Christmas greetings extended to Catholics

While visiting the diocese on December 19, the VFF Vice President wished local priests, clergymen and Catholic followers a peaceful and merry Christmas and a happy New Year. 

He affirmed the significant contributions of Kim Son’s Catholic followers to the achievements made by Ninh Binh province over the past time. 

Kim voiced his hope that they will overcome all difficulties to join compatriots of other faiths to carry out the Party's policies and follow State laws in consolidating national unity and making more contributions to national development. 

Bishop Joseph Nguyen Nang thanked Party and State leaders for their festive well wishes and promised to continue supporting dignitaries, clergymen and Catholic followers to "be good in both life and religion" and "live the Gospel in the heart of the nation".

*** Also on December 19, officials from the Central Steering Committee for the Central Highlands visited Catholic and Protestant followers in provinces in the Central Highlands to wish them a merry Christmas. 

The delegation led by the committee’s deputy head H’Ngam Nie Kdam called at the Office of the Bishop of Da Lat diocese and the Catholic Solidarity Committee of Lam Dong province. 

H’Ngam Nie Kdam thanked the bishop and priests for assisting the State in efforts to improve the living conditions of local people. She asked them to continue guiding the followers in leading good secular and religious lives, contributing to building a prosperous country. 

Earlier, the delegation also met and extended season’s greetings to Catholics and Protestants in Dak Nong province. 

Protestant dignitaries thanked the local authorities for taking measures to improve both the spiritual and material lives of religious people and for allowing the building of many places of worship as well as the operation of various Protestant groups. 

Another delegation of the committee joined leaders of Kon Tum province in well-wishing trips to churches and religious communities.