Respecting people’s right to religious freedom
Vietnam always respects the spiritual and moral values of religions, including Catholicism, in a bid to steer people to the truth, the good and the beautiful in line with Vietnamese cultural and moral tradition.
The statement was made by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Pham Dung, who is also Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs while he was delivering a speech at the 10th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) in the southern province of Dong Nai on December 11.
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He affirmed that the Vietnamese State has been pursuing a consistent policy of respecting people’s right to religious freedom.
The six-day event honours the Vietnamese Catholic followers in general and the Xuan Loi diocese in particular, he said, adding that the Vietnamese Catholic community has become an important part in the great national unity and made many contributions to society.
Held in Vietnam for the first time, the event, themed “40 years of FABC, responding to the challenges of Asia”, attracted 200 cardinals, archbishops, bishops and church representatives from Asia, Europe, Australia and the Vatican.