The handover ceremony held at Vietnam Buddhist Sangha headquarters (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The
Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has presented 100 ventilators and 50 oxygen
concentrators worth nearly 14 billion VND (606,000 USD) to India as the
pandemic reaches crisis levels in the country.
Addressing the virtual handover
ceremony in Hanoi on May 12, Most Venerable Thich Duc Thien, Vice Chairman and
General Secretary of the VBS’s Executive Council, emphasised the long-standing
friendship between Vietnam and India.
Thousands of
Vietnamese Buddhists visit religious sites in India and hundreds of Vietnamese monks
and nuns study at universities in the country each year, according to Thien,