On Wednesday, a group of Da Nang leaders, led by municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary cum People's Council Chairman Luong Nguyen Minh Triet visited and congratulated the Executive Board of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha in Da Nang on the occasion of Buddha's 2567^th birthday in 2023.

Da Nang Party Committee Deputy Secretary Luong Nguyen Minh Triet (5th left) and some of the city’s leaders extending congratulations to the Executive Board of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha in Da Nang on the occasion of the Buddha's 2567th birthday.

Deputy Secretary Triet wished Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns, and followers citywide, a happy and peaceful Vesak day.

He highly praised the Executive Board of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha in Da Nang for its great efforts in contributing to the city’s socio-economic development, and well implementing local Party and government’s guidelines.

He hoped that the Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns, and followers will continue to inherit and promote the good moral and cultural values of the nation and the Dharma.

City leaders performing the "Buddha bathing" ceremony to celebrate Buddha's birthday.

Most Venerable Thich Tu Nghiem, Deputy Head of the Executive Board, thanked the city leaders for visiting and congratulating the Executive Board on the occasion of Buddha's 2567^th birthday, as well as for their active support for Buddhism in Da Nang in recent years.

He affirmed that the city's monks, nuns, and Buddhists always join hands with the authorities at all levels to ensure social security, promote the economic development, and strictly implement the Party and government’s guidelines.

Reporting by NGUYEN QUANG - Translating by M.DUNG