Senior Venerable Thích Kiến Nguyệt, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Committee in Vinh Phuc province cum Abbot of the Tay Thien Truc Lam Zen monastery presided over the ceremony.

The ceremony took place in a solemn atmosphere where all Buddhist monks and nuns wore facemasks for preventing the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to Senior Venerable Thích Kiến Nguyệt, this year, Tay Thien Truc Lam Zen School has 80 monks and nuns attending the summer retreat course.

Implementing advisories by relevant authorities and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on enhancing the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, during the Buddhist summer retreat 2020, the monastery did not welcome guests and lay people to visit and practice here, and minimized offering ceremonies for lay Buddhists.

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