HCM City, Feb. 26 -- The International Council for the Day of Vesak (ICDV) and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) convened their second meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26 to discuss preparations for the United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 (UNDV). Vesak - the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May - is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak, two and a half millennia ago, in the year 623 B.C., that the Buddha was born. It was also on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha attained enlightenment, and it was on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha in his eightieth year passed away. Vu Hoai Bac, Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, affirmed that the Vietnamese Government has agr...