Vinh Diocese Bishop's Palace visits and wishes Nghe An province a Happy New Year

The delegation was led by Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long - Bishop of Vinh Diocese. The delegation included Bishop Peter Nguyen Van Vien - Auxiliary Bishop of Vinh Diocese; along with priests, dignitaries, nuns, and heads of centers in Vinh Diocese.

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; along with comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and leaders of departments, branches and sectors.

Visiting and congratulating the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front on the occasion of preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year 2025, Bishop Alphong Nguyen Huu Long expressed his joy at the results that Nghe An province has achieved in socio-economic development, national defense and security in 2024, under the intellectual and enthusiastic leadership of the provincial leaders and provincial authorities at all levels.

Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long respectfully expressed his thanks to the provincial Party Committees and authorities for their recent attention, facilitation, and timely guidance in resolving religious issues, meeting the needs of the Vinh Diocese and its affiliated organizations, and bringing about very good results.

Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long hopes that in the coming time, he will continue to receive attention from Party committees and authorities at all levels so that the lives of the people in general and Catholics in particular will become better and better.

Expressing his approval and confidence in the policies and guidelines that the province has planned for 2025, Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long affirmed that he will always remind and encourage people and religious to strictly follow the policies and guidelines of the Party Committee and government to thereby bring about a good life.

Looking forward to the new year of At Ty 2025, Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long said that Catholics have just begun the holy year with the meaning of receiving many hopes.

The Bishop of Vinh Diocese wishes the provincial leaders a new year filled with good health, peace, and wisdom to lead the people to a bright future; and wishes that all plans and directions set forth by the country and province will bring good results to the people's lives.

Expressing his joy at welcoming the delegation from the Vinh Diocese to visit and celebrate the traditional New Year of the nation, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung sent sincere thanks and best wishes for the New Year to Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long, priests, religious, and Catholics in the province.

The Provincial Party Secretary also affirmed that the provincial Party Committee and government respectfully thanked the Bishop's Office, Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long and the priests for leading and guiding Catholics in the spirit of "Respect God and Love Country" over the years, following the motto "Live a good life, be a good believer", "A good Catholic is a good citizen", thereby making important contributions to the development of the province.

Sharing some of the province's outstanding achievements, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung said that in addition to economic development, the province has recently devoted many resources to caring for social security. Up to this point, the province has implemented the Party and State's policy of caring for all people so that they can have a happy and fulfilling Tet holiday.

It has become an annual tradition that in 2024, the province organized the Tet for the Poor Program with the theme "Lam's affection" and so far the program has mobilized over 147 billion VND from contributions from agencies, units, business communities, philanthropists, and people to take care of Tet and livelihoods for people in the area, including Catholics. The province has also organized many delegations to visit, encourage, and give Tet gifts to people in many areas.

In addition, implementing the Program to mobilize and support the construction and repair of houses for poor and disadvantaged households, after 2 years of implementation, the province has built and repaired more than 12,000 houses, including houses for Catholics. The province strives to complete the program before August 31, 2025.

Appreciating the results achieved by Vinh Diocese in 2024, the Provincial Party Secretary affirmed that, with affection and responsibility, over the past time, Party committees and authorities at all levels have always paid attention to and promptly resolved issues related to religion, especially legitimate and legal needs.

This result was achieved on the basis of the cooperative, sharing and companionship relationship of Party committees and authorities at all levels with Vinh Diocese and Catholics in the province.

Emphasizing that in 2025, the province is determined to accelerate and make breakthroughs to develop more strongly, contributing positively to the overall development of the country. In addition to the existing favorable conditions, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Duc Trung hopes that the Vinh Diocese Bishopric will continue to lead Catholics to build their homeland Nghe An better and better.

At the same time, building solidarity relationships, promoting traditional cultural values ​​of Vietnamese people in general, Nghe An culture in particular, to maintain a truly peaceful and stable environment for development. This development will bring a good life to all people in the province, including Catholics.

In the coming time, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Duc Trung affirmed that the province will always accompany and create favorable conditions for the Vinh Diocese Bishop's Office and Catholics to operate smoothly with a viewpoint in accordance with the provisions of the law; at the same time, he hopes that the Vinh Diocese Bishop's Office will guide Catholics to celebrate Tet safely, healthily and joyfully.

On the occasion of the New Year and preparation for the traditional Tet At Ty 2025, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung sent to Bishop Alphonsus Nguyen Huu Long and other bishops, priests, dignitaries, monks, and all Catholics in the province a new year full of happiness, joy and God's grace.