Equipping knowledge for nearly 200 religious officials in Ha Tinh

The conference to disseminate policies and laws on beliefs and religions has provided necessary knowledge, contributing to removing difficulties and obstacles in the process of performing duties of officials working in religious affairs in Ha Tinh .

On the morning of October 19, the Department of Home Affairs opened a conference to propagate and disseminate policies and laws on beliefs and religions to officials and civil servants working in the field of beliefs and religions in Ha Tinh.

Representatives of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs; leaders of departments, branches and nearly 200 officials in charge of religious affairs in localities and units in the province attended the conference.

Delegates attending the program.

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs Bui Quang Duong informed that Ha Tinh currently has two religions recognized by the State, Catholicism and Buddhism, with more than 192,000 followers (accounting for 14.2% of the province's population). The whole province has 370 places of worship and 168 dignitaries. In addition, there are a number of Protestant followers at home and other religions that have not been recognized.

Most of Ha Tinh people are influenced by Buddhism and follow folk beliefs. Religious activities in the province are increasingly diverse but stable, orderly, purely religious; taking place within the framework of the law.

Equipping knowledge for nearly 200 religious officials in Ha Tinh

Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs Bui Quang Duong delivered the opening speech at the conference.

With the timely and specific leadership and direction of Party committees and authorities at all levels and the close coordination of relevant agencies, the Party and State's religious policies and guidelines have been properly implemented; religious followers, dignitaries and monks and nuns are assured and excited to practice their religion and take care of economic development; the great national unity bloc has been consolidated; political security and social order in religious areas have been maintained.

However, religious activities still have a number of issues that need further attention, such as: registration of religious activities of dignitaries in religious organizations; activities of some "strange religions"; hostile forces always find ways to entice, entice and take advantage of religious, ethnic, democratic and human rights issues to sabotage the State, especially related to land and construction of religious works; the team doing religious work has not really kept up with the situation and trends, and is still confused in advising on handling problems arising at the grassroots level...

During the one-day period, delegates will be informed by officials from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs about the situation of beliefs and religions in Vietnam; the State's viewpoints and policies on beliefs and religions; and some current legal regulations on beliefs and religions.

Equipping knowledge for nearly 200 religious officials in Ha Tinh

Ms. Nguyen Thi Dinh - Head of the Legal Department - Inspector of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs directly communicated issues related to religious and belief work at the conference.

Along with that, the conference focused on analyzing and clarifying the difficulties and inadequacies in implementing current policies and laws on beliefs and religions; solutions for implementation and expected contents of the draft decree replacing Decree No. 162/2017/ND-CP dated December 30, 2017 detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Belief and Religion.

The conference is an opportunity for officials and civil servants working in the field of belief and religion in the area to grasp information and the situation of belief and religion; share and exchange experiences to remove difficulties and obstacles, and better perform assigned duties and tasks.

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