(HBO) – Deputy Director of the Hoa Binh provincial Department of Home Affairs Nguyen Dinh Tu visited the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hung Hoa on February 11 to extend congratulations to its newly-appointed residential bishop, Father Dominic Hoang Minh Tien.
Deputy Director of the Hoa Binh provincial Department of Home Affairs Nguyen Dinh Tu and his entourage present flowers to Father Dominic Hoang Minh Tien who has been newly appointed as the residential bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hung Hoa.
Stretching across more than 10 city and provinces in the north of Vietnam, the Diocese of Hung Hoa has over 200,000 Catholic followers, 129 priests and 116 parishes. Its followers come from different ethnic groups, namely Kinh, Muong, Tay, Thai, Dao, Ha Nhi, and San Chi, among others, many of who live in Hoa Binh City and the districts of Cao Phong, Da Bac, Lac Son and Tan Lac in Hoa Binh.
Speaking at the meeting, Tu congratulated the priest on his new mission and shared his views on the province’s socio-economic development and outstanding achievements in recent years, contributed by local Catholic dignitaries and believers. He voiced his hope that Father Dominic Hoang Minh Tien will continue accompanying local authorities to boost socio-economic growth and strictly observe Party’s policies and State’s law.
The Father, for his part, thanked Tu and other leaders of provincial departments and agencies for their gesture. He pledged to call on the believers to fully comply with all the policies, strengthen the national unity and together overcome difficulties to develop Hoa Binh./.
After three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing performing Directive 05-CT/TW on enhancing the learning and studying of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, moral example and lifestyle, Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has discovered many effective models and practices, creating a spillover effect in the local community, helping to develop a clean and strong Party Organisation meeting the requirements in the new situation.
The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.
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