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Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association

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Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association
Founded12 November 1970
Location
  • Worldwide
OriginsVietnam
Area served
International
Websitewww.gdptvietnam.org (Vietnamese)

The Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association (also known as Vietnamese Buddhist Family (Vietnamese: Gia Đình Phật Tử Việt Nam (GĐPTVN)) is a lay Buddhist youth organisation that seeks to imbue its members with Buddhist ethics.

The organization was established in 1970 and has been in existence for over 50 years in Vietnam and in Overseas Vietnamese communities since the Fall of Saigon, and are usually associated with Buddhist temples.