Ceremony held to mark 190th anniversary of Vietnamese pagoda in Thailand

  • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, Vietnamese Ambassador Designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung at a working session with leaders of Kanchanaburi province. VNA Photo: Đỗ Sinh
    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, Vietnamese Ambassador Designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung at a working session with leaders of Kanchanaburi province. VNA Photo: Đỗ Sinh
  • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, Vietnamese Ambassador Designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung at the ceremony. VNA Photo: Đỗ Sinh
    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, Vietnamese Ambassador Designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung at the ceremony. VNA Photo: Đỗ Sinh
  • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, Vietnamese Ambassador Designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung and delegates perform water ritual for Buddha statues at the ceremony. VNA Photo: Đỗ Sinh
    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, Vietnamese Ambassador Designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung and delegates perform water ritual for Buddha statues at the ceremony. VNA Photo: Đỗ Sinh
A ceremony was held on May 15 to celebrate the 190th anniversary of the establishment of Khanh Tho Pagoda, one of the first pagodas of Vietnamese people in the western province of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, that have been recognised and attached with the plates bearing Vietnamese names. The event saw the attendance of Thai Buddhist dignitaries, Chairman of National Office of Buddhism of Thailand Ittiporn Chan-iam, representatives from the Annam Nikaya sect in Thailand and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, leaders of Kanchanaburi province, Vietnamese Ambassador Designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung and hundreds of local Buddhist followers. VNA Photo: Đỗ Sinh

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