According to the document sent by the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha to localities on June 25, pagodas and monastic institutions across the country are requested to ring three bells to pray for national peace at exactly 6:00 a.m. on July 1.
From July 1, the whole country will officially operate the two-level local government model after the National Assembly passed a resolution to merge, reducing the number of provinces and cities from 63 to 34.
The church considers this an important historical event marking a new stage of national development.
"This is an extremely special historical event in the process of the nation entering a new era of prosperous and prosperous development," the document stated.
Pagoda and monastery facilities will celebrate and organize spiritual rituals to pray for peace, arousing the strength of national unity. This activity took place on the same day that the new provinces and cities began operating the two-level local government model after the merger.
According to statistics from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in 2021, Vietnam has about 18,000 - 20,000 pagodas, monasteries, monasteries, monasteries, monasteries, monasteries, etc.
