A delegation of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) paid on January 8-9 visits dignitaries of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in several provinces in Vietnam North, ahead of the Traditional New Year 2020.
The delegation led by Director of the GCRA’s Buddhist Affairs’s Department Bùi Hữu Dược visited and met with Buddhist dignitaries of the VBS in provinces of Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Hung Yen and Hai Phong city.
During the visits, while extending warm Traditional New Year greetings to these Buddhist dignitaries and all Buddhist followers in northern region, Director Bùi Hữu Dược spoke highly of practical contributions made by Buddhist dignitaries and VBS chapters in the provinces and city in patriotic movements and social charities for socio-economic development in localities over the past years.
GCRA delegation visits Ven. Thích Thanh Dục, Member of the Central VBS’s Discernment Council
Extending pre-Tet visit to Ven. Thích Thanh Hòa, Chairman of the VBS’s Executive Committee in Thai Binh
Extending pre-Tet visit to Ven. Thích Thanh Giác, Member of the Central VBS’s Executive Council in Long Hoa pagoda
Pre-Tet visit to Ven. Thích Thanh Vân, Chairman of the VBS’s Executive Committee in Hai Duong
Pre-Tet visit to Ven. Thích Thanh Hiện, Chairman of the VBS’s Executive Committee in Hung Yen
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