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Bumthaps look forward to another successful Five Year Plan

ཟླ་༡༡ 29, 1997 10 mins read

With the Seventh Five Year Plan concluded more successfully than in most other dzongkhags, the people of Bumthang are looking forward to further development and progress during the Eighth Five Year Plan.

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