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Vietnam’s human rights achievements are irrefutable (Part 2 and end)

1/1/18
Civil and political rights have been guaranteed first and foremost through elections. Notably, according to 14th –tenure 2014 National Assembly Election, the rate of voters accounted for 99.35%; deputy structure: 86 ethnic minority deputies, 133 female deputies, 21 non-partisan deputies. For the first time ever Vietnamese legislative body was headed by a chairwoman. Over the past years, the operation of National Assembly has been conducted in democratic, straightforward and innovative fashion with a view to promoted mechanism of power supervision as evidenced by wide-ranging “hot” issues of public interests have been brought up in National Assembly’s question-and-answer sessions.
Rights to freedom of belief and religion and rights of ethnic minorities have been further guaranteed. In November 2016, the National Assembly approved Law on Belief and Religion (substituted for Decree on Belief and Religion). According to this Law, rights of individuals include those of persons who are detained and serving prison sentence allowed to adopt belief practices, and foreigners’ rights to Vietnamese religion and belief, etc.
Rights to freedom of speech and the press have been guaranteed. At present, there are 858 printing press agencies; 105 electronic press agencies, and 207 general websites of the press in Vietnam. Not merely Vietnamese citizens but foreigners residing in Vietnam have full access to information from leading news agencies such as CNN, BBC, TV5, NHK, DW, Australia Network, KBS, and Bloomberg. Vietnamese people also have access to articles by great press agencies such as AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters, Kyodo, etc. Many experts judged Vietnam as a country with leading Internet growth rate in the region, especially Facebook website. Presently, there are 35 million Facebook account users in Vietnam, including 21 million browsing this website via mobile devices on a daily basis. According to assessment by many international organizations, Vietnam is the fastest-growing market for Facebook and a nation with the 3rd highest number of Internet users in Southeast Asia.
In the socioeconomic and cultural fields, human rights are guaranteed via economic growth rate. In the 2011-2016 period, Vietnamese average GDP stood by 5.91%. In the grim scenario of global economy, this relatively high rate enabled Vietnam to be ranked among the top nations with leading growth rate regionally and globally. GDP per capita increased by 2200 USD (2016) from 1024 USD (2008). Thanks to the State’s various policies designed to supporting poor households and people in remote, isolated and ethnic minority areas, the number of poor households decreased sharply as evidenced by Program No. 135 for assisting infrastructure investment and production development for extremely difficult communes”. During the 3rd Phase of the Program in the 2016-2020 period, the State invested 239,316.6 billion VND in building new-type rural areas and alleviating poverty sustainably. As a result, Vietnam became the bright spot in the work of hunger eradication and poverty alleviation on regional and global scale.  
The Party and State have devoted special attention to rights of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups (women, children, and the disabled). Vietnam was the first signatory in the region and the second one across the world to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Annually, Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs has cooperated with relevant ministries, branches, agencies and localities in launching “Action Month for Children” in a bid to marshal the whole society to protect and take care of children, creating a wholesome and safe environment for their comprehensive development physically and mentally. Following 7 years of implementing Program “Hearts for Children” co-organized by Vietnam National Television and Military Telecommunications Corporation, 90 billion VND have been raised to assist 2700 needy children under the age of 16 in successfully operating for their innate cardiovascular diseases. In terms of women’s rights, the National Assembly has promulgated laws in which women’s rights are fully encompassed in national legal system. In the labour and employment fields, the proportion of female labourers accounts for 48.3% of the total labour force; the rate of female business executives and managers stands at 24.9%.
When it comes to Vietnamese human rights achievements nowadays, it merits a mention of our State’s international prestige in general and human rights in particular. Meanwhile, the hostile forces and political opportunists usually join Western media in twisting and accusing Vietnam of “violating human rights”, especially freedom of expression and the press even on the Internet. They even comment that “Vietnam is being lonely”. Conversely, in reality, Vietnam’s international prestige has been increasingly heightened. Most recently, capitalizing on 2017 Asia Pacific Economic Conference in Vietnam, many anti-Communist organizations sent leaders of various nations their “messages” which “forcefully demanded Vietnamese observance of human rights “standards”. Still, 2017 APEC summit week ended in success, officially bringing successful APEC year-long event to an end. As the host nation of APEC, Vietnam was in the international spotlight and left an indelible imprint on international friends and partners thanks to its elaborate and professional organization as well as active and proactive initiatives and proposals for APEC enhanced cooperation and connection. Despite the fact that Vietnam was bracing itself for Storm No. 12 (known as Damrey Storm) and repairing resultant damage, it spared no effort to successfully hold APEC summit week in a formal and amicable fashion. Even though 2017 APEC event concluded, the resonance of a dynamic, vibrant and responsible forum as well as an innovatory, active and hospitable Vietnam will be continuously widespread, thereby intensifying Vietnam’s image and prestige in the international arena. Those truths strongly deny all distortions.
There have existed numerous socioeconomic issues that need to be resolutely addressed in our society amidst integration and development trends. Yet, it can not be denied that our Party and State have guaranteed human rights on a firmly political and legal basis. Simultaneously, now that it is the nature of our socialist regime, human rights and other civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights have been increasingly promoted.


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