Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Huynh Thi Hang receives the delegation from the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council

On October 9, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Dong Nai province, Huynh Thi Hang, hosted a reception for the delegation from the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council, who came to visit and extend congratulations to the Dong Nai provincial leadership.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the VFF Committee of Dong Nai province, Huynh Thi Hang, speaks at the meeting with the delegation from the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council. Photo: Van Truyen

Also attending the reception were Provincial Party Committee member and Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Le Thi Thai; Vice Chairman of the VFF Committee of Dong Nai province Nguyen Tan Phu; Deputy Director of the Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs Nguyen Van Khang; and leaders of the Provincial Party Committee Office.

The visiting delegation was led by Principal Archbishop Nguyen Phuoc Niem, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council, and Professor Tran Ngoc Ba, Head of the Representative Board of the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council in Dong Nai province.

On behalf of the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council, Principal Archbishop Nguyen Phuoc Niem extended congratulations to the Dong Nai provincial leadership on the successful organization of the 1st Congress of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee for the 2025-2030 term.

Principal Archbishop Nguyen Phuoc Niem, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council, speaks at the welcome ceremony. Photo: Van Truyen

Also according to Principal Archbishop Nguyen Phuoc Niem, the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council is a religious organization of Caodaism. It is the second-largest Sacerdotal Council organization of Caodaism (after the Tay Ninh Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council), overseeing more than 70,000 followers, with 301 temples and monasteries across 26 provinces and cities nationwide.

In Dong Nai, the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council has one representative committee and six parishes, with over 1,000 followers. In recent times, following the principle of harmonizing religion with life, the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council, its dignitaries, officials, and followers have actively participated and made practical contributions to the development of the homeland.

At the reception, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Huynh Thi Hang expressed her gratitude and acknowledged the contributions of religious dignitaries and followers in general, including the active contributions of the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the VFF Committee of Dong Nai province, Huynh Thi Hang, along with representatives of various departments and branches, present commemorative gifts to the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council. Photo: Van Truyen

Comrade Huynh Thi Hang also informed the delegation about the outcomes of the 1st Congress of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee for the 2025-2030 term and the province’s development orientation for the upcoming period. She also expressed the hope that the Religious Reform Committee of Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council, its dignitaries, officials, and followers would continue to actively participate in and contribute to the province’s development.

By Van Truyen - Translated by Huyen Trang, Thu Ha