Phap Hoa Pagoda (Phu Nhuan district) is one of the major pagodas granted city-level historical-cultural relic status (Photo: Nam Anh).
The units will check the reception, management, and use of merit money, and sponsorship of monuments and festival activities. At the same time, the management agency also considers opening accounts, opening books to record revenue, payment of merit money, sponsorship, content of use of merit money, sponsorship and supervision of receipt and counting. , using merit money, sponsorship at monuments.
The Department of Finance will be the agency in charge of the plan, coordinating with the Department of Culture and Sports, the Department of Tourism, and the Department of Home Affairs to advise the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee in directing and guiding implementation. The inspection results need to be submitted to the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee for approval and sent to the Ministry of Finance before March 31.
Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee also emphasized that the State does not manage merit money or sponsor religious activities of religious organizations. Organizations and individuals who are owners or assigned to manage and use relics shall decide and take responsibility for receiving, managing, and using merit money and funding for the protection and promotion of relics. monuments and festival activities.
At the same time, sources of revenue from donations, sponsorship of monuments and festival activities must be managed and used for the right purposes, with records and full reflection of revenues and expenditures, ensuring publicity and transparency. White.