Quang Phuc ward in Ba Don district, Quang Binh province has 1,893 households with 8,644 people, of which 1,675 households with 7,591 people follow Catholicism. Four out of five Catholic residential areas are Catholic communities with 2 parishes (Dan Sa and Tan My) and 6 Catholic communes.
In a response to the National Target Program on New Rural Area Construction, over the past years, Catholics in Quang Phuc ward actively took part in movements and campaigns launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front and local authorities, contributing to the construction and development of the locality.
Catholics actively participated in emulation movements with many households making a high income of 50 to 70 millions VND per year. Many Catholic families bought fishing boats and offshore fishing facilities. The whole ward set up 35 solidarity groups, six cooperative groups with 217 fishing boats…. The ward has one electric cooperative, two boat repair facilities, 12 ice manufacturing facilities,…
Local Catholics well observed policies and laws of the Party and State including the Ordinance on Belief and Religion, Decree 92 issued for the implementation of the Ordinance and regulations of the locality.
The local authorities, Vietnam Fatherland Front and organizations regularly coordinate with priests, the pastoral council of 02 parishes to encourage Catholics to implement state and local programs for community building. Thereby, every year, over 85% families in Quang Phuc ward reached the “cultural family” title, with 2 out of 5 residential areas awarded the "Cultural Village"
Catholics in Quang Phuc has also positively responded to the gratitude movement, made voluntary contribution and donation of land and working labors for construction works in the process of building a new countryside model.
Trung Chính
