha’s Birthday 2020 (B.E. 2564).

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vương Đình Huệ on May 4 visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee and the VBS Executive Board of Hanoi on the occasion of Lord Buddha’s 2564th birthday.

Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 infections in the community on Tuesday morning (May 5), marking 19 days in a row since April 16 without any new cases, announced the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on May 3 attended a ceremony to mark the 2564th birthday of Lord Buddha at Minh Dao pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City.

Head of the Belief and Other Religions Department under the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Nguyễn Ánh Chức was formally promoted as Vice Chairman of the committee at a ceremony held on April 29.

Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 4 morning, marking 18 days in a row since April 16 without new infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Ca Mau province currently has six operative religions of Buddhism, Caodaism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hoa Hao Buddhism and the Pure-land Buddhism with over 370,000 followers (accounting for 30.7 % the provincial population) and 138 religious worshipping places.

There are no new COVID-19 cases reported in Vietnam overnight by April 29 morning, keeping the total at 270 and marking the 13th straight day without patients infected with the novel coronavirus in the community.