Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, Deputy President of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha's Executive Council and President of the municipal Buddhist Sangha's Executive Council, said the pagoda is expanding to boost the Buddhist spirit of both monks and nuns and followers as well as the education and research of Buddhism.

Also present at the event were Most Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh and a delegation of monks and nuns worshipping in his pagoda in Mai village in France.