Friendly football games between religious committee in Lam Dong and local Catholic parish

12/31/2019

The committee for religious affairs of Lam Dong province and Lac Lam Parish in the province’s Don Duong district held a football match on December 28 ahhead of the New Year 2020.  

The event taking place in the stadium of Lac Lam commune in Don Duong saw the presence of Chairman of Lam Dong provincial religious committee Ngô Văn Đức, Priest Head of Lac Lam parish Joseph Bùi Văn Viễn, two teams made up of young members of the religious committee and the Catholic parish, and a large number of audiences.

Though it was a friendly match where the parish team won by 3:2, both teams have shown great skills and fine performances during the competition.

According to Chairman Ngô Văn Đức, the friendly football match aimed to promote exchanges between local Catholics and state cadres working in the state administration on religion in the province.

Speaking at the event, Priest Joseph Bùi Văn Viễn expressed hope for organizing the football competition with the provincial religious committee in a larger scale next years.

PTT