The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics held the fifth conference of the 2013 – 2018 tenure on December 14. (Photo: VNA)HCMCity (VNA) – The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholicsheld the fifth conference of the 2013 – 2018 tenure and hosted Christmascelebration in Ho Chi Minh City on December 14.
Theevent was attended by senior officials of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)Central Committee, the Government Committee for Religious Affairs and severalgovernmental agencies at central and local levels.
Duringthe event, delegates reviewed reports on the committee’s performance in 2017and outlined tasks and directions for 2018. They also discussed the outcomes ofthis year’s patriotic emulation movement carried out by the committee andevaluated the organisation of the congress, namely “Vietnamese Catholics tobuild and defend the motherland", in cities and provinces for the2017-2022 term.
PriestPhan Dinh Son, Vice President of the Committee for Solidarity of VietnameseCatholics, said the Catholics in Vietnam have applied advanced technology inproduction in recent years. They also raised funds and donated lands andbuilding materials for construction of rural roads, changing the face of theirhomeland for the better, he added.
Henoted that the committee will focus on educating Catholic people on the Party’spolicies and State’s laws and disseminating movements of the Vietnam FatherlandFront among them in 2018.
VFFCentral Committee Vice Chairman Ngo Sach Thuc expressed his delight at what thecommittee has achieved so far, saying it has promoted the good Catholic values inits activities, particularly upholding the traditional “Love your neighbours asyourself” and building safe neighborhoods and happy families
Thucexpected that the committee will continue popularising the Law on Belief andReligion, which will take effect from January 2018, among the Catholics andpromote the role of Catholic organisations in healthcare and education.-VNA
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