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Buddhists and Christians: Standing Together in Hopeful Resilience Message for the Feast of Vesak 2022
By Admin Webmaster 5/2/2022 8:16:54 AMOn the occasion of the feast of Vesak, which celebrates the birth of Buddha, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sent a message of good wishes to Buddhists throughout the world.
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Interreligious meeting underscores need to protect family unity
By Admin Webmaster 5/13/2022 10:38:56 PMMuslim scholars, Catholic, Jewish and Hindu leaders meet at a forum in Saudi Arabia to discuss common values and express shared commitments, at which Cardinal Parolin spoke in a video message and participants issued a joint statement at the conclusion of the forum outlining common commitments and goals.
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Bishop Martinelli: 'My new mission will be to promote fraternity'
By Admin Webmaster 5/11/2022 9:22:32 AMBishop Paolo Martinelli, the newly appointed Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, speaks to Vatican News about his new mission in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Vatican sends message for Buddhist feast of Vesakh
By Admin Webmaster 5/2/2022 7:17:48 PMThe Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sends its annual message, entitled "Buddhists and Christians: Standing Together in Hopeful Resilience," as Buddhists worldwide celebrate the holiday commemorating Buddha's birth.
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Interfaith Week 2022: Clerics organize reading, writing competition among students, sensitize over 10,000 in a week
By Admin Webmaster 4/25/2022 10:01:14 AMInterfaith Harmony Week 2022: Nigerian Clerics Organize Reading And Writing Competition Among students & sensitizes over 10,000 about the week As part of activities to mark the 2022 United Nation- interfaith harmony week
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Message for The Month of Ramadan and ‘Id al-fitr 1443 H. / 2022 A.D.
By Admin Webmaster 4/11/2022 1:18:03 PMAs you celebrate the month of Ramadan that concludes with ‘Id al-Fitr, our thoughts turn in gratitude to Almighty God who has protected all of us in His Providence. We also pray for the dead and the sick with sorrow and hope.
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Meeting between Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and WCC
By Admin Webmaster 4/4/2022 8:30:04 AMThe annual meeting of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation (IRDC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) took place at the PCID Office on 24-25 March 2022.
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Interfaith Week 2022: Clerics organize reading, writing competition among students, sensitize over 10,000
By Admin Webmaster 3/30/2022 10:04:13 AMInterfaith Harmony Week 2022: Nigerian Clerics Organize Reading And Writing Competition Among students & sensitizes over 10,000 about the week.
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Archbishop Gallagher visits Bosnia-Herzegovina: 'May religious leaders be custodians of peace'
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2022 8:40:57 AMThe Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States visited Bosnia and Herzegovina from 17 to 20 March, travelling from Sarajevo to Medjugorje, meeting with political leaders, representatives of the local Church, and religious leaders.
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World leaders highlight 'Human Fraternity' promoted by Pope Francis
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2022 10:44:17 AMIn the run-up to the award ceremony of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity 2022, two Nobel Peace Laureates and an anti-extremism activist comment on the profound relevance of the values of the historic Document on Human Fraternity signed in 2019 by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.
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Florence meeting closes with appeals for peace, encounter, fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2022 9:18:50 AMThe meeting of Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean wraps up on Sunday with religious and civil leaders committing to work together and calling for an end to the war in Ukraine.
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Florence meeting closes with appeals for peace, encounter, fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2022 9:18:35 AMThe meeting of Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean wraps up on Sunday with religious and civil leaders committing to work together and calling for an end to the war in Ukraine.
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Rabbi Lustig: ‘Fraternity an opportunity to heal world with acts of love"
By Admin Webmaster 2/21/2022 9:09:38 AMOn the International Day of Human Fraternity, Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig praises the foresightedness of the Document on Human Fraternity as offering an opportunity to heal the world’s many divisions.
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Meeting between the Synod of Bishops and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 2/14/2022 10:22:51 AMCard. Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod, together with Mons. Luis Marín de San Martín, OSA and Sister Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, both Under-Secretaries, met with Card. Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, MCCJ, Mgr Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku K. and Fr Paulin Batairwa Kubuya, SX, respectively President, Secretary and Under-Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, at the headquarters of the latter Dicastery.
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Pope to Holy Land Review: Tell the story of fraternity in the Middle East
By Admin Webmaster 2/7/2022 9:56:07 AMA group of around 50 journalists from The Holy Land Review, accompanied by Fr. Francesco Patton, OFM, the Custos of the Holy Land, met the Pope for a private audience on Monday morning.
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PCID Secretary and Undersecretary meet de Bossey students. PCID Staff
By Admin Webmaster 1/26/2022 8:27:36 AMMons. Indunil J. Kodithuwakku K., Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya, Undersecretary, met with a group of 32 students and 6 staff members of the Ecumenical Institute at de Bossey
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First time award of John Paul II Prize for Catholic‒Jewish studies
By Admin Webmaster 1/19/2022 8:10:37 AMOn 17 January 2022, a day dedicated to the deepening and development of dialogue between Catholics and Jews, the “John Paul II Prize for Catholic‒Jewish Studies” was awarded for the first time.
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Pope Francis, building bridges in the name of fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 1/14/2022 9:05:16 AMIn his address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis reiterated the Church’s impartial passion for humanity, especially wounded or humiliated humanity. The Pope’s commitment to building bridges between different people, cultures, and religions is increasingly emerging as a distinctive feature of his pontificate.
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Commission for religious relations with the Jews
By Admin Webmaster 1/12/2022 10:24:18 AMThe Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews was established by Pope Paul VI on 22 October 1974, but already during the Second Vatican Council, in the course of the preparation of the document now known as Nostra aetate, the complex and urgent theme of relations with Judaism had arisen.
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Catholic-Muslim Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 1/10/2022 9:27:47 AM“The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God… .” Nostra Aetate 3
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Pope’s January prayer intention: For those who suffer religious persecution
By Admin Webmaster 1/10/2022 9:21:10 AMPope Francis dedicates his first prayer message of 2022 to combatting religious discrimination and persecution, reminding us that religious freedom is not limited to freedom of worship, but is tied to fraternity.
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Mozambique's religious leaders pledge peace in Cabo Delgado
By Admin Webmaster 1/5/2022 10:49:48 AMReligious leaders in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province denounce the exploitation of religion to justify political violence and terrorism, as the region faces an Islamist insurgency which has displaced over 800,000 people.
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World Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions to Promote Interfaith Dialogue Announced For 2022
By Admin Webmaster 1/3/2022 11:21:59 AMNUR-SULTAN – The seventh Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions will be held Sept. 14-15 in 2022 in Nur-Sultan
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Archbishop Tutu, advocate for interreligious dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 1/3/2022 9:25:50 AMUpon the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “mindful of his service to the Gospel,” as Pope Francis wrote, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue would like to re-present an article he wrote in 1985 for the Pro Dialogo Journal, “World Religion for Human Dignity and World Peace.”
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Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 10/19/2021 9:43:45 AMThe dicasteries of the Holy See as seen from the inside: history, objectives and “mission statement,” how the structures that support the Pope’s ministry function. Interview with the president, Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot.
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Zayed Human Fraternity Award: ‘A call to action to resist spread of hatred’
By Admin Webmaster 10/9/2021 9:35:15 PMThe jury members of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity hold a press conference to share their thoughts on the value of human fraternity and the qualities they are looking for in the person who will be awarded the 2021 prize.
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Grand Imam Al-Tayeb: "Fratelli tutti" important for Muslims too
By Admin Webmaster 10/8/2021 8:38:28 PMThe Grand Imam of Al-Azhar speaks to Vatican Media about his relationship with Pope Francis: "From the first minute of our meeting I had confirmation that he is a man of peace and humanity.
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Pope: Religions reaffirm mission of integral education
By Admin Webmaster 10/5/2021 6:37:41 PMSpeaking at a meeting on “Religions and Education,” Pope Francis repeated the commitment of the various religious traditions of educating the “head, hands, heart, and soul” of each individual.
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Guinea Bissau: Death of the Imam of Mansoa is a blow to Muslims and Christians.
By Admin Webmaster 8/22/2021 6:46:33 PMThe death of Imam Ustas AladjiI Bubacar Djaló of Mansoa is a great loss for Islam in Guinea-Bissau, but also for the Catholic Church, because throughout his life he was a man of peace and dialogue.
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South Sudan: Interreligious efforts directed toward promoting peace
By Admin Webmaster 8/13/2021 8:11:55 PMAmid growing calls for a stop to instances of intercommunal violence in South Sudan’s Tambura region, Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio diocese reflects on an initiative of the country's religious leaders in the service of peace.
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Myanmar’s faith leaders urge country to seek the good of all
By Admin Webmaster 7/15/2020 9:12:58 AMLeaders of various faiths in Myanmar are appealing to the leaders of the nation and faith communities to listen to one another with respect, end the internal conflicts, and work for the good of all.
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Taiwan: Vatican at the Sixth Buddhist-Christian Colloquium
By Admin Webmaster 11/17/2017 10:44:50 PMThe sixth Buddhist-Christian colloquium in Taiwan, held on November 13, 2017, in the Ling Jou Monastery of Taipei
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Cardinal Bo brings religions together for peace in Myanmar
By Admin Webmaster 5/2/2017 10:22:40 AMThe April 26-27 event brought together some 200 Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Hindu leaders, political parties, diplomats and local civil society groups. Religious leaders wanted to seize the momentum as Myanmar transitions to becoming a full democracy after more than 50 years of military rule.
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Un train de Noël pour promouvoir la paix et l’harmonie interreligieuse
By Admin Webmaster 12/31/2016 11:34:19 PMCe train de la Pakistan’s Railways dont les wagons seront ornés de messages de paix et d’harmonie
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Christmas spirit at inter-faith peace rally in Rajasthan city
By Admin Webmaster 12/25/2016 12:53:09 AMChristians, Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs made up the 10,000 people in the eight-mile walk through the city
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A Buddhist monk who preaches universal brotherhood
By Admin Webmaster 12/16/2016 10:00:57 PMThe story of Phramaha Thongrattana Thavorn’s encounter with Chiara Lubich and who, at her funeral, in 2008 had said: Chiara is also one of us.
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Final Statement of BIRA VI (Pattaya - Thailand 16-20 Nov. 2015)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIt is by God’s grace and providence that we 87 participants in the Sixth Bishops’ Institute for Interreligious Affairs (BIRA VI), from 17 different countries, have come to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nostra aetate in our Asian context -
The “Yogyakarta Statement”: Guidelines for Religious Harmony and Communal Stability
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn recent years, we have heard much about the importance of mutual tolerance and non-discrimination on the part of religious believers and communities. But somehow, the practical reality of achieving this tolerance has been erratic or even absent altogether, evidenced... -
India reaches out to Indonesia's Buddhist community
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIndia has reached out to the large Buddhist community in Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population, by organising an exhibition on the Buddha. -
Pakistan’s religious minorities included in school textbooks
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMHistory courses for grade 8, 10 and 11 students will contain references to the role Christians, Hindus and Sikhs played in building the country after independence. The successful changes to the curriculum is the work of the Pakistan Minorities Teachers' Association (PMTA) -
Pakistan: Muslim and Christian leaders come together for religious harmony
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMTo re-create harmony, security and confidence among the Christians of Youhanabad, the district of Lahore hit by the two recent attacks on Christian churches: is the aim of the meeting organized in recent days by the "Council for Interreligious Dialogue" in Lahore ... -
Sri Lanka: In Search of Reconciliation
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMI met Mawlavi Faiz, the chief caretaker and Imam of the Red Mosque in Kandy, on his way out after the evening prayers. On being asked his reaction to recent events in the southern towns of Aluthgama and nearby Dharga in Sri Lanka, his mood was somber ... -
Buddhistdoor International to Co-host Interfaith Forum at HKU
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThis public forum, “Verses of Love: Buddhist, Christian, and Islamic Poets on Embracing ‘the Other,’” will explore the common values found in Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian poetry. -
Le pape visite un temple bouddhiste à Colombo, une étape non prévue au programme officiel
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLa visite n’était pas inscrite au programme officiel. De retour à Colombo après avoir présidé un temps de prière mariale au sanctuaire de Madhu, dans le nord du pays, le pape François a effectué une visite-surprise dans un temple bouddhiste de la capitale du Sri Lanka,... -
Religion must never be abused in the cause of war
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis underlined the significance and urgency of interreligious and ecumenical dialogue in a nation, like Sri Lanka, that is undergoing a process of reconciliation after civil war. -
The 2014 Events of the Interfaith and Ecumenical Dialogue in HCM City's Archdiocese
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe 2014 Events of the Interfaith Dialogue Committee in Saigon -
The 2014 events of the Interfaith Dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMReview activities in 2014 -
Indonesian law on interfaith unions thrown into the judicial spotlight
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMWhen Ardiyanto, a devout Catholic, fell in love with a Muslim woman named Mariani, he never thought that the newfound relationship would come between him and his faith. -
Indonesian Muslim, Buddhist team seeks to ‘bring peace for Rohingya’
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMMuslims and Buddhists in Indonesia have joined hands to help resolve the conflict over the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and plan to send a team to Rakhine State to talk with Buddhist monks, according to the Jakarta Post. -
4th Annual Inter-religious meeting: Lifting up our joy to heaven as one
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThis was the theme for the 4thAnnual Inter-religious meeting held at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre at 3:00 in the afternoon on October 27, 2014. It was attended by the General representative of the Archdiocesan Clergy, Fr. Ignatius Ho Van Xuan ... -
Religious Tolerance for Peace (Interfaith dialogue in Vietnam)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMReligious tolerance is a necessary foundation for harmony and peace. It requires an open heart and a willingness to accept followers of various religions, allowing others to hold religious beliefs that are different from yours and respecting those people and their beliefs. -
For interfaith families, evangelization is a two-way street
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Extraordinary Synod for the Family has begun, and like all Asian Catholics I am hoping our concerns will be adequately represented in this predominantly Western gathering. -
Buddhist composes symphony to mark Pope’s Sri Lanka visit
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn an effort for religious reconciliation, the Sri Lankan government has commissioned a symphony from a Buddhist composer to commemorate Pope Francis’ voyage to the nation which will take place in January. -
The Power of Tolerance in Interfaith Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe year 2015 will see the formal inauguration of the ASEAN community. It is imperative that proper preparations be made to correspond with this event. Both the Thai government sector and the private sector have been carrying out ongoing work ... -
Religious Tolerance: Message from Rev. Joseph Chusak Sirisut
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMMessage from Culiculum Vitae S.E. Most Rev. Joseph Chusak Sirisut, Catholic Bishop of Diocese of Nakhonratchasima, Thailand -
Religious Tolerance: 1st Interfaith Dialogue on Religious Leaders for Peace in ASEAN Community (Sept. 2014)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM1st Interfaith Dialogue on Religious Leaders for Peace in ASEAN Community - Topic: Religious Tolerance (24-29 September 2014) Ayutthaya, Thailand -
Muslim leaders to attend Kuala Lumpur consecration
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe archbishop-elect urged to oppose the destructive forces of religious extremism to help Malaysia survive as a united nation. Some 10,000 people, including Muslim religious leaders and civil officials, are expected to attend the Episcopal ordination of Kuala Lumpur's new Archbishop... -
Thousands of Christians march in Bangalore against violence in Iraq, Syria and Africa
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMChristian religious leaders also appealed to other Indian religious communities - Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis - that they condemn the persecution and killing of Christians in Iraq, Syria and other countries of the world. -
Interfaith women’s group begs UN to act in Middle East
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAn inter-religious women’s group in Pakistan has appealed to the United Nations to offer support and protection for those suffering in Iraq and Gaza. -
Saigon: a monthly meeting of the Interfaith Dialogue Commission
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLast August 18, 2014, a monthly meeting of the Interfaith Dialogue was convened at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre. It has a three-fold agenda.
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The 9th meeting for interfaith dialogues 2019
By Admin Webmaster 10/24/2019 7:58:47 PMThe 9th meeting for interfaith dialogues, theme: COMBINATION OF CULTURES AND RELIGION, on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 3:00pm at Saigon pastoral center, 6 bis Tôn Đức Thắng Street, Bến Nghé Qard, District 1, HCM City
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Activities of Interfaith dialogue in 2016
By Admin Webmaster 6/6/2018 8:52:36 PMTogether with the Office for Interreligious and Ecumenical Relations, we have to review the past year with many meetings, visits, conferences… with the aim of understanding and enriching the brotherhood...
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Interfaith gathering celebrates mercy in Vietnam
By Admin Webmaster 2/10/2017 8:02:04 PMCatholics invited others of different faiths to share about charitable activities.
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Religious Tolerance for Peace
By Admin Webmaster 3/11/2016 10:26:34 AMThe tranditional culture of Vietnam is very much influenced by a mix of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. A happy family is built on trust, respect, loyalty and love. The traditional Vietnamese family has handed on those values in a large, multi-generational unit...
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Rencontres Catholiques-Bouddhistes à Saigon
By Admin Webmaster 3/11/2016 10:26:07 AMA l’occasion de la fête de Vesak, le cardinal JB Pham Minh Man accompagné des membres du bureau pour le Dialogue Interreligieux se sont rendus le 23 mai 2013 à la pagode An Quang pour présenter leurs salutations cordiales aux membres de l’Office du Bouddhisme vietnamien à HCM ville
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