VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of January 23 (the Kitchen God’s Festival), Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang and overseas Vietnamese released carb and birds at the Tran Quoc, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi.


 

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President Truong Tan Sang and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs - Chairman of the State Committee of Overseas Vietnamese Affairs – Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, and representatives of overseas Vietnamese visited Tran Quoc Pagoda yesterday afternoon.

 

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 The President wrote some lines on the visitors’ book after making a tour around the pagoda.

 

 

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On this occasion, Venerable Thich Thanh Nha presented the President a pair of parallel sentences.

 

 

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The President and his wife released carp to the West Lake.

 

 

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They also released birds to wish for peace and luck.

 

 

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After the spiritual rites, the President and the delegation left the pagoda to the Thang Long Royal Citadel, where a gala dinner for overseas Vietnamese was held in the same evening.

 

 

 

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Offering incense at the Kinh Thien Palace in the royal citadel.

 

 

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The President met with a ceramics artisan from Bat Trang Village – Mr. Tran Do. On this occasion, the famous artisan presented his products to the president.

 

 

 

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Finally, the President and the delegation visited the Vietnamese cultural space room inside the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.

 

 

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