The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha visited and extended New Year greetings to the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee, and Provincial Police.
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of January 18, Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu - Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), Head of the Executive Committee of the VBS in Nghe An province visited and extended New Year greetings to the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee.
Also attending was Most Venerable Thich Tho Lac - Head of the Central Cultural Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Permanent Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Nghe An province.
Welcoming the delegation from Nghe An province were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
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| Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu presents New Year gifts to Nghe An Provincial Party Committee. Photo: Dao Tuan |
At the Provincial Party Committee, on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and Nghe An province, Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu thanked the Provincial Party Secretary for his warm welcome to the delegation. Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu also congratulated the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province for overcoming many difficulties and challenges to achieve comprehensive development results in 2018.
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| The meeting took place in a sincere and open atmosphere. Photo: Dao Tuan |
On the occasion of welcoming the New Year - Spring of the Pig 2019, on behalf of the Central Buddhist Sangha Executive Committee and monks, nuns and Buddhists of the province, Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu sent wishes of health, peace and happiness to Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh and comrades in the Standing Committee, Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, hoping that Nghe An will promote the achieved results and reap many achievements in 2019.
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| Sharing with the delegation, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh said that the Party and State always pay attention to religious work in general and Buddhism in particular. Photo: Dao Tuan |
Expressing gratitude for the affection that Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu and the monks, nuns and Buddhists of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Nghe An province have given to the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh affirmed that in the process of promoting socio-economic development, Nghe An province also pays attention to taking care of the material and spiritual life of the people. And religion, including Buddhism, is also a religious and cultural need of the people that is being cared for, creating all conditions for development. The head of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee emphasized that Nghe An has achieved results and achievements in the past time thanks to the active contributions of monks, nuns, Buddhists and the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Nghe An province.
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| Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee - Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son (left) attended the reception. Photo: Dao Tuan |
Entering 2019, on the basis of legal regulations, the province will create all conditions for Buddhism to operate, contributing to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of the Vietnamese people. The Provincial Party Secretary hopes that the VBS and the Executive Committee of the VBS in Nghe An province will continue to promote the tradition of solidarity and collaboration, and accompany the Party Committee, government and people in the cause of building and developing the province.
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| Delegates accompanying the delegation. Photo: Dao Tuan |
On this occasion, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh sent New Year wishes of health and peace to the leaders of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and all monks, nuns and Buddhists in the province.
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| Scene of the reception of the delegation at the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: Dao Tuan |
Welcoming Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu at the Provincial People's Committee, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee happily informed the delegation about some outstanding results in socio-economic development that Nghe An achieved in 2018.
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| Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy informed the delegation about some outstanding results in socio-economic development in 2018. Photo: Dao Tuan |
Accordingly, 27/27 socio-economic development targets were achieved and exceeded; the growth rate reached 8.77%; the total budget revenue of the whole province was estimated at more than 13,800 billion VND. The political security situation and social order and safety were maintained. Last year, Nghe An also welcomed many large domestic and foreign economic groups and enterprises to learn about and participate in investment and business activities.
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| Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu sends New Year greetings to Nghe An province. Photo: Dao Tuan |
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| Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu presents New Year gifts to the People's Committee of Nghe An province. Photo: Dao Tuan |
On the occasion of the New Year of the Pig 2019, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee sent the best wishes to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Nghe An province, monks, nuns and Buddhists in the province as well as in the whole country.
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Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Nghe An province, presented New Year gifts to all leaders and soldiers of the Nghe An Provincial Police. Photo: Xuan Bac |
Also on the afternoon of January 18, Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu and his delegation visited and wished a Happy New Year to the leaders and officers of Nghe An Provincial Police. The delegation was warmly welcomed by Colonel Nguyen Dinh Dung - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police and representatives of the leaders of a number of functional departments and organizations of the Provincial Police.
At the meeting, Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu sent his best wishes to all leaders and officers of Nghe An Provincial Police on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.
Colonel Nguyen Dinh Dung - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police Department expressed his deep gratitude for the attention and affection of the Buddhist Sangha for the Nghe An Provincial Police force.
