Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Ha Giang province organizes Vesak Festival

BHG - On April 30, at Thien An Pagoda, Group 14, Viet Quang Town (Bac Quang), the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Ha Giang Province organized the Vesak Festival (Buddhist calendar 2569 - Gregorian calendar 2025). Attending the event were leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department; Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province; Provincial Police; Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions; Bac Quang District People's Committee; and a large number of monks, nuns, and Buddhists...

Báo Hà Giang•30/04/2025

BHG - On April 30, at Thien An Pagoda, Group 14, Viet Quang Town (Bac Quang), the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Ha Giang Province organized the Vesak Festival (Buddhist calendar 2569 - Gregorian calendar 2025). Attending the event were leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department; Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province; Provincial Police; Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions; Bac Quang District People's Committee; and a large number of monks, nuns, and Buddhists...

Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ha Giang province Duong Anh Phuong presented a flower basket from the provincial leaders to congratulate the Buddha's Birthday.

At the ceremony, Most Venerable Thich Nguyen Toan, Head of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ha Giang province, read the Buddha's Birthday Message from the Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, emphasizing the sacred significance of the Great Festival in the context that the world needs more than ever the values of peace and love. The representative of the leadership of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ha Giang province presented a flower basket from the provincial leaders and sent congratulations to all monks, nuns, and Buddhists, and at the same time acknowledged and appreciated the positive contributions of the provincial Buddhist Sangha in social security work, building a spiritual and cultural life for the people.

Leaders of Bac Quang district presented flowers to congratulate the Grand Ceremony.

Vesak is the most important event of the year for Buddhism, commemorating the birth of Buddha Shakyamuni. In particular, the ceremony is held in the heroic atmosphere of the entire Party, people and army to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025). The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ha Giang province calls on monks, nuns and Buddhists to join Ha Giang province in general and Bac Quang district in particular in carrying out patriotic emulation movements, building cultural life; organizing many humanitarian, charitable and social security activities...

The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ha Giang province presented gifts to veterans in Bac Quang district.

After the official ceremony such as chanting, offering flowers, incense and traditional Buddha bathing ceremony, the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ha Giang province presented gifts to veterans in Bac Quang district who directly participated in the resistance war against the US to save the country. The Vesak Festival (Buddhist calendar 2569 - Gregorian calendar 2025) not only demonstrates the connection between religion and nation, but also contributes to honoring the cultural values and traditional beliefs of the Vietnamese people in modern life.