A Buddhist Ceremony was held at the Thang Long Royal Citadel on July 28 to launch an overseas Vietnamese and national cultural week.
Present at the ceremony were former Vice State President Truong My Hoa, Chair of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, Nguyen Thanh Son, senior officials from Hanoi, representatives from international organisations, hundreds of monks and nuns and more than 100 overseas Vietnamese.
The Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon, Vice Chair of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), said that over the past 2,000 years, Vietnamese Buddhism has helped to construct and develop the nation as well as maintain peace, independence and unification.
On the occasion, the VBS presented 25 charity houses to poor families and 500 scholarships to poor students in Hanoi worth a total of 1 billion dong.
During Buddhist Week, from July 27-August 2, there will be many activities, including a ceremony to ask for peace and the people’s prosperity, several requiems, a night-time festival with garlands of flowers and coloured lanterns and a theatrical performance themed “Imprints of Thang Long”.
The ceremony in photos:
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