You might not expect Christmas to have much of a presence in Vietnam, where Vietnamese folk religion and Buddhism are the most dominant religions. And only about 8 percent of the population is ...

The only state-sanctioned Buddhist organization in Vietnam has called on its followers to work with government agencies to bring benefits to the nation and Buddhism at its congress. The Vietnam ...

Vietnamese Buddhism marked a significant year with humanitarian efforts, digital transformation, and strong international presence.

Prominent Buddhist monk, writer and Vietnamese peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh passed away at the age of ninety-five. Plum Village, the first monastic community Hạnh founded, announced the peaceful ...

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha partners with national arts associations to promote Buddhist values through literature, music, and the arts - creating a lasting cultural legacy. The Central Culture ...

HANOI (Reuters) - The patriarch of a Vietnamese Buddhist group that has peacefully campaigned against successive governments and Communist Party controls on religion, died in his monastery at the age ...

The stench of cordite and the sour-sweet smell of tear gas—the incense of South Viet Nam’s political crisis—was missing in Saigon last week for the first time in more than a month. The frail, ...

Vietnamese monk-turned-peace-activist Thich Nhat Hanh, a hugely influential Buddhist credited with bringing mindfulness to the West, has died aged 95. The Zen master, whose reach within Buddhism is ...

HANOI, VietnamHANOI, Vietnam — Thich Quang Do, a Buddhist monk who became the public face of religious dissent in Vietnam while the Communist government kept him in prison or under house arrest for ...

In this article, we will take a look at the 15 most Buddhist countries in the world. From ancient civilizations until the twenty-first century, with the variety and numerous religious organizations ...