During the visit, the delegation met with Most Venerable Deputy Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), Chairman of the VBS’s Chapter in HCMC cum Editor of the Giac Ngo Newspaper (Enlightenment Newspaper) Thích Trí Quảng, and Priest Vice Chairman of the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC), Head of the CSVC in the city cum Editor of the Catholicism and Nation Newspaper Peter Phan Khắc Từ.

Speaking at the visiting receptions, while extending congratulatory greetings to editors and journalists of the religious media on occasion of the Vietnam Press Day, Vice Chairman Trần Tấn Hùng praised contributions of the newspapers to the information and communication on belief and religion in general, and dissemination of fine traditional values of Buddhism and Catholicism in particular.

Presenting congratulatory flowers to Catholicism and Nation Newspaper

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