Tet celebrated abroad

Aniti-fracking marchers, from left, Miki Fukui of Brooklyn, Jun Yasuda, 65-year-old Buddhist nun who founded the Peace Pagoda in Grafton, Sarah Clark of Massachusetts, Yoko Essel of New York City and Andi Feron of Rifton, N.Y. walk along Route 156 ...

Burmese journalists march peacefully on Sule Pagoda Road wearing T-shirts that say, We don't want a threat to press freedom. (Photo: Sai Zaw / The Irrawaddy) RANGOON — Hundreds of Burmese journalists marched through Rangoon on Tuesday to protest ...

On Jan. 24, Buddhists and Christians flocked to the Bell Church for the poh toh, a festival of spirits covering eight days of prayers and offerings to ask the heavens to accept wandering spirits in paradise. Milan Quirino, a church member and ...

She wants to give South Sudan a powerful tool for peace: literacy Wendi Dwyer should have been packing for a trip to Africa. She had been scheduled to leave the next day. But a recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan the nation is teetering on ...

German President Joachim Gauck (left) greets people during a visit to the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon yesterday. DPA/ Yangon German President Joachim Gauck yesterday praised Myanmar for taking steps towards democracy, adding that the country's ...

Buddhist monks pray for the Rakhine victims on the platform of Shwedagon pagoda on October 30, 2012 - by Ye Aung Thu Malaysia's state-run Bernama news agency quoted police as saying the pair, Aye Maung and Aye Thar Aung, were fired upon by a ...

Huy Nguyen By Huy Nguyen in HCMC Sac Tu Tam Bao Pagoda in Ha Tien town - Photo: Huy Nguyen In the past three centuries, Ha Tien town in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been a popular location for tourists attracted to its ...

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc beat the drum to officially open the Bai Dinh pagoda festival on February 5 in the northern Ninh Binh province, praying for peace, happiness and prosperity. In the 1,000-year-old pagoda, King Dinh Tien ...

Following successful tours of Yangon and Mandalay, a mulit-faith youth peace initiative plans to head to Taunggyi, Mawlamyaing and Myitkyina. Seeking to build cooperation and understanding across different faiths, a group of 30 young people ...