A delegation, including Nguyen Manh Hung, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, along with representatives of Dong Nai province’s authorities visited and presented gifts to Catholic dignitaries and their followers on December 13.

At the Xuan Loc Catholic Diocese, the delegation wished Bishop Nguyen Cu Trinh and several Catholic dignitaries and followers a merry and peaceful Christmas.

They presented gifts and praised Catholics contributions to implementing the Party’s policies and State’s laws, as well as their participation in emulation movements.

In 2010, over 900,000 Catholic followers in the province raised the provincial per capita income to 29 million VND (nearly 1,500 USD) per year.

The delegation hoped that Catholics would continue to contribute to the province’s socio-economic development.

Bishop Nguyen Cu Trinh thanked the delegation for their care and best wishes.

On the occasion, the delegation visited and presented gifts to a number of outstanding Catholic families that have made contributions to the nation’s revolutionary cause in Trang Bom district./.