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Bringing skills of Vietnam to United Nations Human Rights Council discourse

Vietnam will run for the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 term to spur human rights in the international arena.

Vietnam presents candidature for membership of UN Human Rights Council

Keeping the society safe against pandemics is the best way to ensure each member can fully enjoy their human rights.

Premature release of prisoners on conditions: Preventing recidivism, ensuring human rights

Premature release of prisoners on conditions is an effective measure in preventing recidivism and a humane form of management and education, ensuring human rights.

Prisoners at work: The stepping stone of remuneration and reintegration into the community

The implementation of regimes and policies for inmates to serve imprisonment sentences in prisons has always been the target of hostile forces and opposers aiming to abuse and distort Vietnam in violation of democracy and human rights.

"Listen to children with your heart; protect them with your action"

Vietnam's strong political commitments as well as strong leadership in the realization of children's rights have helped improve the lives of millions of children.

Efforts of the whole socio-political system to "Leaving no one behind"

For any political regime, social security in general, social insurance and health insurance policies in particular are also considered an important foundation for a country’s economic development and socio-political stability.

Human rights viewed from illegal sales of personal information

Illegally holding, trading, or transferring personal information of another person without authorization is infringement of privacy - one of the fundamental rights of human rights.

Vietnam listed among countries with high Human Development Index for the first time

Human rights or human development is a central issue in the development process in Vietnam. 

 

Building a specialized monitoring agency to increase effectiveness in ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities

It is necessary to have a specialized monitoring agency to ensure the rights of ethnic minorities. 

Achievements in ensuring human rights, the premise for Vietnam’s positions at international forums

The outstanding results in the international arena, with the most typical one is being elected as the Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council, have confirmed the new stature of the Vietnamese State.

Ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities: Comprehensive and multidimensional understanding is needed

Ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities is not only limited to normal human rights values but also common values of a community as an equal ethnic group in a multi-ethnic country.

Despite difficulties, Vietnam constantly promotes the right to social security

The 2013 Constitution of the State of Vietnam recognizes citizens' rights to social security in Article 34. Accordingly, citizens are ensured in terms of social welfare.

Accepting economic losses, protecting people's lives at all costs

On the basis of the humanistic point of view of "not letting anyone behind", by specific actions, ensuring human rights, the campaign against Covid-19 pandemic of Vietnam is an outstanding success, becoming a bright spot in the world.

Ministry of Information and Communications strives to contribute to protecting children's rights in cyberspace

Building a child protection network in the cyberspace will connect agencies, organizations and businesses together, forming a harmonious process to prevent, detect, intervene and handle acts of child abuse in the Internet environment.

Ensuring the right to access information - an important factor for Vietnam to control Covid-19 epidemic

Vietnam has determined that the first principle in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic is openness, transparency, and no hiding of epidemics and considers this a measure to repel the epidemic.

Vietnam promotes and protects human rights in Covid-19 epidemic

The efforts of the Vietnamese Government during the Covid-19 epidemic is vivid evidence of the responsibility to protect and support vulnerable groups in the realization of human rights according to UPR recommendations.

Law on Support for and Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas should be issued

It is necessary to pass the promulgation and implementation of the "Law on Support for and Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas" 

Human rights considerations: Dialogue and cooperation are the only effective way

Vietnam does not support resolutions on human rights in a particular country but believes that dialogue and cooperation are an effective way to consider human rights issues, not criticize each other or pressuring, politicizing human rights.

Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW: A progressive resolution promoting the right to social security

Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW, issued on May 23, 2018 of the Party Central Committee, is considered to have the contents of reforming the social insurance policy progressively, 

Vietnam - a responsible member of international human rights conventions

Through international cooperation activities on human rights, Vietnam has played an increasingly important role and actively contributed to the building of common values of human rights in the region and the world.