New Delhi, April 30 -- The Ministry of Culture, Government of India, in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), New Delhi on Wednesday, will for the first time hold an exposition of the sacred Buddha relic of Sarnath in Vietnam during the United Nations (UN) Day of Vesak 2025, as per a press statement.

The relics will be in Vietnam from May 2 to May 21 and will travel through four cities, including Ho Chi Minh City, where the UNDV event will be held.

Speaking to ANI, Banthe Sevalee Thero, General Secretary and Chief Monk of the Mahabodhi Society of India, said, "This is the first time we are taking the sacred relics to Vietnam. These relics, discovered by the British between 1927 and 1931, were entrusted to th...