Vietnam’s persistent policy aims for human rights and people-PANO | Dec 10, 2015 Over the past 70 years, Vietnam has obtained a number of important achievements in human rights. These achievements reflect the fact that that all matters relating to human rights and citizenship have been put into Vietnamese laws, and that the Government and local authorities have always taken human rights for […]
Vietnam ready for human rights dialogue-Vietnam Law | Dec 11, 2015 On the sidelines of the workshop on Vietnam’s 70-year human rights achievement, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily interviews Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, Chief of the Standing Office of the Government’s Steering Committee for Human Rights. How will recommendations Vietnam has accepted under the second-circle Univesal Periodic […]
Little change seen in Vietnam’s new draft law on religion-UCA News | Dec 11, 2015 What is religious freedom? This is the question posed in a video recently posted on Facebook, which includes interviews with members of the public as well as religious leaders, lawyers and activists. Remarkably, the video was made in Vietnam, a country that continues to restrict freedom ofexpression and freedom […]
Viet Nam: UN rights office alarmed at series of attacks against human rights defenders-UN News | Dec 11, 2015 Alarmed by the recent spate of violent attacks on human rights defenders in Viet Nam, the United Nations rights agency today expressed concern at the “apparent failure” of the Vietnamese authorities to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators and urged the Government to take measures to ensure security of all […]
Vietnam on way to complete MDGs, better ensure basic human rights-Vnanet | Dec 10, 2015 Vietnam’s performance towards the Millennial Development Goals (MDGs), particularly those regarding poverty reduction, gender equality and education, over the past years has won international recognition. The MDGs were defined by the United Nations as tools to better ensure the basic human rights in the fields of economics, culture, society, civil […]
Vietnam active in global human rights system-Vietnamplus | Dec 10, 2015 Vietnam is playing its increasingly active role in the global human rights system, Dennis Curry from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said at a seminar in Hanoi on December 10 in response to World Human Rights Day. Curry said Vietnam has ratified 7 out of 9 major international conventions […]
VIET NAM: DENIED MEDICAL TREATMENT UNLESS SHE ‘CONFESSES’: TRAN THI THUY-Amnesty International | Dec 11, 2015 Prisoner of conscience Tran Thi Thuy, currently serving an eight year sentence in Viet Nam, is being denied medical treatment for a tumour on her uterus in circumstances that could amount to torture. Although diagnosed by a prison doctor and despite being in severe pain, she has been told she will […]
Vietnam undertakes UNHRC membership soundly-Vietnamplus | Dec 11, 2015 Vietnam has been contributing to protecting and advancing the value of human rights in a direct, responsible and constructive manner during its membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council from 2014-2016. Vu Anh Quang, head of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Organisations was speaking to the Vietnam News […]
Country achieves human rights progress since 1945-Vietnamnews | Dec 10, 2015 Viet Nam has made great progress in ensuring human rights since the Vietnamese Government was established 70 years ago, with the first and foremost establishments being gaining independence for the country and freedom for the Vietnamese people. “The country has spent almost 40 years at war over the last seven […]
Vietnam seriously enforces international human rights commitments-Vietnamnet | Dec 10, 2015 Vietnam steadfastly pursues the policy of ensuring full enforcement of basic rights and freedom for each citizen, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc has written in an article on the occasion of World Human Rights Day (December 10). Under this policy, Vietnam has been expanding international human right cooperation and […]
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