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.
Deputy Minister Vũ Chiến Thắng speaks at the event
Participants at the conference
The event was co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng, Chairman of the GCRA Vũ Hoài Bắc and Vice Chairwoman of Quang Ninh provincial Peoples’ Committee Hoàng Thị Hạnh, and participated by Vice-persons of the GCRA Trần Thị Minh Nga, Nguyễn Ánh Chức and Nguyễn Tiến Trọng, 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.
GCRA Chairman Vũ Hoài Bắc speaks at the event
At the conference, GCRA Vice Chairman Nguyễn Ánh Chức 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.
GCRA Vice Chairman Nguyễn Ánh Chức delivers report on results of state management on religion in the first six months
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 relation, etc.
Deputy Director of the Department of the Americas under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hồ Hương Giang speaks at the event
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng 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.
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