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Panorama of the place to worship Buddha's relics and open the 2025 Vesak Festival

Nguyen Hue DNUM_AFZAFZCACF 17:32

Vietnam Buddhist Academy and Thanh Tam Pagoda (Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City) are expected to be the places that attract the most tourists from all over the world during the 2025 United Nations Vesak Festival.

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Located 26km from the center of Ho Chi Minh City, 3 locations including Vietnam Buddhist Academy, Thanh Tam Pagoda and Lang Le Cultural Park (Binh Chanh District) are the venues for the 2025 United Nations Vesak Festival.

Not only a spiritual festival, Vesak 2025 is also an opportunity to widely introduce Vietnamese Buddhist identity and promote the message of peace, understanding, and cooperation among nations.

Close-up of Buddha's relics - India's national treasure placed in the stupa of Thanh Tam Pagoda for people to come and worship.

Earlier (May 2), the military plane carrying the relics landed at Tan Son Nhat airport. After a solemn transfer ceremony, the relics were taken to Thanh Tam pagoda, where the 2025 United Nations Day of Vesak will take place.

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Thanh Tam Pagoda opens its doors to visitors to worship Buddha's relics from the morning of May 3.

The pagoda was started to be built in 1956. Today, the pagoda is a place of residence for nuns studying college, bachelor and postgraduate programs at the Academy. This is a famous tourist destination in Ho Chi Minh City with peaceful, green landscape, magnificent architecture, the pagoda attracts visitors from all over because it owns the statue of "Lonely Buddha".

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Located next to Thanh Tam Pagoda is the Vietnam Buddhist Academy, where the opening ceremony of the 2025 United Nations Vesak Festival is expected to take place on the morning of May 6.
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The main hall of the Vietnam Buddhist Academy is called Minh Chau Lecture Hall.
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The main hall has a capacity of 2,700 seats and 5 halls for scientific seminars within the framework of the 2025 Vesak Festival.
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Lang Le Cultural Park (located next to the Buddhist Academy) is expected to be a place for sightseeing and organizing Buddhist cultural activities on the sidelines of the festival.
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The crescent lake area will host art performances and floating lanterns within the framework of the 2025 Vesak festival.
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Many areas serve food for delegates, an area for the press center, a security center, a medical center, and an area for organizing cultural events.
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The ceremony took place from May 6-8 at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City (Le Minh Xuan Commune, Binh Chanh District) with the theme: "Solidarity and tolerance for human dignity: Buddhist wisdom for world peace and sustainable development".

This is the fourth time Vietnam has had the honor of hosting this important event, thereby continuing to affirm the positive role of Vietnamese Buddhism in international forums, while contributing to promoting the image of a peace-loving country, rich in cultural traditions and friendly to international friends.

According to vietnamnet.vn
https://vietnamnet.vn/can-canh-noi-chiem-bai-xa-loi-duc-phat-va-khai-mac-dai-le-vesak-2025-2397418.html
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