Buddhists help Chinese, Myanmar disaster victims

05/07/2008 -- 9:14 PM

HCM City (VNA) – Buddhist monks, nuns and followers in Ho Chi Minh City have collected money and rice to help Sichuan earthquake victims in China and Nargis typhoon victims in Myanmar overcome the natural disasters’ aftermaths. The municipal Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Council on July 5 handed over 300 million VND raised after a requiem for the Chinese victims to the city’s Red Cross to be sent to China . Earlier, the Vinh Nghiem pagoda in the city also handed over 100 tonnes of rice contributed by Buddhist followers for charity for Myanmar people. According to the city’s Red Cross, international organisations and local people in HCM City have so far raised more than 3 billion VND to help disaster victims in China and Myanmar.-Enditem
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