Buddha's Birthday Celebration 2026 - Buddhist Calendar 2570, Van Thanh Buddhist Temple

(Dong Nai) - On the morning of May 28th, Van Thanh Buddhist Temple (Binh Long Ward, Dong Nai City) held the 2026 Buddha's Birthday Celebration - Buddhist Calendar 2570. Attending the ceremony were Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Trang, Member of the City Party Committee and Deputy Head of the City Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department; Mr. Tran Thanh Hoa, Director of the City's Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religion; leaders of Binh Long and An Loc wards; and venerable monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers.

Member of the City Party Committee, Deputy Head of the City Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Nguyen Thi Hong Trang presents a congratulatory flower basket. Photo: Van Tam

Director of the City's Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, Tran Thanh Hoa, presented a congratulatory flower basket. Photo: Van Tam

At the ceremony, delegates, venerable monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers recalled the sacred significance of the Buddha Shakyamuni's birth day; and performed traditional Buddhist rituals such as offering incense, chanting scriptures, bathing the Buddha, and praying for national peace and prosperity, world peace, and the well-being and happiness of the people.

Venerable monks perform the ritual of bathing the Buddha statue at the ceremony. Photo: Van Tam

Speaking at the ceremony, Tran Thanh Hoa, Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Dong Nai City, acknowledged and praised the positive contributions of monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers of Phat Quoc Van Thanh Pagoda in social welfare work, caring for the lives of the people, and accompanying the locality in patriotic emulation movements. He also expressed his hope that in the future, the pagoda will continue to encourage its members, monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers to further promote the spirit of unity, live "a good life and a beautiful faith," and work together to build national unity, contributing to the development of Dong Nai province.

Van Thanh Buddhist Temple presents a symbolic check for 500 gift packages to Binh Long and An Loc wards. Photo: Van Tam

On this occasion, Van Thanh Buddhist Temple also presented symbolic plaques to 500 disadvantaged people in Binh Long and An Loc wards, each gift worth 500,000 VND, contributing to encouraging families to overcome difficulties and improve their lives.

Delegates and Buddhist monks performed the ritual of releasing balloons to pray for the people's prosperity and happiness. Photo: Van Tam

Following the ceremony, delegates, along with venerable monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers, performed the ritual of releasing balloons to pray for peace, conveying a message of love, compassion, and the aspiration for a peaceful and happy life for the people.

Van Tam

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/chinh-polit/202605/dai-le-phat-dan-2026-phat-lich-2570-chua-phat-quoc-van-thanh-a432a26/