VOV.VN - A delegation from the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs led by Deputy Minister Nong Thi Ha visited and extended greetings on the occasion of the Khmer’s Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year festival) at Pothiwong Pagoda and Candaransi Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on April 13.

Throughout the “Doi moi” process, the belief and religious life in Vietnam has changed towards greater freedom and progress and the right to belief and religious freedom better protected, which has been recognised by the international community.

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.