On 28 October 2025, Mrs. Kanokwan Pengsuwan, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Lisbon as representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, and Thanpuying Varaporn Pramoj Na Ayudhaya, President of the World Tipitaka Foundation, together with Ms. Chatbencha Nandhabiwat and Ms. Sarawanee Jinayon formally presented the World Tipitaka Saj-jha-ya Phonetic Recitation, King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit Commemorative 2016 Editions, totalling 80 volumes, to the University of Coimbra. The Set was received by Professor Delfim Leão, Vice Rector of the University of Coimbra and Professor Manuel Portela, Director of the General Library, University of Coimbra. The ceremony was attended by 30 participants.

This presentation was part of a global dissemination project to honour the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King’s 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary on 28 July 2024. This collaboration project between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and the World Tipitaka Foundation aims to handover the special Tipitaka Editions to overseas libraries, institutions and organizations in more than 36 countries, including Portugal where His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother once paid official visits.
The University of Coimbra is one of 25 institutions that received the Chulachomklao of Syām-Pāli Tipitaka, Bangkok Era 112 (1893) Edition from His Majesty King Chulalongkorn or King Rama V of Siam.

The University of Coimbra's news on the Cereomoy can be accessed at
https://noticias.uc.pt/en/articles/university-of-coimbra-general-library-receives-donation-of-80-volumes-of-buddhist-sacred-texts-from-thailand/