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On a Christmas visit to the Vietnamese capital’s seminary, Hanoi City People’s Committee vice-chairman, Dao Van Binh, wished Catholics a merry and peaceful Christmas, saying that he hopes they will continue living the Gospel in solidarity with the nation while serving God.
Vice-Chairman Dao also visited the Co Nhue parish in the suburban district of Tu Liem, Voice of Vietnam News reports.
The Vice director of the Hanoi Seminary, Fr Vu Tat, thanked the city’s leaders for their attention to Catholic followers.
The same day, Mr Binh also presented gifts to heroic mother Dang Thi Nhung, a 90-year-old Catholic in Dong Da district.
Earlier on Dec. 21, the deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, Nguyen Manh Hung, paid a Christmas visit and presented gifts to Bishop Vu Huy Chuong of the Hung Hoa Catholic Diocese in Hanoi.
And in Ho Chi Minh City, the deputy head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Nguyen Thanh Xuan acknowledged the contributions made by Protestant dignitaries and followers to the localities where they lived at a get-together in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 22.
Meanwhile, Deputy Secretary of the city Party Committee Nguyen Van Dua headed the delegation comprising dignitaries from the HCM City Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee.
At a meeting with the city’s Committee for Catholic Solidarity, Mr Dua wished Catholic dignitaries and followers a happy and peaceful Christmas season and further success in combining worship of God with love for nation to contribute to the city’s development.
Fr Nguyen Vinh Danh, chairman of the Vietnam Committee for Catholic Solidarity, thanked the Party and Government officials for helping Catholic clergy and followers contribute to the nation’s construction and development.
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City officials send Christmas greetings to religious leader (Voice of Vietnam News)
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