Vietnam attends UN Human Rights Council’s 38th session

Vietnam has implemented the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - the efforts in promoting the participation of people with disabilities in society.

Viet Nam has been contributing to protecting and advancing the value of human rights in a direct, responsible and constructive manner through its membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council's sessions.

Since Viet Nam joined the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the nation had devised careful plans to clarify policies and goals and a roadmap for UNHRC membership.

Vietnam had been an active member state on the United Nations Human Rights Council and has ratified 7 out of 9 UN human rights treaties.

The UNHCR is one of the most important UN agencies, bearing the responsibility of protecting and promoting human rights in the world.

Vietnam has proved its progresses and achievements in protecting and promoting human rights.

Viet Nam has made it clear that its policy has its origin in the aspiration for basic rights to freedom of the Vietnamese people.

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.

Viet Nam has also taken part in negotiating and consulting the contents of resolutions passed by the UNHRC with an aim of protecting national interests and viewpoints on human rights, along with commenting on content suitable for developing countries on the course of ensuring human rights.

The people's basic rights and freedom are institutionalised in the Constitution and laws, and their enforcement is ensured by many policies and mechanisms.

Viva Vietnam at the meeting!

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.

The global community highly valued Viet Nam as a spotlight in UNHCR's agenda involving poverty reduction, food security, improvement in the human development index and fulfilment of millennium development goals ahead of schedule.

Multiple policies and mechanisms have been put in place, alongside smoother procedures for visa applications, even visa exemptions, and civil, investment and home purchase regulations so that the OV community find it easier to return to the country, do business and integrate into the home society, contributing their efforts for the nation's progress.

Regarding Viet Nam's laws and policies, human rights in the country had been written into the Constitution and defended by laws.

The establishment of a legal system on human rights in Viet Nam had been carried out in a uniform and consistent manner.

Vietnam has adopted or revised laws and codes pertaining to human rights, including the Penal Code (revised), the Criminal Procedure Code (revised), the Civil Code (revised), the Civil Procedure Code (Revised), the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Viet Nam, and the Health Insurance Law.

About exchanges with global partners, Viet Nam straightforwardly touches upon existing challenges and stands ready to talk about differences.

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.