National Assembly Committee holds meeting to appraise draft law on belief and religion

10/02/2015

The National Assembly Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children held the 9th general meeting in Da Nang city on Sept. 29 to discuss and appraise the draft law on belief and religion.

Attending the meeting were Chairman of the Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children of the National Assembly Đào Trọng Thi, Deputy Director of the Home Affairs Ministry cum Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Phạm Dũng, and members of the Drafting Board of the law project on belief and religion and its working group.

During the meeting, participating delegates discussed and voted on major issues relating the draft law such as the necessity of promulgating law on belief and religion, name and scope of the draft law, recognition of religious organizations, operation of religious organizations in the fields of education and training, health, social charity, and competence of the State agencies on the administration of belief and religion.

Minh Anh