Overseas Vietnamese and national cultural week launched in Hanoi

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, Chairman 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 Chairman 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 VND1 billion.

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”.

*** A procession carrying the tablet of King Ly Thai To from Do temple to Tieu Son pagoda to pay respect to monk Van Hanh took place in Tu Son district, Bac Ninh province on July 27.

This is part of Buddhist Week, a cultural event held in celebration of the 1,000 anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi.

The event will help to educate young people of the tradition of students to pay respect to their teachers, said the Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem, permanent Vice Chairman of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Hanoi and head of the Dharma Propagation Section of the VBS Central Committee.

Another procession will be held to take the King’s tablet from Tieu Son pagoda to the former Thang Long royal citadel. After that, a requiem will be held for the Ly and Tran families, war martyrs and ordinary citizens. – VOV

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