The Steering Committees for Northwestern, Central Highlands andSouthwestern Regions shared their experience in ensuring religioussecurity during their meeting in the northwestern province of YenBai on November 8.

Participants exchanged their good practices in communications againstillegal religious activities and hostile forces’ abuse of religion todrive a wedge between people and the Party and State and cause socialdisputes.

They also discussed measures to build astrong grassroots-level political system, settle issues related tospontaneous migration, ensure religious security and foster the greatnational solidarity.

Addressing the event, DeputyPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is head of the Steering Committeefor Northwestern Region, said that ethnic minority and religious affairsare issues of significance for every nation in maintaining nationalsolidarity, peace and stability.

This is an important matter for the development of the country’s three strategic regions, he noted.

He added that over the past year, the three steering committees havefulfilled all tasks entrusted by the Party Central Committee,contributing to promoting the country’s socio-economic development,ensuring defence and security, and building the grassroots-levelpolitical system.

According to Truong Xuan Cu,deputy head of the Steering Committee for Northwestern Region, sincetheir previous meeting in September last year, the committees have madeproposals to the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat,the Prime Minister and localities to address arising problems.

They have also exerted every effort to speed up the implementation ofresolutions and decisions on socio-economic development, security,defence, ethnic minority and religious affairs and political systembuilding, he added.-VNA