Vice Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Nguyễn Tiến Trọng on April 1 visited the office of My Tho Diocese located in the southern province of Tien Giang.
Joining the visit included Director of the GCRA’s Department for Southern Religious Affairs Trà Quang Thanh and representatives of the provincial religious committee of Tien Giang.
Welcoming the guests were Bishop of My Tho Peter Nguyễn Văn Khảm, who is the General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam, and priests of the diocese office.
During the visiting reception, Vice Chairman Nguyễn Tiến Trọng praised religious affairs and efforts for Covid-19 prevention and control by My Tho diocese over the past year, and conveyed Easter greetings from Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng to the bishop and all other dignitaries and parishioners of the diocese.
Bishop Peter Nguyễn Văn Khảm, while appreciating the Easter visit and greetings of the government religious committee official, stated that he and the priests of My Tho will continue encouraging local Catholic people to make practical contributions for socio-economic development in the locality, as well as proactively participate in the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th Legislature of the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels.
