Guiding and assisting religious organisations to ensure stability and safety and their compliance with the law and church charters is one of the central tasks of State management agencies for this year.
This is the content of a video conference hosted yesterday by the Government Committee for Religious Affairs to review the State management of religions.
Participants emphasised the corrupt use of religious and ethnic issues by hostile forces to sabotage the Vietnamese State.
The committee made recommendations on the development of legal regulations and policies for religious activities and proposed amendments to the Ordinance on Religions and Beliefs.
The committee has improved its personnel work as well as the quality of officials responsible for the State management of religions.
It will join relevant ministries, agencies and steering committees from the northwest, Central Highlands and southwest regions to advise on the management of belief and religious issues.
A committee leader briefed the conference on the content of the newly issued Decree No.92/2012/ND-CP, stipulating measures to enforce the Ordinance on Religions and Beliefs, supplementing Decree No.22/2005/ND-CP.
The decree addresses issues in belief and religious life and the procedures that religious organisations and individuals must implement.
It also includes regulations for foreigners studying at Vietnamese religious schools and their religious activities in the country.
According to the committee, many religious activities in Viet Nam last year have positively influenced domestic and international opinion.
Conference discusses State management of religions
Guiding and assisting religious organisations to ensure stability and safety and their compliance with the law and church charters is one of the central tasks of State management agencies for this year.
Source: VNS
