Media plays an important role in protecting human rights in Vietnam. Photo for illustration Vietnam is a small country on the world map. This is a country that has experienced many wars, embargos and sanctions, and what peace has brought back in recent years is illustrated through the lens of the media and the right to access to information shows that Vietnamese citizens further enjoy human rights and citizens’ rights, all of which are recognized by the international community. The media circle in Vietnam plays an important role in this process. According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, by June 2017, the country had 982 registered media agencies, including 193 newspapers, 639 magazines, and 150 online media. The statistics also reveal that over 17,000 journalists were granted press cards. This number of media agencies represent voices of all associations, organizations, professional groups etc., so in short, everyone has a chance to voice their concerns via the mass media. Protecting, ensuring, and struggling in the field of human rights and citizens’ rights are closely monitored by the Party and State. Apart from promoting the role of the National Assembly, Government, and legislative agencies, the role of the media is significantly important. Emphasizing regulations of the Constitution 2013 on human rights, the Law on Media 2016 vividly reflects the relationship between human rights and the right to freedom of the press, and freedom of expression via the media, of each citizen. Meanwhile, it also clearly shows the advantages of the media… [Read full story]
The consistent policy of the VietnameseParty and State is to protect and promote human rights, a governmentofficial has affirmed. Speaking at a workshopentitled “Vietnam and UN Mechanisms on Human Rights: Several RecentInternational Cooperation Activities” in Hanoi on January 26, DeputyForeign Minister Bui Thanh Son said that over the past years, theVietnamese State has put forth and implemented many policies to boostand ensure human rights in the country. Vietnam ’s great achievements in this field have been recognised andpraised by the international community, especially when Vietnampresented and defended its National Report on Human Rights under theUniversal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2009,…... [read more]
On this occasion, and to markInternational Day for Human Rights (December 10), Deputy Prime Ministerand Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, who is a member of the PartyCentral Committee, wrote a news article on the country’s achievements inprotecting and promoting human rights, as well as on its contributionsto international cooperation in this field. TheDeputy PM and FM affirmed that Vietnam’s bid to join the Human RightsCouncil has its roots in the consistent policy of the Party and State onprotecting and promoting human rights and actively participating ininternational cooperation in this field. Vietnam’selection to the UN HRC with such a high vote…... [read more]
At the ongoing 135th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland, Giau stressed that parliaments should continuously refine laws, supervise Governments’ implementation of laws and listen to opinions and feedback from the public. Addressing the debate “Human rights abuses as precursors of conflicts: Parliaments as early responders”, the Vietnamese representative stressed that ensuring human rights is Vietnam’s consistent policy since the country’s founding, adding that the country is willing to share its experience in the field. Over the past years, the Vietnamese NA has undertaken efforts to improve the system of laws on human rights, including the promulgation of…... [read more]
The conference, which focused on the role of the National Assembly inupholding international conventions and national laws on human rights,was co-organised by the NA’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the UNDevelopment Programme in Vietnam. Since the country adoptedits Doi Moi (renovation) policy in 1986, the NA has promulgated amultitude of laws to institutionalise the pragmatic perspectives of theParty and government on protecting human rights as well as the rights ofcitizens, said Ngo Duc Manh, vice chairman of the NA Foreign AffairsCommittee. In particular, the new Constitution of 2013provides an important political foundation for reaffirming, upholdingand protecting human rights. At the same…... [read more]
The following is the full text of the interview: On the occasion of the closing of the 22nd UN Human Right Council on22 March in Geneva , what would be your comments on theimplementation of the basic human rights? As the UNHigh Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, reminded us at theopening of this 22 nd Session, we are celebrating the 20 thAnniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.This is the most significant overarching human rights documents producedin the last quarter of a century, establishing the underlying principlethat human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent andinterrelated, taking the key…... [read more]
