Vietnam Collected 4,100 Billion Dong in Offering Money from the Public to Temples in 2023

On June 26, domestic media reported that the country had collected 4,100 billion dong in offering money from the public to various temples and spent 3,612 billion dong of that fund. Among these, the highest amount was collected at the Núi Bà Chúa Xứ (Châu Đốc, An Giang) with 220 billion dong, followed by the Bảo Hà Temple (Lào Cai Province) with 71 billion dong. In terms of location, Hà Nội ranked first with more than 670 billion dong collected from offerings, while Quảng Ninh Province– where Ba Vàng Pagoda (one of the most popular temples in Vietnam) is located– collected about 200 billion dong.

This represents just the amount of offerings and donations given at historical cultural sites, not including in kind donations, ritual offerings, or bank transfers, meaning the actual collected amount is much higher. Moreover, there are currently 31,581 historical and religious sites nationwide, but only 15,324 of them (about 49%) have data on offering and donation income and expenditures.