HÀ NỘI — His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Marek Zalewski as the permanent Vatican representative in Việt Nam. Archbishop Marek Zalewski was born on February 2, 1963 in Augustów, in the Łomża diocese, Poland. In 2018, the Archbishop was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore concurrently holding the position of the Holy See's non-resident Special Envoy to Việt Nam. On the same day, Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Năng, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Việt Nam, sent a letter to the Catholic community announcing the good news about Archbishop Marek Zalewski. Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng visited the Vatican July this year and the two sides agreed on the working regulations of the Holy See’s Resident Representative and office of the Holy See’s Resident Representative in Việt Nam.