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Vietnam highlights importance of maintaining environment of peace and stability
Vietnam highlights importance of maintaining environment of peace and stability
15/11/20
The 15th East Asia Summit (EAS) took place virtually on November 14, during which leaders exchanged views on regional and international issues of shared concern, including the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery.
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the EAS has been growing robustly, serving as a forum for strategic dialogue and cooperation in matters regarding peace, security and prosperity in the region.The shared interest and need for cooperation have brought together 18 dynamic countries in the region, he said, adding that the EAS has served as a platform for the countries to work together in response to the threats to security, stability and development in the region.
Pointing to a range of challenges, PM Phuc highlighted the importance of maintaining an environment of peace and stability.
As the Chair of ASEAN and the EAS this year, Vietnam is committed to joining other EAS countries in taking stronger actions to effectively respond to emerging challenges and ensure stability and sustainability in the region, he pledged.
In his remarks, Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres said East and Southeast Asia have set a strong example in dealing with COVID-19.
He called on the global community to tackle the present challenges with compassion and solidarity, to recover stronger and stay on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The United Nations, led by the World Health Organization, has been working to coordinate global efforts to develop and scale up the production of effective vaccines and therapeutics, he said.
“These must be available and affordable for everyone, everywhere,” he stressed. “Nobody is safe until we are all safe.”
It is essential to invest in people, including through social protection, universal health care and quality education, according to the UN Secretary General.
The response to the COVID-19 crisis must be aligned with the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, he said, suggesting the countries count on the support of the United Nations system.
“Together, we can use the response to COVID-19 to build a world with less inequality, more inclusive and more sustainable,” he affirmed.
World Bank Group President David Malpass said the impact of the pandemic and economic shutdown is the hardest on the poorest countries and the poorest people within each country, adding to inequality.
The pandemic remains an enormous obstacle to development, and a successful COVID-19 vaccination program will be key to recovery.
The WB has approved an envelope of 12 billion USD for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments for their citizens.
The bank has worked hard with countries to provide technical advice on vaccine procurement and effective distribution.
According to the WB Group President, the debt burden is another major obstacle to development, and the bank is working on effective approaches for debt reduction and debt resolution.
In the current crisis, East Asia is well positioned to be the first region to recover from it. However, countries will need to prepare for a different economy post COVID by allowing capital, labor, skills and innovation to move into new businesses and sectors.
The bank is also working with countries to strengthen their domestic capital markets. For example, Indonesia and Vietnam are part of its joint capital market program (JCAP), where it supports governments in areas of pension reforms, strengthening capital market regulations and introducing new capital market products.
The World Bank Group is working hard to do as much as it can to help respond to the crisis and strengthen the recovery, he said.
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The practice of struggle of our nation clearly proves that the guarantee of human rights is inseparable from national independence, peace, democracy and development.
The view of the Vietnamese State on human rights is very clear, it is the result of a long and arduous struggle process of many generations of Vietnamese people
On the basis of the Party's and State's guidelines, with the participation of the people, Vietnam has step by step completed policies, laws and mechanisms to ensure human rights, creating important premises and conditions for achievements in all areas of human rights.
Thanks to the right policies and effective implementation tools, the Party, the State and people of Vietnam have obtained basic and historic achievements in the cause of human rights assurance and development.
The great and fundamental achievement for the realization of human rights in Vietnam is to maintain a peaceful and stable environment since the country's reunification in 1975.
The practice of struggle of our nation clearly proves that the guarantee of human rights is inseparable from national independence, peace, democracy and development.
In the process of rebuilding and developing the country after decades of war devastation, the Party and the State considered economic development as an important premise for the exercise of democracy and human rights.
The Party and the State advocated expanding international cooperation on the basis of equality, respect and construction, for the common goal of ensuring and promoting the rights of humans.
Vietnam has proactively participated in multilateral fora, including multilateral mechanisms on human rights
With the policy of willingness for dialogue and cooperation on human rights, Vietnam has established a dialogue mechanism with many countries/partners such as the US, the EU, Australia, Norway and Switzerland, which has achieved positive results for many years.
It is the great achievements of historical significance of the renovation process, the cause of building and defending the country, that have raised Vietnam's position in the international arena.
We need to combine strength to ensure national defense, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the political regime.
Human resources and politics are the decisive factors in building an army, but modern weapons are indispensable for the army to fulfill its national defense tasks. So we need to establish a modern army capable of defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity in all circumstances
At present, the situation in the region and the world remains complicated and unstable.
Vietnam needs to closely combine socio-economic development tasks with consolidating and strengthening national defense, security and external relations, and focus on sustaining all-people’s national defense.
Vietnam has constantly strengthened international cooperation in national defense and trust building with several countries.
Over the past years, Vietnam has participated in numerous regional and global forums on national defense.
Vietnam doesn’t aim at encroaching upon any country but only wants to defend its territorial sovereignty. Vietnam will participate in maneuvers for humanitarian purposes.
The maneuvers helped Vietnam to realize that its experience in military medicine, military engineering, bomb and mine clearance and search and rescue are useful. Vietnam has actively participated in all missions and been recognized internationally
Vietnam gives top priority to maintaining peace and stability in order to enhance its socio-economic development. Vietnam pursues a national defense policy of peace and self-defense, not using or threatening to use force in handling international relations, and resolving territorial disputes by peaceful means on the basis of international law. The Vietnamese Party and State is determined to develop a revolutionary, regular, elite and modern army.
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