The Need to Establish Inter-religious Dialogue in Vietnam in the Context of Modernity

Abstract

The inter-religious dialogue is not an available route but it needs to be actively effectuated. Currently, the expansion of religious activities in Vietnam has shown that increased participation in ensuring social security, health care and education of religious organizations which has been expressed in the perspective as well as the texts on the religious field of the Party and the State. In recent years, the Institute for Religious Studies of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences has conducted a number of research topics and programs and published some works related to the inter-religious dialogue. However, it needs to refer to other countries in evaluating and analyzing the inter-religious dialogue in Vietnam. In this tendency, the article explains some issues such as why there must be inter-religious dialogue? What is an inter-religious dialogue? and Which are conditions of having inter-religious dialogue?