Ceremony marks Hoa Hao Buddhism’s 84th anniversary
The representative board of Hoa Hao Buddhism in Ho Chi Minh City on July 5 held a ceremony to celebrate the religion’s 84th anniversary (May 18, 1939 - 2023).
HCM City (VNA) - The representative board of Hoa Hao Buddhism in Ho Chi Minh City on July 5 held a ceremony to celebrate the religion’s 84th anniversary (May 18, 1939 - 2023).
At the event, Nguyen Van Luong, deputy head of the municipal Department of Religious Affairs, lauded charity activities done by the committee and Hoa Hao Buddhism followers over the past year. He said the activities have reflected compassion and made contributions to the overall outcomes of the city’s social welfare work.
Luong expressed his belief in the religion’s compliance with law and further assistance for with and contributions to the local authorities’ social charity campaigns and programmes.
♐ During the last half of 2022 and the first 6 months of 2023, the Hoa Hao Buddhist community in the southern metropolis actively participated in various social charity activities, such as constructing houses and rural bridges, granting scholarships to underprivileged students, providing free medical check-ups and medicines for the poor, and offering charitable meals to hospitals and the needy. The total value of these works amounted to around 50 billion VND (2.1 million USD)./.
A delegation of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, on December 16 visited the Central Executive Board of the Hoa Hao Buddhism Sangha on the occasion of the centennial birth anniversary of the sect’s founder - Huynh Phu So.
Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Hau A Lenh visited and congratulated the Central Executive Committee of the Hoa Hao Buddhism Sangha in the southern province of An Giang on July 6, on the occasion of the 81st founding anniversary of Hoa Hao Buddhism (the 18th day of the fifth lunar month).
The Hoa Hao Buddhist Sangha’s Central Executive Committee held a ceremony in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 8 to mark the sect’s 81st founding anniversary, attended by Buddhists from 18 cities and provinces nationwide.
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At the event (Photo: VNA) 
