The Vice President said 2019 is a successful year for NgheAn province with many socio-economic targets achieved or overfulfilled. Sheaffirmed that the local Catholic dignitaries and followers have contributed tothose successes.
She wished that the Vinh Diocese would continue encouragingCatholic followers to join national patriotic emulation campaigns, thus contributingmore to the nation.
The Vice President took the occasion to affirm that theParty and State always respect the citizens’ right to religious freedom andprovide all possible support for them to exercise the right.
In the morning the same day, she presented gifts to needyfamilies and children in Nghi Loc and Dien Chau districts.
Also the same day, head of the Party Central Committee’sMass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai paid a pre-Christmas visit to the HueArchdiocese in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
She was received by Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh, President of the Catholic Bishops’Conference of Vietnam and Archbishop of Hue Archdiocese.
On the occasion, Party General Secretary and PresidentNguyen Phu Trong also sent a basket of congratulatory flowers to Catholicdignitaries and followers at the Hue Archdiocese.
Mai lauded the Archbishop of Hue Archdiocese, Catholicdignitaries and followers for partnering with the Party committee, authoritiesand people of Thua Thien-Hue province in the local socio-economic development.
Archbishop Linh said the provincial authorities alwayscreate favourable conditions for Catholic followers to contribute more to thesociety.
Also on December 18, President of the Vietnam FatherlandFront Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and conveyed Christmas greetingsto the Quy Nhon Diocese in the central province of Binh Dinh and Nha TrangDiocese in the central province of Khanh Hoa./.