Dong Thap: 2026 National Defense and Security Knowledge Training Course for Religious Dignitaries and Officials

(DTO) On the morning of June 23, at the Dong Thap Provincial Political School, the Dong Thap Provincial National Defense and Security Education Council held the opening ceremony for the 2026 national defense and security knowledge training course for religious dignitaries and monastic officials from religious organizations across Dong Thap Province. 

Attending the ceremony were Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dung, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee and Principal of the Dong Thap Provincial Political School; Ms. Tran Thi Nguyet, Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs; Senior Colonel Ho Sy Sang, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Provincial Military Command; along with 115 religious dignitaries and monastic officials from across the province. 

The course runs from June 23 to 26, 2026, updating participants on eight key topics:
- The Party’s viewpoints, alongside State policies and laws, regarding the all-people national defense and people's security foundations, postures, and alignments.
- National guidelines on safeguarding political, economic, cultural, and ideological security in the new context.
- State policies on ethnic and religious affairs linked to national defense and security.
-    Countermeasures against "peaceful evolution" strategies and subversive riots by hostile forces.
-  Cybercrime prevention and cyber-law enforcement.
- Key provisions of major laws, including the laws on National Defense, National Security, Cybersecurity, Military Service, National Defense and Security Education, Militia and Self-Defense Forces, National Borders, Vietnam’s Seas, and Reserve Forces.
- Core content of the Law on Belief and Religion, Government Decree No. 95/2023/ND-CP, and the integration of socio-economic development with defense, security, and foreign affairs.

Through the course, religious dignitaries and monastic officials will gain deeper insights into the Communist Party of Vietnam’s viewpoints, as well as the State’s policies and laws on ethnic and religious affairs, along with crucial national defense and security tasks in the current situation.

The course also helps participants deconstruct  the nature, plots, and tactics of hostile forces, especially their exploitation of ethnic and religious issues to undermine Vietnam’s revolutionary cause. In doing so, it contributes to further strengthening the great national unity bloc, effectively implementing the Party’s guidelines and the State’s laws and policies. Ultimately, this empowers them to fulfill the Party’s strategic tasks in the new context under the motto of “living a good secular life and a beautiful religious life” and living their religious teachings in the heart of the nation. 

By HAI DANG
Translated by ANH DUC