This is also a fundamental and important content in ensuring human rights and is expressed by Vietnam through policies and guidelines on beliefs and religions in the process of building and developing the country, which are legalized and implemented throughout society.
Immediately after the country's independence, in the first meeting of the provisional government on September 3, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh emphasized the declaration of "freedom of belief and solidarity between religions". At the same time, President Ho Chi Minh proposed three specific principles in implementing religious policies: taking national interests as the common denominator; not touching the beliefs of religions in general and of each religion in particular; respecting the people's freedom of belief, religion and freedom of non-belief and religion.
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| The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Government Committee for Religious Affairs launched the White Book “Religion and Religious Policy in Vietnam” to help domestic and foreign readers fully understand religious policies and religious life in our country. (Photo: Vinh Ha) |
President Ho Chi Minh's ideology of religious solidarity has been inherited, developed and institutionalized by the Party and State through each period, with each period always being better than the previous one in terms of both content and legal value. From Resolution No. 24/NQ-TW dated October 16, 1990 of the Politburo, Article 70 of the 1992 Constitution, Article 24 of the 2013 Constitution, and then the Law on Belief and Religion promulgated on November 18, 2016...
Thanks to the important legal provisions to ensure the rights of organizations and individuals in religious activities, Vietnam has become a country with diverse beliefs and religions. It is estimated that about 95% of the Vietnamese population has a religious life.
Vietnam currently has 40 organizations belonging to 16 religions recognized and granted registration for operation by the State. The total number of religious followers is currently about 26.5 million, accounting for 27% of the population; more than 54,000 religious dignitaries; more than 135,000 officials; more than 29,000 places of worship; thousands of points and groups granted registration for concentrated religious activities. Religious organizations recognized and granted registration for operation by the State build and implement a religious practice orientation imbued with religious humanity and responsibility to the country.
According to Dr. Vu Chien Thang, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Vietnam's achievements in ensuring freedom of belief and religion have promoted and created momentum for religious dignitaries, officials, monks and nuns, and followers of religious organizations to build and implement a path of practicing religion in solidarity with the nation. Establishing a close relationship between the state and religious organizations, creating mutual understanding and trust between officials at all levels and religious dignitaries, officials, and monks, creating consensus in implementing religious and social policies.
In recent years, religions have increased in number and scale of activities both domestically and internationally. The majority of religious dignitaries and followers believe in the leadership of the Party, support the cause of national renewal, and make important contributions to the process of national construction and development.
This is vivid proof that all achievements of Vietnam's national renewal are always associated with ensuring human rights, including freedom of belief and religion.
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