The Executive Committee of the Provincial Buddhist Sangha visited and wished Nghe An province a Happy New Year
On the afternoon of January 10, the delegation of the Buddhist Sangha Executive Committee led by Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu - Standing Member of the Council of Patriarchs, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Executive Council, Head of the Provincial Buddhist Sangha Executive Committee visited and extended New Year greetings to Nghe An province.
Also joining the group are Most Venerable Thich Tho Lac - Member of the Standing Committee of the Executive Council, Head of the Cultural Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Buddhist Sangha; and members of the delegation.
Receiving the delegation, the leaders of Nghe An province were: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; and leaders of the Department of Home Affairs, Office of the Provincial People's Committee.
Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu - Standing Member of the Council of Patriarchs, Standing Vice President of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Head of the Executive Board of the Provincial Buddhist Sangha said that the Buddhist work in 2024 of the Nghe An Provincial Buddhist Sangha has excellently completed the proposed program.
In social security work, the Sangha and the Buddhist Executive Committee of Nghe An province, pagodas, monks and nuns, and Buddhists have visited, supported, and helped people overcome difficulties caused by natural disasters. In 2024, the Sangha, together with Buddhists and people, donated nearly 30 billion VND to social security work.
In addition, the Church also organizes for students to practice at pagodas during the summer, ensuring a healthy living environment. During the Lunar New Year, monks and Buddhists are preparing gifts to visit and support those in difficult circumstances so that everyone can have a warm and complete Tet.
Entering 2025, preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year of At Ty, Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu - Standing Member of the Council of Patriarchs, Standing Vice President of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Head of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Buddhist Sangha sent to the provincial leaders wishes for a new year of good health, happiness, peace, prosperity, and continued leadership and direction in implementing the task of socio-economic development, building Nghe An province to develop more and more.
With sincere thanks for the best wishes and special affection of Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung congratulated the results of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in general and the Provincial Buddhist Sangha in particular achieved in 2024.
The Provincial Party Secretary expressed his joy at the extremely positive activities of the Provincial Buddhist Sangha, which are very important, especially the activities of high cultural value, guiding Buddhists to good things, contributing to creating stability in the province.
The Provincial Buddhist Sangha actively and responsibly participates in social security activities. Particularly in the Tet Program for the Poor in the Spring of At Ty 2025 with the theme "The Lam River's Affection", the Provincial Buddhist Sangha contributed over 1.2 billion VND, thereby helping many people in difficulty have a full Tet in the spirit of "Everyone has Tet, no one is left behind".
Informing about the positive and outstanding results in socio-economic development and the key tasks of the province in 2024, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung affirmed that achieving those results had the positive contribution of the provincial Buddhist Sangha.
Emphasizing that 2025 is the final year of the term with many important events for the country and the province, in addition to the very high growth target and other important tasks, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung hopes that the Provincial Buddhist Sangha will share, contribute, and actively participate in the activities and tasks of the province in the spirit of "Protecting the nation, bringing peace to the people", following the motto and orientation of "Dharma - Nation - Socialism".
Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung hopes that the Provincial Buddhist Sangha Executive Committee will pay attention to orienting the activities of the Sangha and Buddhists to create stability in the area, so that the province can realize its development goals. The province will create the most favorable conditions for the Provincial Buddhist Sangha to operate in accordance with the provisions of law.
On the occasion of preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year of At Ty, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung sent his best wishes to Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, Most Venerable Thich Tho Lac and all Venerable monks and nuns for a new year of good health, happiness and peace.
