According to Article 22 of the Ordinance on Belief and Religion:

A person who is ordained, conferred, appointed, elected or designated shall have to meet the following conditions in order to be recognized by the State:

+ Being a Vietnamese citizen and qualified in terms of behavior and morality;

+ Having a sense of national unity and reconciliation; and

+ Strictly observing the law

A religious organization shall have the responsibility to register with the competent State authority persons who have been ordained, conferred, appointed, elected or designated;

-         Registration procedures

A religious organization’s registration form shall clearly state the full name, religious title, position, scope of responsibility, and a summary of religious activities of the registered person

According to Article 19 of Decree No. 92/2012/ND-CP detailing and providing measures for the implementation of the Ordinance on Belief and Religion:

-         Registration  competence

Religious organizations wishing to ordain, confer, appoint, elect or designate members of the Sangha Patronage Council and Dharma Executive Council of the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam, Most Venerables, Venerables, Chief Nuns and Nuns in Buddhism; members of the Executive Committee and chairpersons of committees of the Episcopal Council of Vietnam, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, coadjutor Bishops, auxiliary Bishops, apostolic Administrators, heads of Catholic orders in Catholicism; members of the Central Councils of Administrators of Protestant Churches; members of Executive Councils, Holy Councils, Standing Committees of Holy Councils, Bishops and equivalent or higher dignitaries of the Cao Dai Churches; members of the Central Executive Council of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church; equivalent positions and titles of other religious organizations; and heads of schools for religious workers, shall send written registration forms to the central State governance agency for religious affairs.

+ For cases not specified in above cases, religious organizations wishing to ordain, confer, appoint, elect or designate religious dignitaries shall send written registration forms to the province-level people's committee where those persons reside and conduct religious activities

- Deadline for reply:

+ For cases under the competence of the central State governance for religious affairs, twenty working days after submission of a valid written registration if the central State governance agency for religious affairs gives no other opinion, an ordained, conferred, appointed, elected or designated person shall be entitled to conduct religious activities in his/her registered title;

b/ For cases under the competence of the province-level people’s committee, ten working days after submission of a valid written registration, if the province-level people’s committee gives no other opinion, an ordained, conferred, appointed, elected or designated person shall be entitled to conduct religious activities in his/her registered title.