Prime Minister receives Buddhist leader

The Party and State always support and respect religious and belief freedom as well as create all conditions for religions to operate in the country within the framework of the law.
The Party and State always support and respect religious and belief freedom as well as create all conditions for religions to operate in the country within the framework of the law.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the affirmation at a reception for Most Venerable Thich Chon Thien, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council, in Hanoi on December 25.

Dung congratulated the VBS on the success of the 7 th National Buddhist Congress for the 2012-2017 term, saying that it reflects the solidarity of the Sangha and the Vietnamese Buddhism.

He affirmed that the Government strongly supports the adoption of a charter representing the motto of “Religion-Nation-Socialism” by the congress.

The Government leader spoke highly of the Vietnamese Buddhism’s contributions to the struggle for national independence in the past as well as in the current socio-economic development.

He expressed his wish that the VBS will uphold the spirit of solidarity and make more practical contributions to the country.

For his part, Thien affirmed the Sangha will always go along with the nation for the religion, nation and socialism./.VNA

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