Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee Thai Bao pays visits and extends Christmas 2025 greetings

On the afternoon of December 22, a working delegation from the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai Province, led by Thai Bao, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial Party Committee’s Organization Commission, paid visits and extended Christmas greetings to the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Thanh Tam, in Long Binh ward and the Sister Servants of the Blessed Sacrament in Tam Hiep ward.

Thai Bao, Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial Party Committee’s Organization Commission, together with provincial leaders, extends Christmas greetings to the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Thanh Tam. Photo: Phuong Hang

Members of the working delegation included: Tran Trung Nhan, Member of the provincial Party Standing Committee and Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee’s Inspection Commission; Colonel Nguyen Anh Hung, Deputy Director of the Provincial Public Security; and representatives of the Provincial Party Committee Office, the Provincial Party Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization, the provincial Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, the Provincial Youth Union, and the Provincial Military Command.

Thai Bao, Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial Party Committee’s Organization Commission, together with leaders of provincial agencies and units, extends Christmas greetings to the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Thanh Tam. Photo: Phuong Hang

At the visiting places, on behalf of the provincial leadership, Thai Bao conveyed warm Christmas greetings to the nuns and the Catholic community, wishing them a peaceful and happy Christmas season in 2025 and a safe and joyful New Year 2026.

On this occasion, Thai Bao also shared information on Dong Nai’s notable achievements across various fields in 2025. Accordingly, the province’s economy recorded strong growth, and people’s living standards continued to improve. Since July 1, 2025, following the reorganization of the administrative apparatus and the operation of the two-tier local government model, the system has functioned smoothly, effectively meeting the goal of being closer to the people and providing better care for their livelihoods. The achievements Dong Nai attained in 2025, he noted, included important contributions from religious organizations.

Comrade Thai Bao, Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial Party Committee’s Organization Commission, together with provincial leaders, extends Christmas greetings to the Sister Servants of the Blessed Sacrament. Photo: Phuong Hang

The provincial leader expressed his sincere appreciation for the contributions of religions and religious orders in spreading compassion and charity within the community, joining hands in charitable activities and caring for people in difficult circumstances. In particular, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Thanh Tam, and the Sister Servants of the Blessed Sacrament have been active in providing education for preschool children, children with disabilities, and offering free classes for children facing especially difficult conditions.

Comrade Thai Bao stated that in 2026, Dong Nai will continue to set out major targets and tasks, striving toward the goal that by 2030 the province will basically meet the criteria of a centrally governed city, maintain double-digit economic growth, and further improve people’s living standards. The provincial leader hoped that the religious organizations will continue to promote and spread noble values, the spirit of great national unity, and compassion within the community, joining authorities at all levels, sectors, and localities in patriotic emulation movements, and together with the province and the whole country enter a new era—the era of national aspiration and advancement of the Vietnamese nation.

Thai Bao, Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial Party Committee’s Organization Commission, together with provincial leaders, extends Christmas greetings to the Sister Servants of the Blessed Sacrament. Photo: Phuong Hang

The nuns of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Thanh Tam, and the Sister Servants of the Blessed Sacrament expressed their sincere thanks for the attention and support of the Provincial Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai Province, as well as authorities at all levels, for consistently creating favorable conditions for religious activities in accordance with the law. They also expressed their delight at the province’s socio-economic achievements and the implementation of the two-tier local government model in Dong Nai and nationwide in 2025.

By Phuong Hang – Translated by Trieu Ngan, Thu Ha