HCM City’s leaders visit Catholics ahead of Christmas
Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan and municipal leaders visited the HCM City Archdiocese and the Office of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam ahead of Christmas.
Ho Chi Minh City leaders visited the Office of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Secretary of the Ho Chi MinhCity Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan and municipal leaders on December 19 visitedthe Headquarter of the HCM City Archdiocese and the Office of the CatholicBishops' Conference of Vietnam ahead of the Christmas 2017 and New Year2018.
On behalf of the city’s leaders, Nhan extended greetings toand wished Catholic dignitaries and followers nationwide a merry Christmas andhappy New Year.
He briefed HCM City’s socio-economic development in 2017 andorientations for 2018, saying that the city is actively implementing theNational Assembly’s Resolution No. 54/2017/QH14 on pilot implementation ofspecial mechanisms and policies for its faster and more sustainable developmentand a project to building HCM City into a smart city.
Nhan highlighted the contributions made by the municipal archdioceseand followers to the city’s education, health and social charity, thus helpingthe city to realize its socio-economic development targets.
The official expressed his hope that the archdiocese’s dignitarieswill continue joining hands with local authorities to encourage local Catholicsto actively participate in national construction and protection movements.
Archbishop of the HCM City Archdiocese Bui Van Doc thankedthe local authorities for continuously facilitating religious practice of localCatholics and hoped that relations between the church and administration willdevelop more fruitfully so that Catholic followers can contribute further tothe city’s socio-economic development.
Meanwhile, Bishop Nguyen Anh Tuan, chief of the Office ofthe Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam, pledged to encouragefollowers to continue uniting and joining hands with the administrations atlevels to fulfill their citizen obligations and lead a good religious life.-VNA
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Ho Chi Minh City leaders visited the Office of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam (Source: VNA)
