On June 9, 2005, Phra Vidhetdhammarangsi turned 80 years old. Monks, laypeople of Wat Thai Washington, D.C. and his students hosted the birthday celebrations for him during June 3-12, 2005. The activity includes meditation workshops, the 29th seminar of the worldwide missionary monks, and the 2005 General Annual Meeting of the Council of the Thai Bhikkhus in the U.S.A.
The “groundbreaking ceremony” for “Luangta Chi’s Library Building” was held and presided over by Venerable Phra Visutthibodi, a committee member of Maha Thera Association, Wat Sutat Thepwararam who was the Sangha chairman, and HSH Princess Vudhichalerm Vudhijaha was the laypeople chairman.
