Hanoi creating favorable conditions for Evangelical Church of Vietnam

Party Secretary Vuong Dinh Hue (right) and Pastor Nguyen Huu Mac of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North). Photo: Kinhtedothi.vn

During his meeting with Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue on December 3, he led a Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) delegation, Hanoi Times reported.

The Hanoi Party chief wished the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) a merry Christmas and a beautiful New Year filled with health, happiness and success.

He also informed the delegation about significant socio-economic achievements Hanoi recorded in 2020.

Hue attributed these achievements to contributions of people from all walks of life, including Christians, and stressed that the city will continue with efforts in improving people’s living standards.

Noting that there will be numerous important political, economic, cultural, and diplomatic events in the city by late-2020, the Party chief expressed his hope that the Evangelical Church of Vietnam would continue promoting their spirit and responsibility for building the capital city into a friendly, safe and attractive place.

Party Secretary Vuong Dinh Hue (right) and Pastor Nguyen Huu Mac of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North). Photo: Kinhtedothi.vn

For his part, Pastor Nguyen Huu Mac expressed his gratitude to the Hanoi Party Committee, the municipal People's Council and People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi for their support, creating favorable conditions for the Evangelical Church of Vietnam in recent years.

He wished Hanoi to achieve more achievements under the leadership of the municipal Party committee in the new term.

The Evangelical Church of Vietnam is the biggest Protestant organisation in the north of the country, with more than 170,000 followers, 21 branches, and 13 churches across 29 northern provinces and centrally run cities. It also has 600 sites licensed to host religious practices.

Notably, the church was licensed to set up the Hanoi Bible College, which has helped affirm its stature over the last years.

In recent years, Protestants in many provinces like Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Cao Bang, and Nam Dinh have actively engaged in environmental protection and climate change response. They have also developed a number of environmentally-friendly tourism models attractive to domestic and foreign visitors.

In the context of complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic in the world in general and in Vietnam in particular, many Protestant churches in Vietnam have issued dispatches on preventive measures against the COVID-19 to all of their sub-ordinate chapters and followers

The evangelical churches included the Vietnam Evangelical Churches of Vietnam (North) and (South), Vietnam Mennonite Church, United World Mission Church and Vietnam Later-Day Saints of Jesus Christ Church, etc are amongst Protestant churches that responded to the epidemic.

Accordingly, these churches have asked all of their chapters and congregations to raise the awareness of members on preventing measures against the spread of the epidemic.

The churches have asked the chapters and congregation to scale down religious services. During religious services and other gathering need to fully comply with personal hygiene requirements including facemasks and disinfection as well as avoid close contacts with people who have symptoms of COVID-19.

Tu Anh