Although facing many difficulties and challenges, both objective and subjective, Vietnam has achieved great achievements in protection and promotion of human rights, which have gained the trust and compliment of the international community. Photo: Le Anh Dung

On the occasion of the World Human Rights Day (10/12), Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung shared with the press about Vietnam's efforts and achievements in promoting human rights.

Human rights are universal values ​​and all people of nations want their rights guaranteed. The human rights gained today are also the result of the struggle of the peoples, including the right of self-determination to be the first right stated in almost all international treaties.

For Vietnam, the protection and promotion of human rights, first of all the self-determination of national rights - the first recognized right, even in Article 1 of the ICCPR political civil rights convention - is also the goal. and the fruits of the struggles and sacrifices of many generations of Vietnamese people. Therefore, protecting and promoting human rights has been a consistent commitment of the Vietnamese State for decades.

Especially, with the comprehensive renovation that Vietnam has carried out over the past decades, people-people are always at the center, both the goal and the driving force of all policies and actions. dynamic. Although there are many difficulties and challenges, both objective and subjective, but in general, the protection and promotion of human rights in Vietnam has achieved great achievements, trusted and appreciated by the international community. .

Since the 2013 Constitution was passed, the law reform, institutional improvement, and policies have been strengthened with more than 100 laws and codes related to human rights newly or amended, additional.

Most recently, on November 20, 2019, the National Assembly passed the Labor Code (amended) with many new regulations to ensure the rights of workers, basically compatible with important international treaties. of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

On November 20, 2019, the National Assembly passed the revised Labor Code with many new regulations to ensure the rights of workers, basically compatible with important international conventions of the International Labor Organization.

The Party and State of Vietnam have many specific measures to ensure the rights of people in the fields of civil, political, economic, cultural and social. People participate directly and enjoy the rights through various forms such as: participation through the National Assembly, through socio-political organizations, the mass media.

For example, civil rights, the right to access to information, we also see that, today with more developed economic conditions, the ability of people to access information greatly increased. People in all regions have access to radio and television, with Internet technology to facilitate access to more information, faster, at home and abroad.

Currently, about 70% of Vietnamese people have access to the Internet daily, not only for their livelihood, education, and entertainment but also to directly exercise their human rights, including civil rights, and Such as contributing ideas to draft policies and legal documents. Economic rights, ensuring the right to business, ownership and participation of people of all strata in various economic forms, individual economy and collective economy.

Types of businesses, Vietnamese businesses, joint ventures, and foreign partners. Vietnam is also building a government for the people and a government for the people.

At the regular meeting to review the overall guarantee of human rights in member countries including Vietnam, most members of the UN Human Rights Council recognized Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights. Photo LAD

The National Assembly also renovated the mode of operation so that it could fully reflect the voices of the people, better perform the legal role, more effectively the law, and perform the supervision function. The Fatherland Front and mass organizations are also trying to innovate and promote their roles, socio-political organizations, professional organizations, we have many organizations. Demonstrating guidelines and guidelines of Vietnam in a consistent and very clear manner, which are increasingly completed and implemented by both specific measures and results, recognized by the international community.

In addition, there are many data and concrete evidences on Vietnam's strong progress in ensuring human rights that have been summarized in the National Report under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Mechanism III, was approved by the United Nations Human Rights Council in July 2019.

At the regular meeting to review the overall guarantee of human rights in countries including Vietnam, the vast majority of countries recognized Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights.

Tran Hang