Attending the meeting taking place in Buu Thang  pagoda located in the province’s Pleiku City included dignitaries of the provincial VBS executive committee and the VBS’s executive board in the province’s districts, and representatives of local authorities.

The meeting focused on planning for the Buddha’s Birthday Festival (Vesak Day) and summer retreat in 2018 (B.E. 2562) in the province.

According to the organization plan, the district-level VBS in the province will celebrate Vesak Day with sermons on the meaning of the important Buddhist event and presentations on practical contributions of Buddhism to socio-economic development in the locality.

The Buddhist chapter will hold this year summer retreat at three separate places for monks and nuns of Mahayana Buddhism and Mendicant Buddhist sects.

On this occasion, the Buddhist executive committee also handed over ordination certificates by the VBS to 19 monks and nuns in the province, and announced the approving list of appointed dignitaries of 12 function boards under the provincial VBS’ executive committee for the 2017 – 2022 tenure.

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