VBS marks Buddha’s birthday in scaled-down ceremony
The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) celebrated Buddha’s 2565th birthday in a scaled-down ceremony in Hanoi on May 26 amid the resurgence in COVID-19 cases in the northern region.
The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) celebrates Buddha’s 2565th birthday in a scaled-down ceremony in Hanoi on May 26. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) celebratedBuddha’s 2565th birthday in a scaled-down ceremony in Hanoi on May26 amid the resurgence in COVID-19 cases in the northern region.
The ceremony was broadcast on An Vien Television and livestreamed onsocial media to allow Buddhists to join the celebrations. Prime Minister PhamMinh Chinh and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee sentflowers to congratulate the VBS on the occasion.
In a message sent to the ceremony, VBS Supreme Patriarch Most VenerableThich Pho Tue spoke of how the world has become an uncertain place, with severepandemic, environmental, climate change, and conflict crises. “The COVID-19 pandemichas made the entire world realise that we must stick together and act togetherfor the common good,” he said.
“Countries need to sit down and seek solutions to climate change andensure equitable access to vaccines against the coronavirus, withoutdiscrimination.”
He called on every person to remain supportive and show solidarity withthe Government and society to overcome the pandemic, return to normal life, anddevelop the country.
He also congratulated the Party, State, and the VFF on leading thenation to make various achievements in containing the spread of the virus and innational construction and defence.
President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien sent acongratulatory letter to the ceremony, in which he hailed the VBS and its chaptersfor joining people around the country to fight COVID-19 and provide relief for victimsof natural disasters while actively engaging in social welfare projects andpatriotic emulation movements.
He expects the VBS will keep up its good work and together with peoplenationwide defeat the pandemic./.
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The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (VBS) celebrates Buddha’s 2565th birthday in a scaled-down ceremony in Hanoi on May 26. (Photo: VNA)
