VIEWS AND GUIDELINES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM ON PRESERVING, PROMOTING ETHNIC MINORITIES’ RELIGIOUS CULTURAL VALUES IN BUILDING AND DEVELOPING AN ADVANCED VIETNAMESE CULTURE IMBUED WITH NATIONAL IDENTITY

Abstract

Vietnamese culture is a diverse unified culture formed by the cultures of 54 ethnic groups. The religious culture of ethnic minorities is an essential component of ethnic culture in particular and of Vietnamese culture in general. The article focuses on clarifying the evolution of our Party’s thinking and knowledge on the preservation and promotion of ethnic minorities’ religious cultural values and proposing a number of solutions to effectively implement the views and policies of our Party in the strategy of building and developing an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity.