VOV.VN - President To Lam received dignitaries of 43 religious organisations of 16 religions that have been recognized in Vietnam, in Hanoi on June 13.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ritual marking Lord Buddha’s birth anniversary at Quan Su pagoda, the headquarters of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, in Hanoi on May 22 morning.

Vietnam is a country with religious and belief diversity. The Vietnamese Party and State have always pursued a consistent policy of respecting and ensuring the right to freedom of belief and religion, and promoting good cultural and moral values and resources of religions in service of national development.

Freedom of belief and religion is a basic human right recognized and protected by International Human Rights Law and the Constitutions of most countries, including Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The relations between Vietnam and the Vatican have developed positively in recent times, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said while receiving Under-Secretary for the Holy See’s Relations with States Monsignor Miroslaw Stanislaw Wachowski in Hanoi on April 22.

VOV.VN - The US Department of State released last month its 2020 International Religious Freedom Report which stated that some religious groups in Vietnam are not recognized by the State and are bothered, intervened, or restricted by local authorities.

VOV.VN - Taking unfair advantage of religion to further political activities, boosting those aiming to overthrow the Government, and actions which threaten unity should not be tolerated by any country, not just in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Despite its acknowledgement, the United States’ 2021 annual report on religious freedom is yet to assess the situation in Vietnam in an objective manner, said Doan Khac Viet, deputy spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.