Government authorities in central Vietnam offered no gesture of goodwill in dealing with a long-standing land dispute with Benedictines at a meeting between both sides, the monks have said. Twelve Benedictines led by Father Anthony Nguyen Van Duc, superior of Thien An Monastery, met 15 officials of Thua Thien Hue Province at the headquarters of the People’s Committee of the province on July 12.
Also present at the meeting were Fathers Anthony Duong Quynh and George Nguyen Thanh Phuong representing the Hue Archbishop’s House.
“The meeting lasted three and half hours but had no successful result because government officials showed no positive sign of openly having dialogue with us to resolve the dispute,” Father Peter Khoa Cao Duc Loi, who attended the meeting, told ucanews.com.
