Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President Dang ThiNgoc Thinh on December 20 visited the Committee for Solidarity of VietnameseCatholics (CSVC) and its Chairman, Priest Tran Xuan Manh, ahead of Christmas.
Wishing Priest Manh and Catholics a merry, happy Christmas, the Vice President affirmedthat Catholics form an integral part of the great national unity bloc.
They made significant contributions to the past struggle for nationalindependence and reunification, as well as the present cause of reform, thusfulfilling socio-economic and cultural targets, she said
Thinh lauded the enthusiastic response of the CSVC to movements and campaignslaunched by the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front, and urged thecommittee to continue encouraging Catholics to participate in patrioticmovements.
For his part, Priest Manh said over the past 35 years, the committee has playedthe core role in patriotic movements of Vietnamese Catholic followers, and joinefforts in realising the reform policy of the Party and State.
It has organised training courses and popularised guidelines of the Party, andpolicies and laws of the State, as well as relevant documents among Catholic dignitariesand followers, he added.-VNA