President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan extended his best wishes to Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers at home and abroad.
About 200 Protestant dignitaries in the southern province of Binh Phuoc are receiving instructions on religious activities in line with legal regulations at a meeting in Dong Xoai township.
Many issues of national importance were dealt with during the second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), NA Deputy Secretary-General Le Bo Linh said on November 23.
National Assembly (NA) deputies scrutinised the draft laws on property auction and belief and religion on October 24 as the 14th NA’s second session is taking place in Hanoi.
The Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front always closely work with religions in general and Catholics in particular in building the country prosperously and promoting the national great unity.
The draft Law on Belief and Religion has protected the religious freedom of people from all social strata, as well as the practice of religious organisations.
Freedom of religion and the building of a law on belief and religion in Vietnam were discussed during a meeting between VFF Vice President Le Ba Trinh and his US guest in Hanoi on May 10.
The Government Committee for Religious Affairs held a discussion in Hanoi on August 28 with visiting Professor Mary Ann Glendon, Commissioner of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.
President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan met with nearly 100 religious dignitaries in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16 to solicit their opinions on the draft Law on Belief and Religion.
The 40th session of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee opened on August 10 in Hanoi, during which legislators are scheduled to debate 17 bills and one draft ordinance.
The draft Law on Belief and Religion should institutionalise the Party’s
viewpoints and the 2013 Constitution in order to ensure the right to
belief and religious freedom of all people, as heard at an expert
consultation held in Hanoi on July 23.
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