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Religious dignitaries trained in defence, security

1/8/18

A course began in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai on July 31, aiming to boost defence and security knowledge for 130 religious dignitaries and leaders residing across provinces and cities in the Fifth Military Region.

The three-day course will cover six topics on defence and security matters, as well as the legal framework surrounding beliefs and religions. It is designed to help participants stay alert to schemes by hostile forces as well as to ensure that the practice of religion is in line with the law and contributes to national defence and socio-economic development.

Speaking on the opening day of the course, Major General Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, said that the entire nation, including religious dignitaries and leaders, has an important role to play in keeping national independence and territorial sovereignty amid complex and rapid changes taking place in the region and in the world.

The Party and State will always pay close attention to security and defence education in order to encourage patriotism and pride in the country’s defence systems, he stated.

Vietnam is home to 15 religions, with 41 religious organisations licensed to operate. They attract 24 million followers, or 27 percent of the population.

To date, there have been over 250,000 religious dignitaries and leaders attending courses on defence and security knowledge.   

The Fifth Military Region consists of seven south central coastal localities – namely Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, and Ninh Thuan – and four Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Lak, and Dak Nong./.
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Voice of people 2/8/18 13:18

The defense-security work has been comprehensively implemented across the country, with the involvement of senior leaders of the Party, State, Fatherland Front, Central and local organizations, dignitaries and followers.

Vietnam Love 2/8/18 13:18

The work of providing defense-security knowledge for students in the national school system and religious schools has also achieved outstanding results. However, many religious dignitaries have yet to be provided with national defense knowledge.

Me Too! 2/8/18 13:19

These courses aim to provide the trainees with the Party and State’s viewpoints and policies on defense and security, the fight against hostile forces’ “peaceful evolution”.

John Smith 2/8/18 13:21

Vietnam is clearly a country of religious freedom!

Gentle Moon 2/8/18 13:23

The trainees will study six important topics, including the Party and State’s viewpoints and policies on protecting national security and building of the people’s defense and people’s security postures; the Party and State’s standpoints and policies on ethnicity and religion in attachment to defense and security in the new period.

LawrenceSamuels 2/8/18 13:24

It also includes the Party and State’s stands and policies on maintaining political security, culture and ideology and economic development in the current context; the fight against hostile forces’ “peaceful evolution” and riot schemes towards the Vietnamese revolutionary cause; certain issues on socio-economic development in combination with defense-security enhancement; and basic contents of the Law on Belief and Religion.

For A Peace World 2/8/18 13:27

It's a suitable policy in this context to protect the national security in front of hostile forces' plots.

yobro yobro 2/8/18 13:36

Participants were provided basic knowledge about the task of national building and defence; policies on building national security and defence; basic content of the Law on Land, Law on Military Obligation, and Law on Civil Defence.

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