Vietnam Buddhist Church pays propagation visit to Czech Republic

06/10/2016

A Buddhist delegation led by Venerable General Secretary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Council Thích Đức Thiện arrived in Prague on May 29 for a propagation tour to the Czech Republic.

In the host country,  the VBS delegation visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Prague and met with the Vietnam Buddhist Association in the Czech Republic in the presence of Vietnamese Ambassador Trương Mạnh Sơn.

On the same day, the VBS delegation attended a conference on roles of the VBS’s propagation overseas held by the Vietnamese Embassy in collaboration with the Vietnamese Community in the Czech Republic at the Sapa Trade Centre in Prague.

Attending the conference included the Management Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Association, representatives of the association branches in localities and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy.

Concluding the conference, the presiding delegation called on Buddhists, Associations and ashrams to conduct religious activities in the Czech Republic in the way that promote unity and community development.

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