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Vietnam celebrates the 2017 Human Rights Day with many achivements and progresses

8/12/17

The Human Rights Day is coming. The date is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution 423(V), inviting all member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit.
The day is normally marked both by high-level political conferences and meetings and by cultural events and exhibitions dealing with human rights issues. In addition it is traditionally on 10 December that the five-yearly United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rightsand Nobel Peace Prize are awarded.
Many governmental and non-governmental organizations active in the human rights field also schedule special events to commemorate the day, as do many civil and social-cause organizations.
Through those years, Vietnam has made many achievements on respecting and promoting human rights. The Party and State of Vietnam have issued a lot of laws and policies to protect the people’s rights and develop democratic values in the society. Vietnam has attained almost Millennium Development Goals. These positive results have been recognized by United Nations, worldwide nations and related organizations. Vietnam has held many meaningful activities to celebrate the Human Rights Day as appealing for LGBTs’ rights, gender equality, children’s rights, people’s health and social welfares.
Firstly, it is obvious that the country had made spectacular progress protecting and promoting human rights in the course of its development. Viet Nam was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the 2014-16 tenure, on November 12 with 184 approval votes out of 193, the highest among 14 countries elected to the 47-member council this time. The country's achievements in protecting and promoting human rights, as well as on its contributions to international cooperation in this field.
The UNHCR is one of the most important UN agencies, bearing the responsibility of protecting and promoting human rights in the world. The council's member countries must meet the highest standards on human rights, be ready to cooperate fully and be capable of contributing to the council's work.

Human rights have become a global issue attracting the great concern of the international community, and as the Party has affirmed, human rights are also a common aspiration of mankind and the fruit of human kind's struggle through many generations. Vietnam introduced to other countries its consistent viewpoint and policy, the legal system as well as the most outstanding achievements regarding human rights, while sharing information and experience in fields of shared interests.
Viet Nam has made it clear that its policy has its origin in the aspiration for basic rights to freedom of the Vietnamese people, who used to be citizens of a colonial country. Protecting and promoting human rights have its roots in the consistent policy of the Party and State on protecting and promoting human rights and actively participating in international cooperation in this field.
The people have always been placed at the centre and been both the objective and the driving force in the development process and the cause of comprehensive reform in Viet Nam. The people's basic rights and freedom are institutionalised in the Constitution and laws, and their enforcement is ensured by many policies and mechanisms. The respect for and promotion of human rights have been affirmed in the first chapters of the revised 1992 Constitution, which was publicised for people's feedback during the revision process.
Viet Nam's 54 ethnic groups have maintained solidarity and mutual support throughout the nation's history of national construction and defence. Every attempt at racial discrimination and separation is strictly banned. The life of ethnic minority groups, both spiritual and material, has seen continuous improvement. The country also boasts a diverse religious life with the presence of all major religions in the world.
Economic, social and cultural rights, particularly those on ownership, the freedom to engage in production and business, social welfare, creativity and enjoyment of culture, gender equality, education and healthcare as well as the rights of vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly and people with disabilities have been better ensured, helping Viet Nam attain important socio-economic achievements recognised by the international community. These achievements also create more resources and conditions to better exercise civil and political rights.
For the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community - an inseparable part of the nation, the State pays special attention to offering them support, ensuring that their legitimate interests in the host country are met via practical activities from direct assistance to negotiations for consular and judicial agreements.
The Vietnamese Party and State's consistent policy is also clearly reflected in international partnerships in human rights protection and promotion. Viet Nam is now a member of almost all the most significant global treaties on human rights, including the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Conventions on economic, socio-cultural rights, children's rights, and the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.
The country will strengthen cooperation with the council's regimes and procedures and be willing to work with other members of the council and international partners to put forth initiatives to promote new issues for the common benefit.
As its prestige has increasing in the world after the success of organizing APEC 2017, Viet Nam will have more opportunities to introduce its comprehensive renewal, external policies of the Party and State, its efforts and achievements in all fields regarding the protection and promotion of human rights while combating false opinions.
Viet Nam's experience during the doi moi (renewal) process, human rights protection and promotion and its position as a member of the ASEAN, the non-Aligned Movement, the Francophonie and other regional and international organisations will contribute to the council's operation.
Following the sound external relations policy put forth at the 12th Party Congress, which says Viet Nam is willing to be a reliable friend and responsible partner in the international arena, actively integrating into the global community, the country will spare no efforts to make more contributions to the common tasks and well perform its role as a member of the UNHRC./.


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Voice of people 8/12/17 20:23

More and more this day has become an important day of the people's life in Vietnam.

LawrenceSamuels 8/12/17 20:38

The people are assured that their opinions on the nation's issues are heard by many important laws on the press, complaints and denunciations, and democracy at the grassroots level; socio-political organisations and the mass media enjoy rapid and diverse growth.

yobro yobro 8/12/17 20:42

The country is always ready to strengthen bilateral cooperation and dialogue with other countries on human rights to share information and experience to better ensure human rights in the country and related nations.

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