Ensuring belief and religious practices in accordance with state laws
WVR - The Government Committee for Religious Affairs held on July 18 in Quang Ninh province a conference reviewing the state governance on religion in the first six months of 2024.
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| An overview of the conference. (Photo: GCRA) |
The event was co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang, Chairman of the GCRA Vu Hoai Bac and Vice Chairwoman of Quang Ninh provincial Peoples’ Committee Hoang Thi Hanh, and participated by Vice-persons of the GCRA Tran Thi Minh Nga, Nguyen Anh Chuc and Nguyen Tien Trong, and about 200 delegates who are representatives of concerning central agencies, home affairs departments and offices for religious and belief affairs in 63 provinces and cities in the country.
At the conference, GCRA Vice Chairman Nguyen Anh Chuc presented a report on results of the state management on religion in the first six months of 2024 and key tasks set for the rest of the year.
The event also drew 11 presentations relating the belief and religious affairs, religious-related land, the state management on religious practices of foreigners in Vietnam, as well as US foreign policies related to human rights and religious freedom in Vietnam, the progress of Vietnam - Vatican relations, etc.
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang highly appreciated the solidarity and responsibility of cadres working in the state governance sector on belief and religion, and the effective coordination of concerning central agencies and localities in implementing assigned tasks of the state governance on belief and religion in the first six months of 2024 and ensuring belief and religious practices in accordance with the state laws.
He also asked the GCRA together with concerning central agencies and localities to continue effectively implementing the Party's guidelines, the State's policies and laws and government directions on religious affairs, the Vietnam-Vatican relation, and external information services relating religion in order to refute inobjective information about the religious life and freedom in Vietnam, etc.
Vietnam is a country with ethnical and religious diversity. There are now more than 27 million religious followers, accounting for 27% of the total population, over 54,000 religious dignitaries, 144,000 religious assistants, and nearly 30,000 places of worship.
The country is also home to a diverse system of beliefs with 50,703 belief-associated establishments, including about 3,000 relics, some of which were recognised as world heritage sites by UNESCO.
