Quang Binh province currently has over 102,000 Catholic followers. Responding to the movement “All people protect national security”, the PWVA actively encouraged the association branches, members of the WVA and local people to proactively engage in protection of security and order, work closely with the public security and local authorities to prevent social evils and build the WVA’s effective models for maintaining social security and public order in the province.

Up to now, the PWVA has about 3,000 Catholic members, including more than 140 people who serve as leaders of the association’s branches and units. These leaders are an important force in the mobilizations of local veterans and people in protecting security and social order.

With the aim to enhance awareness and professional skills for members of the PWVA, the PWVA in collaboration with the Department of Justice has held a training course to disseminate state laws to over 100 delegates who are leaders of the grassroots level WVA in the Catholic concentrated areas.

This training course also organized a conference on building peaceful parishes with the participation of priests, members of pastoral councils and local cadres who had good experience in building the “peaceful parish” model.

The PWVA has consolidated and expanded successful models for building peaceful parishes with typical examples including the associations in communes of Phuc Trach in Bo Trach district and Dong Hoa, Mai Hoa in Tuyen Hoa district etc.

Trung Chính