On 8 September 2006, Father Lý participated in the establishment of the Vietnam Progression Party (in Vietnamese Đảng Thăng Tiến Việt Nam).
Am 8. September 2006 nahm Nguyễn Văn Lý an der Gründung der „Vietnam Fortschritts Partei“ (vietnamesisch: Đảng Thăng Tiến Việt Nam) teil.