Over 10,000 people pray for peace within framework of Vesak 2025

  • Delegates pray for world peace at the candle-lighting ritual. VNA Photo
    Delegates pray for world peace at the candle-lighting ritual. VNA Photo
  • Delegates attend the candle-lighting ritual. VNA Photo
    Delegates attend the candle-lighting ritual. VNA Photo
  • Delegates pray at the candle-lighting ritual. VNA Photo
    Delegates pray at the candle-lighting ritual. VNA Photo
  • A view of the event. VNA Photo
    A view of the event. VNA Photo
More than 10,000 people gathered at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy and the Lang Le Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on May 6 evening for a candle-lighting ritual, praying for world peace, as part of the UN Day of Vesak 2025 celebrations. The event attracted the participation of some 1,200 international delegates from 80 countries and five territories, 800 Vietnamese monks and nuns, about 4,000 young people of Ho Chi Minh City, and local Buddhist followers. VNA Photo

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