Socialist Republic of Vietnam

President Nguyen Minh Triet on November 8 received Chris Seiple, President of the US’s Institute for Global Engagement (IGE), who arrived in Viet Nam to attend a seminar on religion and rule of law in Ha Noi.

During the visit, running form Nov. 1-9, the delegation – the third from IGE to visit Viet Nam in the framework of informal Viet Nam-US dialogue on religion - toured Lao Cai province to learn about the implementation of the Party and State’s religious policy there.

President Triet welcomed the delegation to inquire into religious situation in Viet Nam . The leader stressed that at a time when Viet Nam-US relations are seeing positive development, there still a few people who have wrong views on the Vietnamese Party and State’s policies.

Chris Seiple said that through the seminar on religion and rule of law and the fact-finding visit to Lao Cai, his delegation got new information about Viet Nam ’s religious situation. The delegation had feelings of the important reality of religious life in Viet Nam , that is religious people love God, their homeland and country.

He affirmed that at this moment, it is impossible to say that the religious matter is a sensible aspect in Viet Nam - US relations.

VNA