Wat
Chùa Serey Odom
Chùa Serey Odom (Chùa Lộc Hưng) is a Khmer Theravada Buddhist Wat beside National Route 13 in Lộc Hưng commune, Đồng Nai province, Vietnam.[1][2]
History
In Khmer, serey means merit and odom nobility of mind. Local people call it after its commune, Lộc Hưng; until the 2025 provincial merger it stood in Hamlet 4, Lộc Hưng commune, Lộc Ninh district, Bình Phước province.[1]
The first Wat, built in 1960, was a Khmer stilt house with a thatched roof and a wooden frame, on land given by Lâm Cong. Venerable Thạch Sol, from Vĩnh Châu in Sóc Trăng, was its first abbot. It was rebuilt in 1969 with a main hall and monks' quarters. Venerable Danh Giàu, from Kiên Giang, led it in 1991 and 1992, and the Wat then had no abbot until 2014, when the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha sent Đại đức (Venerable) Thạch Danh.[1]
Architecture
The grounds cover about 8,000 m2 (2 acres), planted with sugar palms, dipterocarps and cannonball trees, and the present buildings date from about 2011. The gate carries a bilingual signboard in Khmer and Vietnamese, Kày No Rey (bird-maiden) figures and naga (serpent deity) railings; a 200 m (660 ft) path, its fence posts topped by four-faced heads of Brahma, leads to the Wat. The main hall, about 100 m2 (1,080 sq ft), rises in a five-tier spire representing Mount Meru, on 64 columns decorated with krud (Garuda) and Kày No Rey figures. As of 2021 it was unfinished, still without its sima (boundary stones) and murals. A small shrine to Neak Ta (guardian spirits) stands in front of it.[1]
Religious life
In September 2025, for Sen Dolta, the festival for ancestors, a delegation of the Đồng Nai Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs visited the Wat with gifts for its monks and community.[2]