Buddhist Sangha working to popularise culture abroad
A delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) led by head of its culture committee Most Venerable Thich Tho Lac is making a monthlong working visit to Europe from April 12, as part of its activities to popularise Vietnam’s Buddhist cultural identity to Vietnamese communities abroad.
Head of VBS culture committee Most Venerable Thich Tho Lac offers incense at Uncle Ho's altar at the Vietnamese Embassy in Brussels. (Photo: VNA)
Brussels (VNA) – A delegation of the Vietnam BuddhistSangha (VBS) led by head of its culture committee Most Venerable ThichTho Lac is making a monthlong working visit to Europefrom April 12, as part of its activities to popularise Vietnam’s Buddhistcultural identity to Vietnamese communities abroad.
In a meeting with staff of the staff Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium onApr🧜il 21, Lac said manyBuddhist associations and culture centres under the VBS have been setup in 33 countries and territories worldwide.
At the meeting with staff of the staff Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium (Photo: VNA)
TheMost Venerable highlighted the significance of the four projects on language, Dharma costume, architecture and heritage, saying that theyare hoped to contribute to preserving and promoting the traditional identityand culture and language of the nation, thus promoting the image of land, peopleand culture of Vietnam to the world.
VietnameseAmbassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and head of the Vietnamese Delegation tothe European Union (EU) Nguyen Van Thao emphasised that the Party and State always consider the overseas Vietnamese affairs as the responsibilityof the entire political system and people.
Hehighly valued SBV’s activities to strengthen the solidarity of the overseasVietnamese communities.
Within the framework of the visit, VenerableThich Tho Lac attended a ceremony to kick off theconstruction of Dong Tam Pagoda in Erfurt in Germany on April 17. The Vietnamesearchitecture pagoda is hoped to be a spiritual tourist destination forinternational friends and those who love the Vietnamese Buddhist culture.
The official also visited pagodas in ൲Paris and Brussels./.
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Head of VBS culture committee Most Venerable Thich Tho Lac offers incense at Uncle Ho's altar at the Vietnamese Embassy in Brussels. (Photo: VNA) 
At the meeting with staff of the staff Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium (Photo: VNA) 
