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Vietnam legal regulations increasingly perfected to guarantee religious freedom
Vietnam legal regulations increasingly perfected to guarantee religious freedom
The Party and State of Vietnam have been making continuous
efforts to perfect policies and legal regulations on religion and belief.
Resolutions and directives recently issued by the Party have ordered the
continued enhancement of protecting the right to freedom of
religion and belief for all people, improvement of competent
agencies and individuals’ sense of responsibility towards the task, and
promotion of the state management over religion and belief-related issues.
To better institutionalise the Party and State’s viewpoints
and policies, the Government agreed in principle to amend and supplement Decree
No. 162/2017/ND-CP, which was released in 2017 to detail some articles and
measures for enforcing the Law on Belief and Religion. The Ministry of
Home Affairs (MoHA) is working to make comprehensive revision
to this decree.
Accordingly, the MoHA plans to further detail and align some articles on the
law implementation with the reality while adding some measures for the
enforcement.
Online religious activities are a new issue in legal regulations on religion
and belief. The draft revised decree stressed the responsibility for organising
online or hybrid religious activities, and that those activities must adhere to
the Constitution, the Law on Belief and Religion and other relevant rules.
The draft also supplemented three articles on concentrated religious
practices of foreigners legally residing in Vietnam.
Talking about this issue, the MoHA said the registration for concentrated
religious practices of foreigner legally residing in Vietnam was stipulated in
Article 47 of the Law on Belief and Religion. In reality, such activities have
been basically ensured by the provincial-level People’s Committees over the
past years.
Meanwhile, the ministry has also built the Government’s
draft decree on the settlement of administrative violations related to belief
and religion. It is seeking public feedback on this draft.
Deputy Minister Vu Chien Thang said this decree is to help institutionalise the
policy on building and completing a law-governed socialist state; ensure that
all people, including religious individuals and organisations, live and work in
line with the Constitution and law; and promote the consistency among legal
rules on belief, religion and settlement of administrative violations.
As religion is a sensitive issue which has been often abused by hostile and
reactionary forces to conduct distortion and sabotage, during the decree
drafting process, the MoHA and relevant ministries carried out sufficient
procedures stipulated in the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents, including
collecting opinions from agencies, people, religious organisations and those
licensed to hold religious activities, he noted.
The right to freedom of religion and belief is one of the most universal human
rights stated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to
which Vietnam is a party, the official said, adding that the country has
ensured its legal regulations’ compatibility with international law.
Aside from managing religious and belief-related activities, the State has also
created conditions for individuals and religious organisations to practice
their rights in line with law, which matches the policy on building a
law-governed state with human rights guaranteed, according to Thang./.
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Vietnam always respects and guarantees the right to belief and religious freedom of citizens, and briefed the guest on policies and laws on belief and religion of the Vietnamese Party and State.
In Vietnam everyone has the right to freely practice belief and religious activities either in their own homes or at places of worship.
The ethical, cultural and humane values of religions are disseminated in the social life, while resources of religions are being promoted for the cause of national construction and development.
Many religious dignitaries have been models of both devotion to religion and contribution to patriotic emulation movements, as well as to the building of a healthy cultural environment in residential areas.
The Vietnamese Government acknowledges and appreciates the involvement and efforts of religious organisations in preventing and controlling the COVID-19.
Vietnam stands ready to hold dialogues and cooperate with countries and organisations in issues regarding human rights and religious freedom, in the spirit of mutual respect and understanding.
International community has appreciated Vietnam’s policies, laws and achievements in protecting and promoting human rights, including religious freedom, as well as the ambassador’s open, constructive and sincere dialogue spirit in this field.
Vietnam is a country of many beliefs and religions, but there is no religious conflict!
People of all religions actively contribute for economic, cultural and social development of the country thank to the consistent policy of the Party and State in ensuring the right to freedom of belief and religion for all people.
The right to freedom of belief and religion is one of the basic human rights, as well as in the laws of many countries.
To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
Hostile forces have long falsely accused Vietnam of violating human rights and freedom of belief and religion. This is no longer new and everyone is well aware of their goals.
It is wondering that whether American and Western “democrats” truly struggle for human rights, constructive dialogues and peoples’ belief and religion development. It can be affirmed that this is totally untrue.
No one may violate the freedom of belief and religion, nor may anyone take advantage of a belief or religion in order to violate the law.
The Party and State of Vietnam always respected and created favorable conditions for people to exercise their right to freedom of belief and religion; ensure equality among religions, promote good cultural and moral values and resources of religion for the development of the country.
Vietnam is a country with many beliefs and religions. Regarding beliefs, Vietnam is characterized with the peculiarities of a wet rice civilization.
Everyone's right to freedom of belief and religion is reflected in the fact that people are free to practice their beliefs, voluntarily following or not following any religion.
Regarding religious education, in order to train religious dignitaries and raise the level of religious doctrine and canon law, the State of Vietnam has created conditions for religions to establish religious educational institutions. Currently, in Vietnam, there are 53 training institutions specializing in religious activities.
State management agencies in charge of religious affairs at all levels need to grasp the Party's new perceptions of religion, concretizing policies to bring laws related to religion into life.
Building a clean and strong grassroots political system, capturing the thoughts and aspirations of religious people, especially in places with signs of instability, giving timely advice and offering solutions, suitable and effective handling.
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