Dau Pagoda is located in Thanh Khuong village, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh Province, about 30km from Hanoi. Being a center of the ancient Luy Lau Citadel that dates back to the second century A.D, this pagoda is considered the most ancient religious structure and an initial source of Buddhism in Vietnam.

Phat Tich Pagoda or Van Phuc Pagoda originally named Thien Phuc Tu - is situated on the side of Lan Kha mountain, Phat Tich village, Tien Du district, presently Phuong Hoang village, Tien Son district, Ha Bac province.

In May 1967, a young South Vietnamese Buddhist woman named Nhat Chi Mai penned a series of letters to the combatants in her homeland and the president of the United States and then immolated herself in an attempt to stop the conflict in her nation. In her message to Lyndon Johnson, she asked the US leader.....

As a king and as a Buddhist practitioner, Tran Thai Tong was much interested in the study of Chinese civilization to draw from it necessary lessons for the exercise of his political duty. He was devoted to Buddhism both for his personal awakening and that of his people. He founded in 1253 in the capital a national institute, erected statutes in honor of Chu Cong, Confucius, Mencius. He ordered the painting of portraits of 72 Wisemen for their celebration.

For many Americans, the dramatic photo of the Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation in 1963 constitutes their most enduring memory of the Vietnam War. In June of that year, as the Buddhist rebellion against Ngo Dinh Diem gained momentum, the elderly monk sat in a lotus position on a busy Saigon street and set himself on fire. This first and most spectacular self-immolation of the 1963 Buddhist crisis, an incredible act of protest that galvanized world opinion, served as a moving example of South Vietnamese resistance to the Diem regime that stamped an image on the Vietnam war that has never faded away.

As relative newcomers to Korea and students of Vietnamese Buddhism, we have naturally drawn comparisons between Korean and Vietnamese Buddhism. Unfortunately, we have discovered a Buddhism in Korea racked by internal divisions, under assault from Christian extremists on one hand and in danger of being eclipsed by Christian activists on the other, with temples that seemed deserted, and monks and nuns who are reluctant to talk to Westerners. In many ways, Korean Buddhism seems hidden and kept out of the view of many observers while Christianity has very high visibility in this society. These conditions have lead us to conclude that Buddhism is in serious decline in Korea.