Nghe An deploys state management tasks on beliefs and religions

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Comrades: Nguyen Thanh Hoang - Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs; Nguyen Van Long - Acting Head of the Department of Religion, Department of Home Affairs co-chaired.

Also attending were representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches, sectors and units; representatives of leaders and relevant departments and agencies of districts, cities and towns.

Conference scene. Photo: Cong Kien

Important turning point

Conference to review 2021 activitiesbeliefin the province take place purely, complying with the law; complying with measures to prevent and combat the Covid-19 epidemic. Religious establishments play an important and fundamental role in meeting the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the majority of the people.

About the situationreligionIn the province, there are two legal religious organizations: Catholicism and Buddhism, and followers of several other religious organizations. Religious activities are basically stable, pure, and in compliance with the law, in accordance with the charters and regulations of religious organizations.

The comrades chairing the conference. Photo: Cong Kien

The legitimate, practical, and legally-compliant needs of religious organizations are taken care of, guided, and resolved by authorities at all levels. The relationship between authorities at all levels and religious organizations is increasingly open, trusting, and close. In key religious areas, there have been no major, complicated incidents affecting security and order.

State management of religious beliefs has achieved important results, notably in advising, directing, propagating, disseminating and implementing the Party's policies and the State's laws on beliefs and religions. Mobilizing and taking advantage ofdignitary, officialand prestigious people in religions; strengthen inspection and settlement of complaints and denunciations.

Venerable Thich Thien Tue, abbot of Vinh Phuc Pagoda (Nam Dan) directly went to collect donations and give gifts to people affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: Hoang Nam

Deploying the task of state management of beliefs in 2022, Nghe An province determined to continue to carry out well the propaganda work, widely disseminate the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws on beliefs and religions; promote close coordination between all levels and sectors in resolving legitimate needs.

Implement measures to grasp the situation, proactively detect and fight against plots and intentions to take advantage of beliefs and religions to sabotage the State and divide the political bloc.national unity. Strengthen the work of grasping the situation, preventing and promptly handling illegal activities of new and "strange" religions; continue to build and consolidate the grassroots political system in religious areas, meeting the requirements of the tasks...

Timely resolution of legitimate needs

At the conference, delegates presented a number of opinions on the issue of state management of religious land; solving the needs of concentrated religious activities for followers of religions...

ComradeLe Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in 2021.Photo: Cong Kien

Authorized by the Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, comradeNguyen Thanh Hoang - Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in 2021.Photo: Cong Kien

Speaking at the conference, comrade Le Hong Vinh acknowledged the efforts of all levels and sectors in performing the task of state management of beliefs and religions, contributing to creating positive changes in 2021. Deploying the tasks of 2022, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested departments, branches, units and localities to implement diverse and synchronous forms.propaganda, mobilizationimplement the Party's policies and the State's laws on beliefs and religions.

Pay attention to directing, guiding, and urging the timely resolution of legitimate needs of religious organizations according to the provisions of law; do a good job of grasping the situation to promptly detect violations related to religion in order to promptly have solutions to prevent, stop, and handle effectively. Improve the qualifications of the team of cadres working in religious affairs to dialogue, respond satisfactorily to requests from religious dignitaries, officials, and followers, and effectively handle arising issues...

ComradeLe Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested departments, branches, units and localities to carry out diverse and synchronous forms of propaganda and mobilization to implement the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws on beliefs and religions.Photo: Cong Kien

On this occasion, 8 collectives and 9 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; 1 collective and 1 individual received Certificates of Merit from the Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs for their outstanding achievements in the work.State managementabout beliefs, religion