Improving the effectiveness of state management of religious work

Stable religious situation

In 2024, the situation of beliefs and religions will be basically stable. All levels and sectors have basically done a good job of advising the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee to issue leadership documents and direct the effective implementation of the Party's guidelines and the State's laws and policies on beliefs and religions; promptly resolved legitimate needs, removed difficulties and obstacles, and effectively handled complicated religious cases.

The work of propagating and disseminating the law has been carried out with attention by all levels and sectors through many rich and diverse methods and forms, thereby bringing about widespread propaganda effects among religious dignitaries, officials, and followers in particular, and all classes of people in general.

All levels and sectors have closely coordinated and synchronously implemented policies and laws on beliefs and religions. The work of mobilizing and persuading dignitaries and officials has been carried out in many forms, creating a close relationship between the church and the authorities at all levels.

Religious dignitaries, officials, monks and followers have actively organized social charity activities. During the Giap Thin Lunar New Year alone, monks, nuns and Buddhist followers of pagodas, religious centers and associations in the province called for more than 4 billion VND in support; many pagodas maintained the program of bowls of porridge from the heart; charity meals at hospitals in the province worth 5 billion VND; visiting and encouraging people with meritorious services, policy families, and people in difficulty on the occasions of Buddha's birthday, Vu Lan and important holidays worth 4 billion VND...

The "Skillful Mass Mobilization" models in areas with religious people continue to be maintained and promoted, such as the peaceful parish model, respecting God and loving the country; peaceful parishes ensuring security and order; peaceful parishes joining hands to build new rural areas... creating a spreading effect in the community, contributing to strengthening the great national unity bloc, promoting the socio-economic development of the locality.

The Party Committees and authorities at all levels paid attention to promptly resolving administrative procedures. The Provincial People's Committee approved the restoration of 02 pagodas, established 04 parishes, appointed 04, dismissed 01 abbot of the pagoda; allocated land and issued certificates of land use rights, house ownership rights and other assets attached to the land to 05 religious establishments; resolved land needs for 23 religious establishments; approved planning adjustments for 19 religious establishments; issued construction permits for 03 religious establishments...

The team of cadres and civil servants doing basic religious work are responsible, with increasingly improved professional qualifications, skills and experience.

Timely resolution of legitimate religious needs

Speaking at the conference, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the outstanding results in State management of beliefs and religions.

At the same time, it is emphasized that in 2025, state management of religion needs to focus on implementing the following tasks:

Continue to synchronously and diversely deploy measures and forms of propaganda and dissemination of the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws on beliefs and religions; increase contacts and meetings with dignitaries, religious officials, practitioners, and prestigious people in religious organizations to create consensus in implementing the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws; do a good job of propaganda and mobilizing solidarity among religious people through promoting patriotic emulation movements, building new rural areas, civilized urban areas, etc.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh noted that departments, branches, sectors and localities should pay attention to and guide organizations to promptly resolve the legitimate needs of religious organizations according to the provisions of law; focus on preventing and stopping illegal religious activities, especially proselytizing, gathering crowds, complaints, obstructing project site clearance, encroachment, land transfer, and illegal religious activities.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh also requested relevant departments and branches to effectively implement the project to establish the Ethnic and Religious Committee and the district-level ethnic department according to the direction of the Steering Committee to arrange and streamline the provincial apparatus in conjunction with consolidating and perfecting the apparatus and staff of officials and civil servants performing state management work on beliefs and religions from the province to the grassroots level.

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 5 collectives and 5 individuals with outstanding achievements in state management of religion in 2024.