(VOVworld) - Ha Thi Khiet, Party Secretary, extended season’s greetings to dignitaries of the Hue Archdiocese and Catholic followers in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Wednesday.

Party Secretary Ha Thi Khiet (R) holds the hand of the 73-year-old Vietnamese heroic mother and Catholic Nguyen Thi Huong. (Photo: tinhuytthue.vn)

Meeting with Catholic dignitaries in Hue city, Khiet, who is also head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission, wished local priests, clergymen, and followers a peaceful and merry Christmas. She hailed contributions by local Catholic priests and followers to the building of new-style rural areas and the prevention of crime in their dioceses. The official reiterated the Party and State’s consistent policy of respecting people’s faith and religious freedom and facilitating religious followers’ participation in social activities. She expressed her confidence that they will uphold patriotism and contribute to the national great solidarity.