On August 2, 1955, upon request by the Interior Department under the Government Office and approval by the Government Council, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued the Decree No 566-TTg on the establishment of the Committee for Religious Affairs under the Government Office – the initial body of Vietnam’s current Government Committee for Religious Affairs.

As described in Article 3 of Prime Minister’s Decision No. 134/2009/QD-TTg dated November 3^rd, 2009, the Organizational Structure of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs includes:

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs – Ministry of Home Affairs

The website of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs is www.religion.vn and it was granted the operating license No. 148/GP-TTDT by the Ministry of Information and Communications dated on October 20^th, 2009. Its functions include: to communicate and disseminate the guidelines and policies of the Party and laws of the State on religion; to introduce the religious organizations in Vietnam to people in the country and overseas.