Senator John McCain
The Vietnamese communist government has recently taken modest but encouraging steps to improve the country’s human rights record, and the U.S. must continue to support civil society in Vietnam, including advocates for religious continue our support for all Vietnamese citizens who seek to use peaceful means to build a strong and prosperous country that respects human rights and the rule of law.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 11, 2015
U.S.’s Senator John McCain has urged the government of President Barack Obama to continue to support civil society in Vietnam, including advocates for religious freedom, press freedom and labor rights.
In his press release prior to a meeting with visiting General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam in Washington D.C. scheduled on July 8, Senator McCain, who is former imprisoned pilot by Hanoi during the Vietnam War, said by giving assistance for Vietnamese civil society will promote human rights in the Southeast Asian nation.
The senator noted that the Vietnamese communist government has recently taken modest but encouraging steps to improve the country’s human rights record, and the U.S. must continue to support civil society in Vietnam, including advocates for religious continue our support for all Vietnamese citizens who seek to use peaceful means to build a strong and prosperous country that respects human rights and the rule of law.
Highlighting the two countries’ shared concerns over China’s reclamation and miliarization of land features in the East Sea and their commitment to the peace and security of the Asia-Pacific region, Senator McCain informed that the U.S.’s Congress is working to authorize $425 million for the Department of Defense to help train and equip the armed forces of Southeast Asian countries to build their maritime capacity in a bid to support Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asian that are pledged to to the peaceful resolution of maritime disputes.
Senator McCain, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, called on the U.S. to further ease the prohibition on the sale of lethal military equipment to Vietnam at this time, including all platforms that facilitate the Vietnamese armed forces’ ability to operate more effectively on, above, and within its territorial waters.
However, in order to get lethal weapon ban removed, the communist Vietnam must take significant and sustained steps to protect human rights, including releases of prisoners of conscience and legal reforms, the senator said, adding American politicians need to work together to achieve it as as soon as possible for the benefit of both of our nations.
According to international human rights groups, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 political dissidents and human rights. Hanoi always denies, saying it imprisons only law violators.
Vietnam is an important emerging partner with which the U.S.shares strategic and economic interests, including strengthening an open regional trading order, maintaining a favorable balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region, and upholding long-standing principles of world order, such as freedom of the seas and peaceful resolution of international disputes, Senator McCain said in his press release on July 7./.
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July 11, 2015
Senator McCain Urges U.S. to Continue Supports for Vietnam Civil Society
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Senator John McCain
By Vu Quoc Ngu, July 11, 2015
U.S.’s Senator John McCain has urged the government of President Barack Obama to continue to support civil society in Vietnam, including advocates for religious freedom, press freedom and labor rights.
In his press release prior to a meeting with visiting General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam in Washington D.C. scheduled on July 8, Senator McCain, who is former imprisoned pilot by Hanoi during the Vietnam War, said by giving assistance for Vietnamese civil society will promote human rights in the Southeast Asian nation.
The senator noted that the Vietnamese communist government has recently taken modest but encouraging steps to improve the country’s human rights record, and the U.S. must continue to support civil society in Vietnam, including advocates for religious continue our support for all Vietnamese citizens who seek to use peaceful means to build a strong and prosperous country that respects human rights and the rule of law.
Highlighting the two countries’ shared concerns over China’s reclamation and miliarization of land features in the East Sea and their commitment to the peace and security of the Asia-Pacific region, Senator McCain informed that the U.S.’s Congress is working to authorize $425 million for the Department of Defense to help train and equip the armed forces of Southeast Asian countries to build their maritime capacity in a bid to support Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asian that are pledged to to the peaceful resolution of maritime disputes.
Senator McCain, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, called on the U.S. to further ease the prohibition on the sale of lethal military equipment to Vietnam at this time, including all platforms that facilitate the Vietnamese armed forces’ ability to operate more effectively on, above, and within its territorial waters.
However, in order to get lethal weapon ban removed, the communist Vietnam must take significant and sustained steps to protect human rights, including releases of prisoners of conscience and legal reforms, the senator said, adding American politicians need to work together to achieve it as as soon as possible for the benefit of both of our nations.
According to international human rights groups, Vietnam is holding between 150 and 200 political dissidents and human rights. Hanoi always denies, saying it imprisons only law violators.
Vietnam is an important emerging partner with which the U.S.shares strategic and economic interests, including strengthening an open regional trading order, maintaining a favorable balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region, and upholding long-standing principles of world order, such as freedom of the seas and peaceful resolution of international disputes, Senator McCain said in his press release on July 7./.