Vice President visits Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South)
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited and extended Christmas and New Year greetings to the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South) and its President, Pastor Thai Phuoc Truong, in Ho Chi Minh City on December 19.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (L) and President of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South), Pastor Thai Phuoc Truong, at the meeting on December 19 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi NgocThinh visited and extended Christmas and New Year greetings to the EvangelicalChurch of Vietnam (South) and its President, Pastor Thai Phuoc Truong, in HoChi Minh City on December 19.
Offering the best wishes to pastors of the EvangelicalChurch of Vietnam (South), Thinh appreciated contributions by pastors,dignitaries, and followers of the Church to national development, and voicedher hope that Protestants will continue to lead a good secular and religious lifeand help with national construction.
She noted Protestants have complied with the Party’s guidelinesand the State’s laws and greatly contributed to their localities in variousaspects while many dignitaries have served as members of Vietnam FatherlandFront committees at all levels.
In particular, the Vice President added, in the face of recentdisasters in the central and Central Highlands regions, the Church has carriedout many practical and effective activities to assist residents there inaddressing disaster consequences.
For his part, Pastor Truong highlighted Protestants’consistent trust in the Party and State and their active participation in localcampaigns.
The followers have also striven to overcome difficulties andengage in voluntary activities to help the poor and support compatriots in thecentral and Central Highlands regions to weather the pandemic’s impact and naturaldisasters’ aftermath, he added./.
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Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (L) and President of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South), Pastor Thai Phuoc Truong, at the meeting on December 19 (Photo: VNA) 
