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VN insists on protecting human rights

VNGOVNet – Responding to the 2006 human rights report made by the US Department of State on March 6, 2007, Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Lê Dũng expressed his pity that the report still contains biased comments on Vietnam’s situation.

March 08, 2007 9:09 AM GMT+7

 

MoFA Spokesman Lê Dũng

“Strengthening and protecting human rights are always considered a consistent policy observed by Vietnam,” the spokesman stressed. He affirmed that this policy is an important factor for Vietnam’s sustainable development for the sake of wealthy people, powerful country, equal, democratic, and civilized society.

He said that the State of Vietnam has spared no effort to ensure and exercise human rights through designing and perfecting legal system, taking specific measures on economic, cultural, and social development to increasingly improve people’s material and spiritual life.

Vietnam has actually made great achievements in bettering its citizens’ rights and freedom in all spheres of life. Vietnam’s current legal system, Mr. Lê Dũng said, fully expresses human rights that are mentioned in the Declaration on Human Rights and other international conventions on human rights to which Vietnam is a signatory.

The spokesman affirmed that in Vietnam, no one is arrested for their political angles or religious reasons, and only law-breakers are punished in accordance with Vietnam’s laws. Freedom of speech, press, and information in Vietnam are clearly reflected through the robust development of press, including the widespread of the Internet. However, just like all other nations worldwide, the information that violates moral standards, good practices and laws are unacceptable in Vietnam.

“Due to the differences in political regime, developing level, historical and cultural backgrounds, it is inevitable that countries including Vietnam and the US will hold different viewpoints and approaches to human rights,” the spokesman said. He added that the two sides need to promote visits and dialogues to increase mutual understanding for the two peoples’ benefit. He recalled the visit to Vietnam by President G. Bush in November 2006 during which the two countries’ leaders acknowledged the importance of making progress in bilateral talks on human rights and reconfirmed that dialogues should be conducted comprehensively, constructively and fruitfully.

By Thanh Thúy

Source: MoFA