GCRA leader extends Buddha’s Birthday greetings in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province

05/16/2022

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Hoài Bắc on May 13 visited Vinh Nghiem pagoda and met with Most Venerable Thích Đức Nghiệp, Deputy Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on occasion of the 2566th Buddha’s Birthday.

GCRA Chairman Vũ Hoài Bắc extends greetings to Most Venerable Thích Đức Nghiệp

During the visiting reception, Chairman Vũ Hoài Bắc extended warm celebrations of the Buddha’s Birthday to Most Venerable Thích Đức Nghiệp and other dignitaries, monks, nuns, and lay Buddhists of Vinh Nghiem pagoda on Buddha's Birthday celebration, and expressed gratitude to practical contributions made by the VBS and monks, nuns and Buddhist followers of the pagoda to social charities, especially practical supports during the Covid-19 pandemic over the last two years.

On the same day, Chairman Vũ Hoài Bắc also paid a congratulatory visit to Most Venerable Thích Huệ Thông, Chairman of the VBS’s Executive Committee in Binh Duong province.

The GCRA official was accompanied by Director of the GCRA’s Southern Religious Affairs Department Trà Quang Thanh and Chairman of Binh Duong provincial Committee for Religious Affairs Trần Đức Thịnh.

At the visiting reception, Chairman Vũ Hoài Bắc highly appreciated practical contributions made by the VBS in Binh Duong to the Covid-19 prevention work and socio-economic development in the province.

Chairman Vũ Hoài Bắc presents congratulatory flower to Most Venerable Thích Huệ Thông

On occasion of the Buddha’s 2566th Birthday, Chairman Vũ Hoài Bắc extends his wishes of peace and success in Buddhist affairs to Most Venerable Thích Huệ Thông and monks, nuns and lay Buddhists in the province.

 

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