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 resolving legitimate needs, removing difficulties and obstacles, and effectively handling 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 nuns, 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, families with preferential policies, and people in difficult circumstances on the occasions of Buddha's birthday, Vu Lan, and important holidays worth 4 billion VND...

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

Administrative procedures have been promptly resolved by Party committees and authorities at all levels. The Provincial People's Committee has approved the restoration of 02 pagodas, the establishment of 04 parishes, the appointment of 04 and the dismissal of 01 abbot of the pagoda; allocated land and granted 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; granted construction permits to 03 religious establishments...

The staff 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 in accordance with the law; focus on preventing and stopping illegal religious activities, especially proselytizing, mass gatherings, complaints, obstruction of 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 - 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 cadres 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.