Attending the ceremony were Cardinal Võ Văn Nho, member of the Standing Committee of the Church; Venerable Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Vice Chairman of the Church; Venerable Lữ Minh Châu, Vice Chairman of the Church; members of the Cao Dai Correct Path Church’s Representative Committee (2007 – 2012 term); representatives from Department of Caodai Affairs of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs; the provincial Committee for Religious Affairs and Long An province’s Vietnam Fatherland Front.

Cardinal Võ Văn Nho highly valued good results of the Long An province’s Representative Board in the previous term. He also informed that 4 members in the Long An province’s Representative Board for the term 2007 – 2012 were reelected to serve in the new term (2012 - 2017) including: Bishop Nguyễn Tấn Quýt, Chairman; Venerable Trần Thông Minh, Vice-Chairman; Venerable  Đoàn Tường Phước, Treasurer,  Venerable Lê Văn Mẫn, Secretary.

On behalf of the Long An province’s Representative Board, Bishop Nguyễn Tấn Quýt expressed his gratitude to the credibility of the Church for him and members in the Representative Board to serve for another term and said all re-elected members committed to further guide Caodaist believers to follow Pope Nguyễn Ngọc Tương’s teachings for serving fellow human beings and practicing the religion in accordance with the Charter and Regulation of the Church and State’s laws.

On this occasion, representatives from Department of Caodai Affairs of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs and the provincial Committee for Religious Affairs sent to congratulations to dignitaries in the Representative Board (2012-2017) and suggested the Representative Board to develop a specific program for religious activities in order to strengthen the Church’s local structure and mobilize some Caodaist groups to return to practice the religion with the Church.