Dak Lak (VNA) – President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central CommitteeTran Thanh Man visited the Bishop Office of Buon Ma Thuot diocese and theRepresentative Board of the Vietnam General Confederation of EvangelicalChurches (Southern) in Dak Lak province on December 13 to extend Christmasgreetings.
Meeting withBishop of Buon Ma Thuot diocese Nguyen Van Ban and the representative board ofthe Vietnam General Confederation of Evangelical Churches (Southern) in Dak Lak,the VFF President wished all Christians in the diocese good health and a happyChristmas.
He highlightedthe country’s achievements in all fields in 2019, and affirmed the greatcontributions of Christian dignitaries and followers to those achievements.
The VFF leader sharedthe joy with Bishop Nguyen Van Ban over the positive developments in therelations between Vietnam and the Vatican in the recent past, including variousvisits of Vietnamese Party, State and VFF leaders to the Holy See and meetingswith the Pope.
He recalled PopeFrancis’s message to Vietnamese Catholics that Vietnamese Catholics should begood citizens and patriots, and should accompany the nation in building aprosperous and happy country.
Man expressed hisbelief that Bishop Nguyen Van Ban, with his prestige and responsibility, will continueto encourage Catholic dignitaries and followers in the diocese to join charityactivities, patriotic movements and campaigns launched by the VFF, thuscontributing to the national construction and solidarity bloc.
Bishop Nguyen VanBan thanked the Party, State, the VFF and authorities for their care andpromised to continue to mobilise Catholics to follow the Party’s policies, theState’s laws and patriotic movements, making contributions to national andlocal development.
On behalf of the RepresentativeBoard of the Vietnam General Confederation of Evangelical Churches (Southern)in Dak Lak, Priest Huynh Cuong affirmed that the Protestant church andfollowers will always accompany the nation and further contribute to nationalconstruction and defence./.
Meeting withBishop of Buon Ma Thuot diocese Nguyen Van Ban and the representative board ofthe Vietnam General Confederation of Evangelical Churches (Southern) in Dak Lak,the VFF President wished all Christians in the diocese good health and a happyChristmas.
He highlightedthe country’s achievements in all fields in 2019, and affirmed the greatcontributions of Christian dignitaries and followers to those achievements.
The VFF leader sharedthe joy with Bishop Nguyen Van Ban over the positive developments in therelations between Vietnam and the Vatican in the recent past, including variousvisits of Vietnamese Party, State and VFF leaders to the Holy See and meetingswith the Pope.
He recalled PopeFrancis’s message to Vietnamese Catholics that Vietnamese Catholics should begood citizens and patriots, and should accompany the nation in building aprosperous and happy country.
Man expressed hisbelief that Bishop Nguyen Van Ban, with his prestige and responsibility, will continueto encourage Catholic dignitaries and followers in the diocese to join charityactivities, patriotic movements and campaigns launched by the VFF, thuscontributing to the national construction and solidarity bloc.
Bishop Nguyen VanBan thanked the Party, State, the VFF and authorities for their care andpromised to continue to mobilise Catholics to follow the Party’s policies, theState’s laws and patriotic movements, making contributions to national andlocal development.
On behalf of the RepresentativeBoard of the Vietnam General Confederation of Evangelical Churches (Southern)in Dak Lak, Priest Huynh Cuong affirmed that the Protestant church andfollowers will always accompany the nation and further contribute to nationalconstruction and defence./.
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