A mass wedding ceremony for 50 disabled couples was recently held in Ho Chi Minh City by the “Dao Phat Ngay nay” (Buddhism Today) Fund, Giac Ngo Pagoda.

The couples were gifted with free wedding rings, make-up services, wedding outfits and flowers, wedding celebrations and photos, along with VND 10 million in cash. Source: kyluc.vn

Many of the couples were unable to afford to organize a wedding ceremony, despite having lived together for years and some even with children.

During the reception, they are sponsored with wedding rings, make-up services, wedding outfits and flowers, wedding celebrations and photos, along with VND 10 million in cash.

According to Most Venerable Thich Nhat Tu, head of the Giac Ngo Pagoda and founder of the Buddhism Today Fund, the organization of the mass wedding aimed to convey warm wishes of a happy and harmonious marriage to the couples.

Pham Thanh Quy and his bride Tran Thi Hong Ngoc expressed how moved they were by occasion, having dreamt about the wedding that they could not afford for seven years.

“Our lives are attached to the wheelchair, we never imagined that one day we would be able to give each other a wedding ring. Therefore, today is a sweet memory that we will never forget, a significant milestone in our lives,” they stated.

Another couple, Ho Tan Dat and his bride Nguyen Thi Nhung, both 36 years old and residing in Cu Chi district, said that although they have lived together with two children for 10 years, they had never thought of organizing a wedding. They said that they registered for the mass wedding with the hope that they would get the chance to realize their life-long dream of officially becoming a groom and a bride.

On the occasion, the Vietnam Record Association (Vietkings) recognized Giac Ngo Pagoda as having organized the largest mass wedding for the most number of couples in Vietnam.

Mass wedding for disadvantaged people is a humane event which have been held widely in Vietnam and the world. In addition to the disabled, mass wedding is also organized for low-income workers in the country./.

( VNF )