Vice President of India to attend UN Day of Vesak in Vietnam
The Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the UN Day of Vesak 2019 to be held in the country from May 9 to 12 at the invitation of Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.
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Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu. (Photo: Indian Today)
Vesak 2019, or the 16th UN Day of Vesak, will be celebrated at the Tam Chuc Buddhism Culture Centre in Kim Bang district of northern Ha Nam province from May 12-14.
According to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, around 500 foreign delegations with about 1,650 members from 112 countries and territories will attend the Vesak 2019 celebration, together with 15,000-20,000 domestic Buddhist followers and people. More than 500 speeches by domestic and foreign scholars will be delivered at the event’s meetings.
The Vesak 2019 celebration is themed “Buddhist Approach to Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Sustainable Societies”.
It will be the third time the UN’s commemoration of Vesak is held in Vietnam. Previously, it took place in Hanoi in 2008 and the northern province of Ninh Binh in 2014./.
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