The Baha’i Community of Vietnam held its fourth National Congress in
Phan Thiet city, the southern province of Binh Thuan , on April 23
and 24.
More than 300 Baha’i dignitaries and followers
nationwide attended the congress, which also saw the participation of
representatives of the Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs and
the Baha’i advisory board for Asia and the Board of Trustees of
Huququ’llah for Southeast Asia .
The congress elected a nine-member religious council of the Baha’is of Vietnam for the 2011-2012 term.
It
also set forth key tasks with the emphasis on mobilising Baha’is to
live up to the motto of “living well in one’s life and one’s faith” and
strengthening the nation’s great unity and solidarity with other
religions.
Introduced into Vietnam in 1954, the
Baha’i community now has more than 7,000 followers in 43 cities and
provinces, mostly in central and southern regions.
The Baha’i
Community of Vietnam has been recognised as a religious organisation by
the Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs in July 2008./.