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State officials visit dignitaries on Buddha’s birthday

A delegation from the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands paid a visit to dignitaries of the Buddhist Sangha in Lam Dong province on April 28 in order to mark the 2558th birth anniversary of Buddha.
A delegation from the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands paid avisit to dignitaries of the Buddhist Sangha in Lam Dong province onApril 28 in order to mark the 2558th birth anniversary of Buddha.

At the headquarters of the Lam Dong Buddhist Sangha in Linh SonPagoda, Trieu Xuan Hoa, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee, extendedgreetings to the dignitaries and followers across the province.

He praised the followers for making sizeable contributions tosocio-economic development in their communities and the CentralHighlands region.

Hoa expressed his belief that inthe future they will engage more in social activities and theestablishment of new-style rural areas in the province.-VNA
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