The implementation of Project 8 aims to achieve the goal of gender equality and solve urgent problems for women and children in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

The Tuberculosis Control Project in Vietnam and Cambodia Border Areas Phase 2 has just been launched to improve the ability to diagnose and treat tuberculosis for people who frequently travel in the border areas between the two countries.

The UNHRC adopted 30 resolutions at the end of its 53rd regular session in Geneva on July 14, including one on climate change and human rights drafted and proposed by Vietnam, Bangladesh, and the Philippines.

On July 13, the Children's Forum 2023 took place in the central highlands province of Kon Tum with the theme "Children participating in building a safe, friendly and healthy living environment for themselves".

The Vietnamese Government and the Prime Minister have issued a number of important documents to protect children in the cyberworld.

During participation in the UPR, Vietnam has shown a serious and responsible spirit, with an increasing rate of acceptance of recommendations, up to more than 83% in cycle III, higher than the average level of other countries.

Hau Giang province on June 1 launched the Action Month for Children 2023, with the theme "Joining hands to reduce harm to children".

The Human Rights Steering Committee of the central province of Binh Dinh coordinated with the Office of the Government’s Steering Committee on Human Rights to organize a human rights training conference on April 20.

The US State Department has a report that lacks objectivity about the religious situation in Vietnam. Vietnam is always ready to exchange with the US in the spirit of frankness, openness and mutual respect.

Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu led a Vietnamese delegation to the annual discussions on women’s rights, climate change and a dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty.

The nation has climbed 11 places on the latest World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender Gap Index over the past year, marking a rise from 83rd to 72nd place out of 146 countries, with a score of 0.711.

At the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, which run from June 19 to July 14, Vietnam continues to promote its participation as a member for the 2023-2025 tenure.

The Government’s Steering Committee for Human Rights has issued a plan on communications activities towards the 75th anniversary of World Human Rights Day (December 10), heard a press conference in Hanoi on May 18.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, organised an international workshop on “Experience in reporting under the UPR mechanism.”

The US Embassy wishes to cooperate with Vietnam to remove the country from the US’s special watch list on religious freedom, Ambassador Marc E. Knapper told Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang during their meeting in Hanoi on April 14.

The Vietnamese delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, made active contributions to the agenda of the 52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that concluded in Geneva on April 4.

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on April 3 adopted a resolution proposed and drafted by Vietnam.

Vietnam on Thursday said the newly released United States' Human Rights Report contains "biased comments" that are based on false information about the real situation in the country.

Vietnam ranks 65th out of 137 countries and territories in the 2020-2022 period as per the World Happiness Report 2023, up 12 places from the 2022 Report.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang attended the opening ceremony and delivered remarks at a high-level discussion of the 52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 27.