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On the occasion of the United Nations Vesak Celebrations 2008, Linh Phuoc pagoda in the resort city of Da lat Lam Dong province was added to the Vietnam Record Book as the pagoda with the highest bell tower in Vietnam.
An exhibition of paintings and sculptures, including many by monks, which opened in Ho chi minh city on May 18 high lights the close bonds between Buddhism and Vietnam’s millennia-old culture.
The first stage of the construction of Bai Dinh Pagoda has just been finished to mark the 2008 United Nations Day of Vesak (UNDV) with attendance of more than 2,000 pilgrims, Buddhist monks and nuns on May 17.
Around 100 professional artists performed alongside 108 Buddhist monks and nuns at the first music gala celebrating the UN Day of Vesak on May 14.
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