The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a meeting on March 10 to review the patriotic movement among the community and launch plans for 2015.
At the meeting, priest Phan Dinh Son, Chairman of the CSVC-Can Tho chapter reported that Catholic dignitaries and followers in the region implemented numerous practical measures in response to the patriotic movement to promote economic development, reduce poverty, and ensure social order and safety in residential areas.
In 2015, the CSVC-Can Tho chapter, together with Catholic dignitaries will continue to promote the patriotic movement among the Catholic community in the region, Tran Duc Hieu, Vice Chairman of the CSVC-Can Tho chapter stated.
In addition, it will gather and reflect legitimate aspirations of Can Tho city’s Catholic people and organisations to the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
The committee plans to hold a conference to honour good examples among the Catholic community in the third quarter of 2015.
Catholicism constitutes the second largest religious community in Vietnam, behind Buddhism (over 12 million), with 5.7 million followers, followed by Hoa Hao (1.4 million), Cao Dai (808,000), Protestantism (734,000), Islam (73,000), and Brahmanism (56,000).-VNA
At the meeting, priest Phan Dinh Son, Chairman of the CSVC-Can Tho chapter reported that Catholic dignitaries and followers in the region implemented numerous practical measures in response to the patriotic movement to promote economic development, reduce poverty, and ensure social order and safety in residential areas.
In 2015, the CSVC-Can Tho chapter, together with Catholic dignitaries will continue to promote the patriotic movement among the Catholic community in the region, Tran Duc Hieu, Vice Chairman of the CSVC-Can Tho chapter stated.
In addition, it will gather and reflect legitimate aspirations of Can Tho city’s Catholic people and organisations to the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
The committee plans to hold a conference to honour good examples among the Catholic community in the third quarter of 2015.
Catholicism constitutes the second largest religious community in Vietnam, behind Buddhism (over 12 million), with 5.7 million followers, followed by Hoa Hao (1.4 million), Cao Dai (808,000), Protestantism (734,000), Islam (73,000), and Brahmanism (56,000).-VNA
