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VESAK 2025
Floating lantern festival for peace lights up Vesak 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 13:00 07/05/2025A floating lantern festival to pray for peace illuminated the evening sky in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, with 35,000 lotus-shaped lanterns glowing as part of the 20th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations 2025 (Vesak 2025), which officially began earlier the same day in the southern Vietnamese metropolis.
Thousands gather in Ho Chi Minh City to venerate heart relic of Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc
Ho Chi Minh City 18:36 06/05/2025Thousands of Buddhist monks, nuns, and devotees gathered at Viet Nam Quoc Tu Pagoda in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday to venerate the heart relic of Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc, a revered Vietnamese monk who self-immolated in 1963 in protest of religious repression.
UN Day of Vesak Celebrations 2025 begin in Vietnam, spotlighting Buddhist values for global peace
Ho Chi Minh City 16:56 06/05/2025The 20th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations 2025 officially opened at Vietnam Buddhist University in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday morning.
Vietnam to host Vesak 2025 with 2,700 delegates from 85 countries, territories
Vietnam News 13:24 03/05/2025More than 2,700 delegates, including 1,300 international guests from 85 countries and territories, will attend the 20th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations 2025 held at Vietnam Buddhist University in Ho Chi Minh City from May 6 to 8, the organizer announced on Friday.
Sri Lankan President to visit Vietnam, attend UN Vesak Day
Vietnam News 18:02 02/05/2025Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka will pay a state visit to Vietnam and attend the United Nations Day of Vesak celebrations from May 4 to 6 at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
